Research Notes:

Groves is a mansion in the parish of Staple, Kent, which in early times was the residence of a knightly family, called Grove, who in antient deeds were sometimes written 'At Grove,' in which it remained till the reign of king Henry VI. when it devolved by descent to Sir John Grove, who was a great benefactor to the church of St. Peter, in Sandwich, where he lies buried, under a monument, with his effigies at full length on it, and his shield of arms at his side, the bearing on which has been long since obliterated. Soon after which this seat was carried, by a female heir, in marriage to one of the family of St. Nicholas. ²