Historical Context
Editorially reviewedWilliam Greville was a prominent Cotswold wool merchant and citizen of London. His surviving ledger stone at Chipping Campden preserves both his merchant mark and separate heraldic arms, providing unusually clear evidence for the distinction between mercantile and heraldic identity.
Provenance: Recorded on William Greville’s ledger stone in Chipping Campden Church; Greville died in 1401.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026
Sources
1 referenceMonumental Brasses of Gloucestershire
Cecil T. Davis, Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire, 1899, pp. 21–24. (Gloucestershire Notes & Queries)
Supports: Documents Greville’s ledger stone and merchant mark at Chipping Campden.
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William Greville Merchant Mark
Personal merchant mark of Cotswold wool merchant William Greville.
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