By the Rev. Thomas Miles. 



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ton, in the Co. of Wilts, Esq., and Penelope his wife, daughter of Richard 

 Champneys of Orchardleigh, in the Co. of Somerset, Esq. Born in this parish 

 the 21st of June, 1646; went to sea very young, made many voyages to the 

 West Indies, and visited most other parts of the known world. In the year 

 1676, he did the Dutch signal service by burning and destroying several 

 French ships at Petit Guavas, for which he was generously rewarded by the 

 Lords of the Admiralty. In 1680, the Royal African Company sent him to 

 Cabo Corso Castle, their agent General, and chief Governor of the Gold coast of 

 Africa. In 1685, he was elected elder Brother of the Trinity House of Deptford 

 Strond, to the poor of which Corporation he was a good Benefactor. In 1689, 

 he was made Commissioner of the Transport Office, and in 1691, appointed one 

 of the principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. He laid the founda- 

 tion and finished the Buildings of Her Majesty's Dockyard near Plymouth, 

 where he died the 24th of May, 1708, and lies interred near this place." 



The Greenbills were from remote antiquity substantial yeomen, 

 residing at Steeple Ashton, Wilts. The name occurs in the parish 

 register as early as 1561. 



John Greenhill of Steeple Ashton. 



Henry Greenhill, = Anna, 



of Steeple Ashton, 

 Gent., marr" 1 . 1608. 

 Eldest son. 

 Disclaimed arms 

 1623. 



dau. of 

 Jerome 

 Potecary. 

 Bur d . Nov., 

 15th, 1687. 



Richard 

 Champneys 

 of Orchardleigh. 



= Honor, 

 dau. of 

 Francis 

 Chaldecot. 



John Greenhill, =Penelope. 

 settled at Sarum. 

 Appointed by Bp. 

 Henchman, Regis- 

 trar of the Diocese. 



Jno. Hungerford ^Elizabeth 



John. Honor. 



John Greenhill, 



a painter of emi- 

 nence. Born at 



Sarum cir 1644 — 5. 



Died 19 May, 1676. 



Buried at St. Giles', 

 London. 



Henry,* : 

 Baptized at 

 Stockton, 

 22nd June, 1646. 



Buried there 

 24th May, 1708. 



Edward, Honor. 



The arms which Henry Greenhill of Steeple Ashton assumed 

 and his descendants continued, were disclaimed at the Herald's 

 Visitation at Salisbury, in 1623. These arms, impaled with Abbots 



*The arms on his monument shew that his wife's name was "Eardley." He was no doubt the 

 same Henry Greenhill to whom a ring was given at Pepy's funeral p. 120, 



