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Judge John GLANVILLE, M. P.
Est 1542 - 1600 (~ 58 years)
Has 3 ancestors and 514 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John GLANVILLE Prefix Judge Suffix [ONS gp] M. P. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1542 - The only evidence for this John Glanville being born about 1542 seems to be the age given by Mrs Bray on a painting she remembered seeing [I need to check this - I think she was writing years afterwards and the age given by Mrs Bray for Alice couldn't be right, by when she had children]. My estimate is solely based on approximate birthdates of his children would be about 1554.
In his Cornwall Visitations Vivian shows John's brother Thomas as the 3rd son, in Devon Visitations as the 2nd son. I don't know if the error is Vivian's or in the visitations documents. Which of John and Thomas was second and which third is clarified by John's arms, as shown on his monument in Tavistock Church. The cadency mark show John to be his father's third son, since they show the addition of a mullet (in heraldry a five-pointed star, not a fish).
Gender Male Biography Links to external sites - History of Parliament website
Dictionary of National Biography
Wikipedia entry
Be warned - (almost?) all accounts of John's family depend, directly or indirectly, on 'Records of the Anglo-Norman House of Glanville from A.D. 1050 to 1880.', the work of one William Urmston Searle Glanville Richards. However his 'research' cannot be relied upon - see this article in the British Library Journal, 1986 (Richards was the man who wrote on the manuscripts).
Hence the parents shown on this website are not as given in the above biographies (and elsewhere).
Occupation 1567 Admission to Lincoln’s Inn - (source: see his call to the bar)
Occupation 1574 Called to the Bar - "John Glanvill" was called to the bar with several others, recorded after the heading "Council held on June 24. 1574", I am not sure if this was something noted at the council meeting or a separate entry in the Black Book soon after. A footnote in the records notes that his name was recorded as "Glanfeld" when he was admitted in 1567.
From "The records of the honorable society of lincoln's inn, Volume 1", p.393-4
Member of Parliament 1584 Launceston, Cornwall, England 
Member of Parliament 1584 Tavistock, Devon, England Member of Parliament 1593 St. Germans, Cornwall, England Died 27 Jul 1600 Cause: A broken neck / Falling from his horse - Date from monument in Tavistock Church, also in IPM.
Grant of Administration 8 Aug 1600 Heraldry The Glanville Arms - Vivian describes the arms of the family as
'Arms: - Az[ure], three saltires Or.
Crest: - A buck statant ppr.'
This agrees with the arms on John's monument in Tavistock Church. When an ancestor of John's was granted these arms I do not know, but it would seem that John was not the person granted arms, since they show a cadency mark.
His oldest brother Nicholas would have inherited the plain arms after their father died, John's has a mullet added to indicate that he was the third son. If the family had been armigerous for a long time the arms would quite likely have been more complicated, and have included the arms of heiresses that the Glanvilles had married. I think the arms being so simple suggests it was a fairly recent grant.
Inquisition Post Mortem 12 Aug 1602 The Castle, Exeter, Devon, England Residence Kilworthy, Tavistock, Devon, England - Built a mansion at Kilworthy - see this website and the entry on the British listed buildings website.
Although the house John lived in does not survive, the location would probably be very familiar to John, far more than most places he knew during his life.
Buried St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England 
Siblings3 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Richard GLANVILLE, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
[ - ? - ], b. Est 1514, d. Bef 1572 (Age ~ 57 years) (Mother)Notes - (Research):Some sites refer to him as 'Sir', but the probably more reliable (History of Parliament and DNB) don't
Person ID I19961 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 4 Feb 2022
Father John GLANVILLE, b. Est 1510, d. 1580 (Age ~ 70 years)
Other Partners: Thomasine LANDERE m. Abt 1572Mother [ - ? - ], b. Est 1514, d. Bef 1572 (Age ~ 57 years) Married - A reference to John the merchant in the Tavistock Parish Record book (in 1565) refers to John's wife as Alice. From this book it appears that in the middle of the C16th there were two Johns - 'John Glanfyld, merchant' and 'John Glanfelde at wyll'. Although it seemed likely that this John was a merchant, the continuity of a John as one of the 'eight men' of Tavistock up to the death of this John suggests he was probably 'John Glanville at Wyll', although it is possible that this John was 'John the merchant' and he became one of the eight men on the death of 'John at Wyll'. It is clearly unsafe to assume that his wfe / the mother of his children was Alice.
Although I show all of his children having one mother, given the number of women who died young at this time, especially in childbirth, John could easily have had more than one wife before Thomasine.
Family ID F7818 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Alice SKIRRETT, b. Est 1558, d. 2 Apr 1632 (Age ~ 74 years)
Other Partners: Sir Francis GODOLPHIN m. 25 Dec 1600Married Est 1579 - Names of children (and their birth order) and their spouses from monument to John in Tavistock Church (erected by Alice)
Children7 children Photos 
John and Alice Glanville and their (headless) children
It is curious that the effigies of the children have been beheaded (5) and disappeared altogether (2), while John and Alice have remained more-or-less intact (some damage to their noses seems to have occurred but been repaired).
Mrs Bray and others claim the damage was done by parliamentarian troops during the civil wars. While noting that there is no evidence given Gerry Woodcock notes that the "family ... at Kilworthy, provided ... the most prominent spokesmen in Tavistock of the royalist…Last Modified 4 Oct 2018 Family ID F7814 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- The only evidence for this John Glanville being born about 1542 seems to be the age given by Mrs Bray on a painting she remembered seeing [I need to check this - I think she was writing years afterwards and the age given by Mrs Bray for Alice couldn't be right, by when she had children]. My estimate is solely based on approximate birthdates of his children would be about 1554.
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Member of Parliament - 1584 - Launceston, Cornwall, England 
Member of Parliament - 1584 - Tavistock, Devon, England 
Member of Parliament - 1593 - St. Germans, Cornwall, England 
Inquisition Post Mortem - 12 Aug 1602 - The Castle, Exeter, Devon, England 
Residence - - Kilworthy, Tavistock, Devon, England 
Buried - - St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Photos Judge John Glanville
As represented on his tomb in Tavistock Church. Notes by the tomb include a comment that the carvings were said to be good representations, I don't know how reliable this comment is.