He is recorded as a gentleman in the household of Princess Mary ( the future Mary I of England ) in the Welsh Marches around 1526 , though he later went on to support the English Reformation and to favour Protestant preachers . He succeeded to his father 's titles on 22 July 1528 and was often nominated for High Sheriff of Warwickshire ( even gaining a recommendation to it from Sir Thomas Audley in 1532 ) but never held the post . He is recorded as Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire in 1531 and five years later as a commissioner for the suppression of the monasteries , gaining Thomas Cromwell 's support for his request for the tithes from Wellesbourne from the abbot of St Mary 's Abbey , Kenilworth and in 1536 gaining a brief stay of execution for Polesworth Abbey via a plea to Cromwell . 1536 also saw him joining the king 's forces against the Pilgrimage of Grace , whilst he also served in France in Henry VIII 's 1544 campaign
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
John Greville (died 1547)