Brief Life History of Philippa
When Lady Philippa Bonville was born in 1415, in Shute, Devon, England, her father, Sir William Bonville, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Grey, was 18. She married Sir William Grenville after 12 May 1427. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1465, in Jacobstow, Cornwall, England, at the age of 50, and was buried in England.
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- Philippa Bonville Grenville, "Find A Grave Index"
- The Stained Glass Window Panels in Petrockstow Church - Sir William Grenville and Phillpa Bonville
- Find a Grave - Philippa Bonville
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1455 · Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England between the royal families House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name of the war was derived as the red rose was the symbol of the Lancastrians and the white rose was the symbol of the Yorks.
Name Meaning
French: variant of Bonneville and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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