Francis Grills (abt. 1615 - 1691)

Born about 1615 in Lanreath, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Died 1691 at about age 76 in Lanreath, Cornwall, England

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Biography

Francis Grylls was christened on 28 Jan 1615 in Lanreath, Cornwall, England. ^[1] His parents were Rev Francis Grylls and Martha Mayow.^[2]

He married Julian Unknown. Their children were

Francis Grylls 1644-1652

Marhta Grylls 1645

Jonathan Grylls 1647

Wilmott Grylls 1649

Nicholas Grylls 1651

Theophilus Grylls 1652–1654

Honors Grylls 1657–1659

Oxford MA, 30 June, 1640. Rector of Lanreath, Cornwall. Son of his namesake, the previous rector. Brother of Hannibal Gryles.

"By 1660 the Commonwealth was running out of steam and with the Restoration came almost immediate relief. Barely six months after the King’s return another Francis Grylls was instituted as Rector of Lanreath. In this same year we find the first written reference to his parsonage house. Listed on the new Hearth Tax Rolls, Lanreath Rectory is described as having eleven hearths. Whether this second Francis altered or improved the property in any way we don’t know but nineteen years after his institution in 1679, in the Ecclesiastical Records for that year, is a detailed description of the Rectory. The building contained a hall, a ‘parlour with boarded floor’, a kitchen ‘with great range and two ovens’ - and an amazing number of rooms devoted to the pursuit of self-sufficiency, among them a bread house, bake house, brew house, buttery, pantry and dairy. Outside there was a barn, a stable, a calves’ house ‘with hay store above’, an ox house, a malt house, ‘four small rooms for hogs and a dove house of stone’. The gardens included ‘the Pigeon House garden’, two kitchen gardens and a place for ‘flowers and sweet herbs’.

The second Francis Grylls survived until 1691, out-living Charles II by six years."(1)

Notes

His names are also spelled Frauncis Grilles^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ FreeREG baptism record County Cornwall Place (Links to more information) Lanreath Church name (Links to more information) St Marnarck Register type (Links to more information) Parish Register Baptism date 28 Jan 1615/16 Person forename Frauncis Person sex M Father forename Frauncis Father surname GRILLES Father occupation Clarke Notes A trefoil-like symbol is written in the margin with '1' above it (possibly the first child) Transcribed by Catherine Jury File line number 955
2. ↑ FreeREG marriage record County Cornwall Place (Links to more information) Menheniot Church name (Links to more information) St Lalluwy Register type (Links to more information) Phillimore's Transcripts Marriage date 13 Mar 1614/5 Groom forename Francis Groom surname GRILLES Bride forename Martha Bride surname MAYOW Transcribed by Linden Andrew File line number 274
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG9P-6R3 : 19 September 2020), Frauncis Grilles, 1615.

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG9P-6R3 : 19 September 2020), Frauncis Grilles, 1615.

Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

A Genealogy of the Rouses of Devon, John C. Street and C. Douglas Peters (J.C. Street, 2002), p. 247. Found on Google books. (1) "A History of Lanreath and The Old Rectory" at https://www.oldrectory-lanreath.co.uk/house-history

• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMHP-F48 : 30 December 2014, Francis Grils in entry for Francis Grils, 26 Jul 1652); citing LANREATH,CORNWALL,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 236,562.

• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J39B-3Y6 : 30 December 2014, Francis Grylls in entry for Theophilus Grylls, 24 Aug 1654); citing LANREATH,CORNWALL,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 236,562.