• Christened: 1 Dec 1735, Lanreath, Cornwall ²
• Married: 17 Jan 1758, Helston, Cornwall ¹
• Died: 3 Apr 1771 ³
• Buried: 6 Apr 1771, Helston, Cornwall ¹

  Research Notes:

Only son and heir

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Rector of Lanreath ³

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Mortgage, fields, Scoburriowe, Sithney, 3 May 1758. ⁵

Parties:

1) George Cornish, Sithney
2) Richard Gerveys Grylls, borough Helston, gentleman.

Consideration: £40.

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Lease, Menethclusa, William Williams tenement, Sithney, 29 Sep 1768. ⁶

Parties:

1) Francis, Lord Godolphin
2 Richard Gerveys Grylls of Helston, esquire

Consideration: £14

99 years on the lives of Thomas Grylls, aged 8 and Cordelia Grylls, aged 6, son and daughter of the lessee

Rent 5 shillings 9 pence

¼ part of field called Menethclusa, or the forefield of 3 acres, part of William Williams' tenement in Sithney, late in the occupation of Richard Jenkyn [Jenkin] deceased.

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Lease, moiety of messuage, shops, in Market Place, near Market house in Coynage Hall Street, Helston, 8 Sep 1769. ⁷

Parties:

1) Richard Gerveys Grylls, borough Helston, gentleman
2) James Richards, borough Helston, merchant.

Lease 99 years. Consideration: £100. Rent: 16 shillings per annum.

Lives: James, aged 14 years, Susanna, aged 8 years, Susanna, wife of James Richards.

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Abstract of the Will of Richard Gerveys Grylls of the Borough of Helston in the County of Cornwall, Gentleman, written 12 Mar 1771, proved 3 May 1771. ⁸

Gives 5 guineas each to his brother-in-law Gerveys Allen and to his kinsman Matthew Grylls, Esq.

Gives £100 to his wife Cordelia Grylls, along with with her gold watch, rings, jewelry and clothing, a horse and saddle, and the use of all the household goods and furniture during her widowhood.

Gives, devises & bequeaths to his wife Cordelia Grylls his leasehold fields in the parish of Sithney and a leasehold stable in Helston.

Gives, devises & bequeaths to his wife Cordelia Grylls and to his friends Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart., of Trelowarren, Thomas Glynn of Helston, Esq., Thomas Glynn the Younger of Helston, Esq. and Richard Johns of Helston, gent., son of the late William Johns, all his leasehold interest in tenements in the parishes of Breage and Sithney, in trust for his son Thomas Grylls during his minority.

Gives, devises & bequeaths to his said trustees his leasehold interest in a tenement in the parish of St. Keverne, in trust for his daughter Cordelia Grylls during her minority.

Gives £350 toward an apprenticeship for his son Matthew Grylls.

Gives and bequeaths an annuity of £28 to his daughter Sarah Grylls during her minority.

All the rest of his personal and real estate he gives to his son Richard Gerveys Grylls for when he turns twenty-one.

Makes his trustees co-executors of his last will and testament.

(Signed)

Witnesses: Jn^o. Hoblyn, William James, Ben. John