BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES, by David Saunders, published 1996 by Patrick Stephens Ltd. (Source: Image Library NIWM); page 20, entry re Bideford, Devon, comments that: 'One of Devon’s greatest sons is remembered by a large brass plaque in the parish church — Sir Richard Grenville, who had fought the Spaniards many times before being cornered at Flores in the Azores, where he was killed on board his ship the Revenge in 1591 facing an overwhelming force. The church register contains an entry concerning ‘Raleigh’, a Wyanditoian, who was the first Red Indian to land in Great Britain, having been brought from Virginia by Sir Richard...' https://archive.org/details/britainsmaritime0000saun/page/20/mode/2up?q=grenville

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Tuesday 20 October 1891 (page 5) reported: 'SIR RICHARD GRENVILE'S TERCENTENARY. ERECTION OF A MEMORIAL IN BIDEFORD CHURCH. A most interesting event has taken place within the walls of Bideford parish church during the past week. To commemorate the Tercentenary of Sir Richard Grenvile's death in 1591, his lineal descendant, the Rev. Roger Granville, Rector of Bideford, has erected a handsome memorial, which records the death of the hero, together with an inscription of his last words. The "brass" is about four feet in length by three feet in width. There is a suitable border, and in the centre of the top are the arms of the Grenvile and St. Leger families, with the motto, "Deo Patriae Amicis." The inscription is in a clear Old English text, and is as follows: About the 4th of September A.D. 1591, Died of his wounds on board the Spanish galleon the Sant Paule, off the island of Flores in the Azores, having in H.M.S. the Revenge "endured in a fifteene houres fight the assault of fifteene severall Armadoes, all by tournes abborde him, and by estimation eight hundred shot of great artillerie, besides manie assaults and entries," Sir Richard Grenvile, Knight, Vice Admiral of England, aged 48. His last words, spoken in Spanish, were these: "Here die I, Richard Grenvile, with a joyful and quiet mind for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, fighting for his Country, Queen, Religion, and Honour, my soul willingly departing from this body, leaving behind the lasting fame of having behaved as every valiant soldier is in duty bound to do." "A fight memorable even beyond credit and to the Height of some Heroicall Fable." "The Ladie Mary Grenvile, daughter unto the Right Honourable Sir John St. Leger, Knight, deoeased and wife to that famous warriour Sir Richard Grenvile, Knight, also deceased, beinge in his life time the Spaniard's terrour, was buried in the Grenvile isle in this Church the fifth daie of November A.D. 1623." ___________________________ THIS MEMORIAL BRASS WAS ERECTED ON THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF SIR RICHARD GRENVILE'S GLORIOUS DEATH BY HIS LINEAL DESCENDANT, ROGER GRANVILLE, RECTOR OF BIDEFORD. It should be mentioned that the words "endured in a fifteene houres fight . . . . assaults and entries," are taken from Sir Walter Raleigh's "Report of the Truth of the Fight about the Isles of Azores this last summer betwixt the Revenge, one of Her Majesties shippes, and an Armada of the King of Spaine (London, printed for William. Ponsonbie, 1591.") Sir Richard's last words, spoken in Spanish, are taken from the account by Jan Huygen van Linschoten; while the words, "A fight memorable even beyond credit and to the Height of some Heroicall Fable," are Lord Bacon's eulogy of the Fight. The part respecting Lady Grenvile is an extract from the Burial Register of Bideford Church. The brass has been executed by Messrs. Pratt and Sons, 24, Tavistock-street, Strand. It forms a fine memorial, and the whole of the work is admirably carried out'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000508/18911020/023/0005