William Griffith (born 1480)

William Griffith
William Griffith
Born	1480
Died	1545
Spouse(s)	; ;
Children	William Griffith; Edward Griffith; Rees Griffith; John Griffith; Rowland Griffith; Catharine Griffith; Anne Griffith; Dorothy Griffith; Jane Griffith; Elinor Griffith; Margaret Griffith; William Griffith; Rowland Griffith; John Griffith; Isabella Griffith; Sibill Griffith;

William Griffith (1480–1545) of Penrhyn Castle was a Welsh politician.

He was knighted at Touraine in 1513^[1]^[2] and was Chamberlain of North Wales in 1520.^[2]^[3] He was with Henry VIII of England at the Sieges of Boulogne (1544–46).^[1]

Family[]

He was the son of Sir William Griffith and Jane Troutbeck and was married to Jane Stradling, daughter of Thomas Stradling, and then later to Jane Puleston, daughter of John Puleston.^[4] By Jane Stradling he had a son, Rees Griffith, who became a High Sheriff,^[5] and a daughter, Margaret Griffith, who married Simon Thelwall.^[5] By Jane Puleston he had a daughter, Sibill Griffith, who married Owen ap Hugh.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania : genealogical and personal memoirs. Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Baltimore, Md.: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. 2004. ISBN 978-0806352398. OCLC 70056604.CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Glenn, Thomas (1899). The American Genealogist: A Monthly Magazine of Genealogy and Local History. 1. Pennsylvania: T.A. Glenn. pp. 228–231.
^ ^a ^b Henry., Browning, Charles (1986) [1911]. Americans of royal descent : collection of genealogies showing the lineal descent from kings of some American families . (7th ed.). Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. ISBN 978-0806300542. OCLC 15114203.
^ 1895-1966., Weis, Frederick Lewis (2004). Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700 : lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals. Sheppard, Walter Lee, 1911-, Beall, William Ryland., Beall, Kaleen E. (8th ed.). Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0806317526. OCLC 56910366.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Williams, William (1802). Observations on the Snowdon Mountains: With Some Account of the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants : To which is Added a Genealogical Account of the Penrhyn Families. E. Williams. pp. 174, 176.

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[:2-1] Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania : genealogical and personal memoirs. Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Baltimore, Md.: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. 2004. ISBN 978-0806352398. OCLC 70056604.CS1 maint: others (link)

[:0-2] Glenn, Thomas (1899). The American Genealogist: A Monthly Magazine of Genealogy and Local History. 1. Pennsylvania: T.A. Glenn. pp. 228–231.

[:1-3] Henry., Browning, Charles (1986) [1911]. Americans of royal descent : collection of genealogies showing the lineal descent from kings of some American families . (7th ed.). Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. ISBN 978-0806300542. OCLC 15114203.

[4] 1895-1966., Weis, Frederick Lewis (2004). Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700 : lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals. Sheppard, Walter Lee, 1911-, Beall, William Ryland., Beall, Kaleen E. (8th ed.). Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0806317526. OCLC 56910366.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[:3-5] Williams, William (1802). Observations on the Snowdon Mountains: With Some Account of the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants : To which is Added a Genealogical Account of the Penrhyn Families. E. Williams. pp. 174, 176.

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