Robert Grove (MP)

Robert Grove (c. 1511 – 1579/80), of Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, was an English Member of Parliament, and a gentleman or yeoman.

At the time of the [Dissolution of the monasteries] Grove was bailiff of Iwerne Minster, a manor belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey.[1] As a servant of Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle he took part in the valuation of the dissolved monasteries.[2] He subsequently became receiver for Catherine Parr in Dorset.[1] It was presumably as Arundell’s nominee that Grove sat for Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency) in the Parliament of 1545.[3] When Arundell was attainted in 1552, Grove entered the service of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[1] By 1565 he had acquired a coat of arms and was established as a minor Wiltshire gentleman, serving as feodary for the county.[4] Through the earl's influence he sat for Shaftesbury again in 1572.[5]

He married Joan Combe of Cann, Dorset[1][4] and had 3 children:


References

  1. ^ a b c d "GROVE, Robert (C.1511-79/80), of Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. ^ "The Church Goods of Cornwall at the Time of the Dissolution". Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. 7: 99. 1883.
  3. ^ "Constituencies 1509-1558:Shaftesbury". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d The visitation of Wiltshire 1565. 1897. p. 22.
  5. ^ "Constituencies 1558-1603: Shaftesbury". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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