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Sir William Griffith, Knight

Male 1476 - 1531  (55 years)


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  • Name William Griffith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50] 
    • (Gruffyd)
    Title Sir 
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix Knight 
    Born 1476  of, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [51, 52] 
    Christened {Tribe: Marchudd} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1531  Penrhym, Carnarvon, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [51, 52] 
    Person ID P44553284  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2014 

    Father Sir William Griffith, Knight,   b. Abt 1445, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1506  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Jane Troutbeck,   b. Abt 1450, of, Dunham on the Hill, Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    • STATUS: Wife's 2nd marriage. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3 p. 1624)
      STATUS: Widow of Sir William Butler. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
    Family ID F100027265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Yes, date unknown 
    Type: Not Married 
    Last Modified 27 May 2005 
    Family ID F100055554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jane Stradling,   b. Abt 1480, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1523, Penrhym, Carnarvon, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married Abt 1518  Picton Castle, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [53] 
    Children 
     1. John Griffith,   b. 1523, Penrhym, Carnarvon, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1562, Richley, Anglsey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     2. Elizabeth Griffith,   b. 1508, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2012 
    Family ID F4959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Jane Puleston,   b. Abt 1470, of, Bersham, Wrecsam, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1520 
    • STATUS: Widow of Robert ap Maredudd. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      SETTLEMENT: 12 Henry VIII [1520]. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2011 
    Family ID F100006635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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      GRIFFITH OF PENRHYN (Caerns.) . The family was perhaps the first in North Wales to emerge as the owners of a modern landed estate. They claimed descent from Ednyfed Fychan through his son Tudur . The conventional pedigrees attribute the acquisittion of Penrhyn and Cochwillan ( see Williams of Cochwillan ) to the marriage ( c. 1300-1310 ) of Griffith ap Heilyn ap Tudur ab Ednyfed Fychan (d. c. 1340 ) to Eva , daughter and heiress of Griffith ap Tudor ap Madog ap Iarddur ; her possessionons are said to have formed part of the estates of Iarddur , supposed founder of one of the so-called ?fifteen tribes?, who had received them as part of a grant to him of the commote of Arllechwedd Uchaf by Llywelyn the Great . No record evidencce exists of such a grant. The surveys of Anglesey and Caernarvon of 1352 prove the existence of Iarddur , but provide no support for the story of the grant by Llywelyn the Great . The pedigrees appear to have oversimplified a complicated process and, in particular, they attribute the marriage with Eva to the wrong generation and over-emphasize its importance. ( Dwnn , Visitations , ii, 130-1; Thomas , ? Genealogical Account of the Families of Penrhyn and Cochwillan ? in Williams , Observations on the Snowdon Mountains ( 1802 ), 163-7; Rec. Caern. , 13).

      The patrimony of Tudur ab Ednyfed Fychan undoubtedly lay in the Four Cantrefs , and record evidence supports the testimony of the pedigrees that his descendants, in the line whence came the families of Griffith of Penrhyn and Williams of Cochwillan , were settled at Nant , in Englefield , and Llangynhafal , in the vale of Clwyd . So far from being settled at Penrhyn early in the 14th cent. , the ? Griffith ? family continued to live in north-east Wales until the close of the century; but three marriage alliances during the century brought them substantial property in Caernarvonshire and Anglesey .


      (1) GWILYM AP GRIFFITH AP HEILYN (third in descent from Tudur ab Ednyfed ), who d. c. 1370 , m. ( c . 1340 ) Eva , daughter of Griffith ap Tudur ap Madog ap Iarddur . Her father (d. c. 1310 ) and brother Gwilym ap Griffith of Llaniestyn , in Angglesey (d. c. 1375 ) were landowners of some note in Englefield and in various townships in Anglesey ( Twrgarw , Penw?nllys ) and Caernarvonshire ( Bodfeio ). She was probably one of the co-heirs of her brother in ? Gafael Iarddur ? in Bodfeio in 1352 , and it was almost certainly this marriage which brought Cochwillan to her husband's family, together with a share of her family's lands in Anglesey . By her brother's will, dated 1375 , her son, Griffith ap Gwilym (d. 1405 ? see (2) below) inherited further lands in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire .


      (2) GRIFFITH AP GWILYM (d. 1405 ) m. ( c . 1360 ) Generys , daughter and heiress of Madog ap Goronwy Fychan who was third in descent from Ednyfed Fychan through his son, Goronwy , ancestor of the Tudor s (see under Ednyfed Fychan ). She brought to her husband lands at Gwredog in Anglesey , together with her share of the family lands at ? Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed ,? in the township of Cororion in Caernarvonshire . ? Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed ? was the nucleus of the Penrhyn estate annd the whole Gafael corresponds roughly to the present Penrhyn demesne , or park. This marriage marks the first link between the Griffith family and Penrhyn , but Griffith ap Gwilym lived throughout his life in north-east Wales . With his brother BLEDDYN , he d. in rebellion with Owain Glynd?r before Oct. 1406 , but Bleddyn 's descendants, together with those of Griffith ap Gwilym , through his youngest son, Rhys , continued to be represented in Flintshire and Denbighshire until the 16th cent. The personal connection of the family with Anglesey and Caernarvonshire began with the eldest and second sons of Griffith ap Gwilym .


      (3) The eldest son of Griffith and Generys , GWILYM AP GRIFFITH (d. 1431 ), m. ( c . 1390 ) his kinswoman, Morfydd , daughter of Goronwy ap Tudur (ob. 1382 ) of Penmynydd (see under Ednyfed Fychan ). Gwilym thereby gained a further share in ? GaGafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed ? ( Penrhyn ) as well as lands in Anglesey . In 1389 , Gwilym and his younger brother, ROBIN AP GRIFFITH , were granted by their father his lands in Caernarvonshire and Anglesey and it was probably this step which led to their firm establishment in the area. Lands in Bodfeio were given to Robin , who was the ancestor of the family of Williams of Cochwillan . Gwilym was the real founder of the Penrhyn family, but his precise place of residence before 1400 is not known. His wife's dowry had strengthened his hold on ? Gafael Goronwy ab Ednyfed ? ( Penrhyn ) but his main possessions were in the commotes of Menai and Dindaethwy in Anglesey . His wife's mother ( Myfanwy ) and brother ( Tudur ap Goronwy ) wwere alive in 1397 and might be expected to have lived at Penmynydd ; nevertheless, Gwilym ap Griffith is described as ?of Penmynydd ? in 1400 and 1403 , and his will, dated 1430 , was signed there. From 1391 to 1397 he held various crown offices in Anglesey , being sheriff in 1396-7 .

      His wife's uncles ( Rhys , Gwilym , and Maredudd ap Tudur ) gave full support to their cousin, Owain Glynd?r , and see under Ednyfed Fychan ; Gwilym himself was more cautious, but he was forced by family and other circumstances to throw in his lot with the rebels about 1402 . (As has been said, his father and uncle died in Glynd?r 's service.) His brother, Robin of Cochwillan , was also in rebellion but abandoned Glynd?r before 1408 , when he appears as a crown official in Caernarvonshhire . Gwilym also made his peace with the king before Nov. 1407 , when he was restored to his forfeited possessions and was granted, in addition, the lands of twenty-seven Anglesey adherents of Glynd?r who had probably died in rebellion. By 14110 he had been granted the forfeited lands of his wife's uncles, Rhys and Gwilym ap Tudur , both of whom adhered to Glynd?r to the last. His will, dated 1430 , also refers to lands which he had obtained from his Tudor kinsmen; his brother-in-law, Tudur ap Goronwy , appears to have d. c. 1400 and his share of the Tudor possessions undoubtedly came into Gwilym 's hands. In all, Gwilym ap Griffith appears to have succeeded, through his father's marriage, his own, and the effects of the Glynd?r rebellion , in gaining control of most of the patrimony of the Tudors ; not the least important of the probable consequences was the departure of Owain Tudor to seek his fortunes at the court of Henry V .

      The date of death of Gwilym 's first wife is not known. Some time after 1405 he m. Joan , daughter of Sir William Stanley of Hooton, Ches. , thus beginning a long and profitable connexion with the rising star of that family. His son by his first wife inherited only his mother's property at Penmynydd , and he was the ancestor of the later Theodores of that place (see Tudor family, of Penmynydd ). Gwilym ap Griffith d. in 1431 , leaving his great possessions in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire to his son by the second marriage. ( Penrhyn manuscripts , passim ; Trans. Angl. Antiq. Soc. , 1951 , 34-72; J. R. Jones , ? The development of the Penrhyn estate to 1431 ?, University of Wales M.A. thesis, unpublished.)

      From 1431 to 1531 the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Gwilym ap Griffith (each named Gwilym ) held the estate and added to it. (During the 15th cent. the surname ? Griffith ? became established and ? Gwilym ? became ? William ? in non- Wels- Welsh records.) All three showed outstanding skill in steering a safe and profitable course through the dangerous waters of 15th cent. politics; in particular, they allied themselves with prominent English houses, especially the pliant Stanleyeys ? a process which began with the marriage of Gwilym ap Griffith to Joan Stanley of Hooton . The son of that marriage, GWILYM FYCHAN ( c. 1420 - 1483 ), was under the tutelage of his Stanley kinsmen until he came of age ( Penrhyn MSS. 17-18 ). In 1440 he received letters of denization, freeing him from the operation of the penal laws passed against Welshmen during the Glynd?r revolt , on condition that he did not marry a Welsh -woman or hold office; the ban on holding office was raised in 1443 on the ground that his mother was a Stanley ( Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1436-41 (416), 1441-6 (164) . He m., before 1447 , Ales , daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Dalton of Apthorp, Northants. ; the marriage almost certainly reflects the Stanley connection, for Ales Dalton was grand-daughter by her second marriage of Isabel de Pilkington whose daughter by Thomas de Lathom , her first husband, brought Lathom and Knowsley to the Stanleys . ( Dwnn , Visitations , ii, 155; Penrhyn MSMSS. 1-4, 7-9, 13 ; G.E.C. , Complete Peerage , iv, 205 n. c.; D.N.B. , liv., 75.) He m. (2) Gwenllian , daughter of Iorwerth ap David ; ROBERT , his eldest son by this marriage, was the ancestor of the family of Griffith of Plasnewydd , Angleseey , and Llanfairis-gaer, Caerns. ; EDMUND , the second son, founded the estate of Carreg-lwyd , Anglesey . See Griffith , Pedigrees , 47, 56, 57, and articles Griffith of Carreg-lwyd and Griffith , George , 1601 - 1666 . In 1451 he was member of a commission appointed to examine the reasons why the revenues of Merioneth were in arrear ( Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1446-52 , 480) and between 1457 and 1463 he was deputy to various chamberlains of North Wales ( Davies , Conway and Menai Ferries , 4, 47; P.R.O. Min. Acc., 1154/3, 1180/3 ). He does not appear to have held the office of chamberlain . He was probably the William Griffith who, as ? marshall of the King's Hall ,? received grants from Edward IV in 1462 and 1464 , and he served on a number of North Wales commissions during Edward 's reign ( Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1461-7 (117, 293, 329), 1467-77 (54, 490), 1476-85 (121) ). He was d. by 13 Sept. 1483 ( Penrhyn MSS. 38-9 ). A number of contemporary poets sang his praises ? Cynwrig ap Dafydd Goch , Dafydd ab Edmwnd , Guto'r Glyn , Rhys Goch Eryri , and Robin Ddu ( Mostyn MSS. 148, 493, 495, 498, 542 ; Llanst. MSS. 118, 78 ; Gwaith Dafydd ab Edmwnd (ed. T. Roberts ), 107; Gwaith Guto'r Glyn (ed. J. Ll. Williams and I. Williams ), 52, 55; Iolo Goch ac Eraill (ed. H. Lewis , T. Roberts and I. Williams ), 307; H. T. Evans , Wales and the Wars of the Roses , 14).


      His son and heir by the first marriage, WILLIAM GRIFFITH ( c. 1445 - 1505/6 ), is not always easy to distinguish from his father. He m. (1) Joan Troutbeck , widow of Sir William Butler of Bewsey, Ches. ; her mother was Margaret , daughter of Siir Thomas Stanley ( c. 1406 - 1459 ), first baron Stanley ; William Griffith was therefore nephew by marriage to Thomas , first earl of Derby ( 1435 - 1504 ) ? another confirmation of the Stanley connection ( Dwnn , Visitations , ii, 167; Penrhyhyn MSS. 12 ; D.N.B. , liv., 76; Ormerod , Cheshire , ii, 42). In 1476 he is described as ?king's servant? and ? marshall of the King's Hall ? (an office held by his father) in a grant to him by Edward IV of an annuity of ?18 5s.; the annuity was renewed by Richard III in March 1484 ( Cal. Pat. Rolls , 1476-85 , 18, 418). At Michaelmas 1483 he was appointed chamberlain of North Wales by Richard III ; the appointment was confirmed by Henry VII within a month of Bosworth ( Davies , Conway and Menai Ferries , 48; Owen , Manuscripts rel. to Wales in the Brit. Mus. , ii, 147; Cal. Pat. Rolls , 1485-94 , 5). His record suggests that he followed very closely the lead of his kinsman, the time-serving earl of Derby , and a poem by Lewis M?n proves that immediately before Bosworth he shared with lord Strange , Derby 's heir, his perilous imprisonment at Nottingham as hostage for his father's all-too-uncertain loyalty; presumably, he shared, too, the same narrow escape from death on the eve of the battle. Tudur Aled also refers, more obscurely, to this crisis in William Griffith 's career. ( Gairdner , Richard III , ed. 1898 , 227-38; Mostyn MSS. 148, 467 ; Gwaith Tudur Aled , ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 143.) His influential connections were not confined to the Stanley s .

      He appears to have m., as his second wife, Elizabeth Grey , grand-daughter of Reginald , 3rd baron Grey of Ruthin (the enemy of Owain Glynd?r ) and first cousin to John Grey , lord Ferrers of Groby ( 1432 - 1461 ) who was the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville , later queen of Edward IV . ( D.N.B. , xxiii, 193, 197; Williams , Observations on the Snowdon Mountains , 1802 , 174.) The marriage must have brought him into personal contact with the powerful Greys and Woodvilles and it would explain the presence of a William Griffith as member of Edward IV 's council on 8 Aug. 1482 . ( Gairdner , op. cit., 338-9.)

      Under Henry VII he continued to hold the chamberlainship of North Wales until 1490 when he was replaced by Sir Richard Pole ( Davies , Conway and Menai Ferries , 48, 68.) He was knighted when Arthur was created prince of Wales in 1489 and he continued to serve on a number of North Wales commissions. ( Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94 , 86, 354.) He d. 1505/6 . ( Penrhyn MSS. 44-5 .) Among poets who sang to him are Tudur Penllyn , Dafydd Pennant , Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn , Lewis M?n , and Tudur Aled . ( Mostyn MSS. 148, 467, 504, 532, 535 ; Gwaith Tudur Aled , ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 142.)


      His son, WILLIAM GRIFFITH ( c. 1480 - 1531 ), does not appear in office until 1508 when he was described as ? King's Servant ? and ? squire for the body ,? and appointed chamberlain of North Wales ; he continued to hold the office until his death, with the exception of a short break in 1509 when he made way for Charles Brandon , later duke of Suffolk . ( Cal. Pat. Rolls , 1494-1509 , 569; Davies , Conway and Menai Ferries , 57; L. and P. Henry VIII , vol. I, part i, 257, 78, and vol. IV, part i, 1941; D.N.B. , vi, 218.) There is some evidence of personal links between the two men. Both were squires of the body at the same time, and in 1516 Brandon appointed Griffith as one of his deputy justices of North Wales , describing hi him in the instrument of appointment as his ?blood relation.? ( Penrhyn MSS. 48 .) Griffith served under Brandon in the French campaign of 1513 ; he was at the siege of Th?rouanne , the battle of the Spurs , and the siege of Tournai in Aug. 1513 , and was knighted at Tournai 25 Sept. 1513 . ( L. and P. Henry VIII , vol. I, part i, 1176, 1496, part ii, 2301, 2480, 2575.) Poems by Lewis M?n , Huw Llwyd ap Dafydd , Tudur Aled , and Gruffydd ap Tudur ap Hywel refer to his part in the campaign. ( Mostyn MSS. 148, 233, 520, 523, 537, 585 ; Cardiff MSS. 2, 103 ; Gwaith Tudur Aled , ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 146.) He appears also to have maintained close relationships with Sir Rhys ap Thomas of Dynevor . His first wife was Jane , daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of S. Donats, Glam. , and his wife, Joan , daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glam. Sir Thomas Stradling d., 1480 , and his widow m. shortly after Sir Rhys ap Thomas , as his second wife. Poems to William Griffith b by Lewis M?n emphasize the links between him and Sir Rhys , whose son, Griffith ap Rhys (b. c. 1480 ? see under Rice ) was a contemporary of William Griffith at Court. A Griffith of Penrhyn (almost certainly William Griffith ) was present at thhe tournament held by Sir Rhys at Carew in 1507 (see articles Stradling and Mathew ; Mostyn MSS. 148, 470, 581 ; Cambrian Register , 1795 , 49-144). His second wife was Jane , daughter of John Puleston ? Hen ? ( the Old ) of Bersham ( see articlle Puleston family ); William , his eldest son by this marriage, founded the family of Griffith of Trefarthen ( Griffith , Pedigrees , 125, 185, and article Griffith , John , 16th cent. ). Apart from those named, the following poets wrote to him him: Mathew Brwmffild , Dafydd Pennant , Ifan Dylyniwr , Dafydd Trefor , Ifan ap Madog , Lewis Daron , and Tudur Aled . ( Mostyn MSS. 148, 529, 532, 556, 559, 562, 566, 569, 572, 575 ; Cynfeirdd Lleyn , ed. Myrddin Fardd , 195; Gwaith Tudur Aled , ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 145.) He was one of three squires who were concerned with the Caerwys eisteddfod in 1523 . ( Ll?n Cymru , ii, 130.)


      His eldest son, William , d. young and he was succeeded by his second son, EDWARD GRIFFITH , b. 18 May 1511 ( P.R.O. Min. Acc., 4948 ), he was a correspondent of Thomas Cromwell , mainly in connection with his feud with Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris ( see under Bulkeley family ); he paid Cromwell an annuity of ten marks for some years and attempted, unsuccessfully, to gain possession of the Dominican friary at Bangor after its dissolution. He was probably the Edward Griffith who, as yeoman of the guard , was granted a water-mill in the lordship of Denbigh in 1537 . He was acting on a number of commissions in North Wales until April of 1539 , but in Oct. of that year he was sent with Sir William Brereton ( D.N.B. Suppt. , i, 264) to Ireland ; his command (two grand captains , three petty captains , 250 archers , three priests , and two minstrels ) was equivalent to that of Brereton and he was a member of the Irish privy council . He d. of ?the flux ? at Dublin 11 March 1540 . He m. Jane , daughter of Sir John Puleston of Bersham . ( L. and P. Henry VIII , viii, 122, 644, 925, xii, part i, 539 (14), 655, 1154, xiii, part i, 384 (91), 1289, xiv, part i, 732, 802, 803, 816, part ii, 40, 616, 759, 782, 1539; xv, 74, 82, 199, 327, 342, 355.) His death precipitated a long dispute between RHYS GRIFFITH his younger brother, who claimed the estates as heir male, and John Puleston , Edward Griffith 's father-in-law, acting for his daughter and her three children ( Jane , Catherine , and Ellen ). Puleston asked Cromwell for the wardship of the children, and offered him ?40 for his good offices; Rhys Griffith complained that during his absence in Ireland ?on the king's service ,? his sister-in-law and her father had ransacked Penrhyn , leaving ?nothing but the bare walls.? The lord chancellor and the master of the court of wards made an arbitration in 1542 , but the problems involved were still unsettled in 1559 . Even after the death of Rhys Griffith in 1580 , Sir Edward Bagnall , who had m. one of Edward Griffith 's daughters, was still pursuing his wife's claims in the court of wards . ( Penrhyn MSS. 50, 2197 ; N.L.W. Jnl. , iii, 40; Lewis , Early Chancery Procs. , 21, 22, 28888, 290; Lewis and Davies , Augmentation Recs. , 51; L. and P. Henry VIII , v, no. 724 (10), xv, 433, 661, xvii, 466, xix 812 (16), Addenda, i, part ii, 1462; Cal. Pat. Rolls, Edward VI , iv, 36; Acts Privy Council, 1580-1 , 289; P.R.O., Court of Requests Procs., bundle iv, no. 258; bundle vi, no 210 .)


      Poems by William Cynwal and Si?n Brwynog refer to the prowess of Rhys Griffith (d. 1580 ) in the Irish wars , while Si?n Tudur implies that he had spent much of his earlier life in London . ( Mostyn MSS. 1, 159 ; Ll?n Cymru , ii, 88-9.) He m. (1) c. 1526 , Margaret , daughter of Morris ap John of Clenennau (see under Maurice and Owen of Clenennau ); by this marriage there were five sons and two daughters. (2) c. 1551 , Jane , daughter of Dafydd ap William ap Griffith of Cochwillan . (3) c. 1566 , Catherine , daughter of Piers Mostyn of Talacre (see under Mostyn of Talacre ); by this marriage there were two sons, Piers and William ( Griffith , Pedigrees , 185 is inaccurate on these marriages; for the second marriage, see Penrhhyn MSS. 58-61 .) He was knighted at the coronation of Edward VI ( 1547 ) and on the accession of Mary was recommended by Nicholas Heath , archbishop of York and president of Wales , as a suitable member of parliament for Caernarvonshire . He wawas not elected, but was Member of Parliament for the borough of Caernarvon in 1555 and high sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1566-7 . ( Cal. Wynn Papers , 19; Williams , Parl. Hist. Wales , 65; Breeze , Kalendars , 52.) He d. 30 July 1580 ( Penrhyyn MSS: 78-82 ) and was succeeded by Pirs Griffith , his eldest son by the third marriage. During his lifetime the estate passed by purchase into the possession of John Williams ( 1582 - 1650 ) of the kindred house of Williams of Cochwillan ( see Williams family of Cochwillan ).
      Bibliography:

      The sources have been indicated in the article.

      Author:

      Professor Glyn Roberts, M.A., (1904-1962), Bangor.


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    • BIRTH: Circa 1480. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 1400-1500, vol. 8 p. 1268)

      OFFICE: 3rd Chamberlain of North Wales. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 4 p. 342)
      OFFICE: High Sheriff of Caernarvon, 9 Henry VII. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      DISTINCTION: Knighted. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 p. 687)
      HONOURS: Created Knight Banneret at Touraine, France, 25 Dec 1513; "in the Church after the King came from Mass, under his banner in the Church". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      LIVING: 1520.
      RESIDENCE: Penrhyn and Plâs Mawr. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 4)
      RESIDENCE: Pentrin. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 pt. 2 p. 638)
      PROPERTY: The estate of Penrhyn was supposed to be worth 15,000 pounds in his time. It declined for he sold a great part in portions to his many daughters and disposed of more to his younger sons. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 185)

      (Research) IDENTITY: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 3 page C26 calls him Sir John Griffith of Penrhyn.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> 'Carmarthenshire Sheriffs' page 5 places him in the wrong family.
    • BIRTH: Circa 1480. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 1400-1500, vol. 8 p. 1268)

      OFFICE: 3rd Chamberlain of North Wales. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 4 p. 342)
      OFFICE: High Sheriff of Caernarvon, 9 Henry VII. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      DISTINCTION: Knighted. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 p. 687)
      HONOURS: Created Knight Banneret at Touraine, France, 25 Dec 1513; "in the Church after the King came from Mass, under his banner in the Church". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      LIVING: 1520.
      RESIDENCE: Penrhyn and Plâs Mawr. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 4)
      RESIDENCE: Pentrin. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 pt. 2 p. 638)
      PROPERTY: The estate of Penrhyn was supposed to be worth 15,000 pounds in his time. It declined for he sold a great part in portions to his many daughters and disposed of more to his younger sons. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 185)

      (Research) IDENTITY: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 3 page C26 calls him Sir John Griffith of Penrhyn.
      (Research) KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> 'Carmarthenshire Sheriffs' page 5 places him in the wrong family.

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    3. [S100000169] HS-Cheshire Visitation 1613, Armytage, Sir George John, 1842-, (London: [Harleian Society], 1909 (vol. 59)), FHL microfilm 162070 item 2., vol. 59 p. 39;.

    4. [S100000610] #2142 The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 ... (1882), Rylands, J. Paul (John Paul), (London: [s.n.], 1882.), FHL microfilm 162,051 item 2., vol. 18 p. 43;.

    5. [S100000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 4*, 16, 56*, 58, 64, 85, 95, 125, 137, 172, 182, 185*, 186, 190, 191, 195*, 209, 260, 270, 274, 275, 281, 290, 360, 362.

    6. [S100000766] #2226 Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae: Being the Genealogies of the Older Families of the Lordships of Morgan and Glamorgan (1886), Clark, George Thomas, (1 volume in 2. London: Wyman, 1886), FHL microfilm 990,307 items 2-3., p. 435.

    7. [S100001301] #243 [2nd ed. 1844, reprint 1977] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (second edition, 1841, reprint 1977), Burke, John, (Second edition, 1844. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1977), FHL book 942 D22bu 1977; FHL microfilm 994,038 ite., p?.

    8. [S100001506] #560 [1882] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 2 p. 377, 638, 687.

    9. [S100001657] #1274 A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek in Staffordshire, Including Horton, Cheddleton and Ipstones (1883), Sleigh, John, (London: Demrose & Sons, 1883), FHL microfilm 476,966 item 3., p. 209.

    10. [S100001659] #1358 Stemmata Robertson et Durdin: Being Tables Comprising the Known Ancestors of the Children of Herbert Robertson and His Wife Helen Alexandrina Melian Nee Durdin, and Brothers and Sisters of These Ancestors (1893-1895), Robertson, Herbert, (London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1893-1895), FHL book 929.242 R545r; FHL microfilm 278,018 item., p. 138.

    11. [S100001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 3 p. 46, 189, 347; vol. 4 p. 150, 159, 308, 342*; vol. 5 p. 283; vol. 6 p. 245, 428.

    12. [S100002318] #1210 The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, as Registered in the College of Arms from the Beginning of the XIth Century (1934), Glenn, Thomas Allen, (London: Harrison, 1934), FHL book 929.2429 G875g; FHL microfilm 994,040 ite., p. 208, 208 b*, 212*, 221, 252, 280.

    13. [S100002410] #1105 Genealogies of the Carmarthenshire Sheriffs from 1539-1913 (1910-1913), Buckley, James, (2 volumes. Carmarthen: W. Spurrell, 1910-1913), FHL book 942.98 D2b., p. 5, 9.

    14. [S100002411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 1 p. 141, 217; book 2 p. B44; book 3 p. C26, 43, 58, 118, 120, 129, 131, 135, 136, 138, 150; book 5 p. E6; book 8 p. H94.

    15. [S100002416] #12627 Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 4 p. 2018; vol. 6 p. 3084.

    16. [S100002419] #2106 Glamorganshire Pedigrees, from the Mss. Of Sir Isaac Heard, Knt, Garter King of Arms (1845), Phillipps, Thomas, (Worcester: Deighton, 1845), FHL book 942.97 D2p; FHL microfilm 496,571 item 2., p. 26.

    17. [S100002420] #11886 The Golden Grove books of pedigrees (filmed 1970), (Manuscript, National Library of Wales manuscript number Castell Gorfod 7. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,349-104,351., book 5 p. C650; book 6 p. D851.

    18. [S100002424] #12647 Llyfr Baglan, or, the Book of Baglan, Compiled Between the Years 1600 and 1607: Transcribed from the Original Manuscript Preserved in the Public Library at Cardiff (1910), Williams, John, (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910), FHL book 942.97/B1 D2w; FHL microfilm 104,835., p. 202, 280.

    19. [S100002434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 1 p. 91, 113, 115, 118, 157, 171, 180, 184, 247; vol. 2 p. 34*, 45, 47, 47 fn. 1, 89*, 148, 149, 155*, 159, 166, 167*, 169, 172, 198, 199, 206, 245, 308, 336 fn. 16, 337, 340.

    20. [S100002436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 9 p. 1454; vol. 10 p. 1618, 1622, 1684.

    21. [S100002436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 2 p. 289, 341; vol. 3 p. 376; vol. 5 p. 780, 838; vol. 6 p. 1008, 1011; vol. 8 p. 1267, 1268*, 1271, 1310.

    22. [S100002439] #13052 Welsh pedigrees: ca.1541-ca.1790 (filmed 1950), (Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilm 104,381 item 7., p. 128.

    23. [S100002615] #12473 The Bulkleys of Baron Hill (filmed 1970), Jones, David Cyril, (Microreproduction of manuscript Thesis (M.A.)--University College of Wales. Salt Lake City [Utah]: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970), p. 312.

    24. [S100002693] #710 Collections for a History of Staffordshire (1880-), Staffordshire Record Society, (Annual periodical. Birmingham: William Salt Archaeological Society, 1880-), FHL book 942.46 B4sc., vol. 1 p. 303.

    25. [S100004845] Peniarth 287, (National Library of Wales no.: Peniarth 287 (Hengwrt 96). Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL BRITISH Film [ 104387 Items 2-3 ]., p. 915.

    26. [S1301] #243 [2nd ed. 1844, reprint 1977] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (second edition, 1841, reprint 1977), Burke, John, (Second edition, 1844. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1977), FHL book 942 D22bu 1977; FHL microfilm 994,038 ite., p?.

    27. [S1506] #560 [1882] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 2 p. 377, 638, 687.

    28. [S1657] #1274 A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek in Staffordshire, Including Horton, Cheddleton and Ipstones (1883), Sleigh, John, (London: Demrose & Sons, 1883), FHL microfilm 476,966 item 3., p. 209.

    29. [S1659] #1358 Stemmata Robertson et Durdin: Being Tables Comprising the Known Ancestors of the Children of Herbert Robertson and His Wife Helen Alexandrina Melian Nee Durdin, and Brothers and Sisters of These Ancestors (1893-1895), Robertson, Herbert, (London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1893-1895), FHL book 929.242 R545r; FHL microfilm 278,018 item., p. 138.

    30. [S169] HS-Cheshire Visitation 1613, Armytage, Sir George John, 1842-, (London: [Harleian Society], 1909 (vol. 59)), FHL microfilm 162070 item 2., vol. 59 p. 39;.

    31. [S1800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 3 p. 46, 189, 347; vol. 4 p. 150, 159, 308, 342*; vol. 5 p. 283; vol. 6 p. 245, 428.

    32. [S2318] #1210 The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, as Registered in the College of Arms from the Beginning of the XIth Century (1934), Glenn, Thomas Allen, (London: Harrison, 1934), FHL book 929.2429 G875g; FHL microfilm 994,040 ite., p. 208, 208 b*, 212*, 221, 252, 280.

    33. [S2410] #1105 Genealogies of the Carmarthenshire Sheriffs from 1539-1913 (1910-1913), Buckley, James, (2 volumes. Carmarthen: W. Spurrell, 1910-1913), FHL book 942.98 D2b., p. 5, 9.

    34. [S2411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 1 p. 141, 217; book 2 p. B44; book 3 p. C26, 43, 58, 118, 120, 129, 131, 135, 136, 138, 150; book 5 p. E6; book 8 p. H94.

    35. [S2416] #12627 Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 4 p. 2018; vol. 6 p. 3084.

    36. [S2419] #2106 Glamorganshire Pedigrees, from the Mss. Of Sir Isaac Heard, Knt, Garter King of Arms (1845), Phillipps, Thomas, (Worcester: Deighton, 1845), FHL book 942.97 D2p; FHL microfilm 496,571 item 2., p. 26.

    37. [S2420] #11886 The Golden Grove books of pedigrees (filmed 1970), (Manuscript, National Library of Wales manuscript number Castell Gorfod 7. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,349-104,351., book 5 p. C650; book 6 p. D851.

    38. [S2424] #12647 Llyfr Baglan, or, the Book of Baglan, Compiled Between the Years 1600 and 1607: Transcribed from the Original Manuscript Preserved in the Public Library at Cardiff (1910), Williams, John, (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910), FHL book 942.97/B1 D2w; FHL microfilm 104,835., p. 202, 280.

    39. [S2434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 1 p. 91, 113, 115, 118, 157, 171, 180, 184, 247; vol. 2 p. 34*, 45, 47, 47 fn. 1, 89*, 148, 149, 155*, 159, 166, 167*, 169, 172, 198, 199, 206, 245, 308, 336 fn. 16, 337, 340.

    40. [S2436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 9 p. 1454; vol. 10 p. 1618, 1622, 1684.

    41. [S2436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 2 p. 289, 341; vol. 3 p. 376; vol. 5 p. 780, 838; vol. 6 p. 1008, 1011; vol. 8 p. 1267, 1268*, 1271, 1310.

    42. [S2439] #13052 Welsh pedigrees: ca.1541-ca.1790 (filmed 1950), (Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilm 104,381 item 7., p. 128.

    43. [S2615] #12473 The Bulkleys of Baron Hill (filmed 1970), Jones, David Cyril, (Microreproduction of manuscript Thesis (M.A.)--University College of Wales. Salt Lake City [Utah]: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970), p. 312.

    44. [S2693] #710 Collections for a History of Staffordshire (1880-), Staffordshire Record Society, (Annual periodical. Birmingham: William Salt Archaeological Society, 1880-), FHL book 942.46 B4sc., vol. 1 p. 303.

    45. [S39] MS. 16920F, 16921E - Herbert Pedigrees (MFU #3417, #12639), (Microfilm of original records at the National Library, Aberystwyth. National Library of Wales manuscript 16920F, 16921E. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970.), FHL microfilm 826552 items 3-4., p. 457.

    46. [S4845] Peniarth 287, (National Library of Wales no.: Peniarth 287 (Hengwrt 96). Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL BRITISH Film [ 104387 Items 2-3 ]., p. 915.

    47. [S55] MS. 8 - Glamorgan Pedigrees (MFU #12434), (Microfilm of mss. in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. NLW MSS. 11964, 6611, 6544, 8, 6548, 3757, 6549, 3753. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950.), FHL microfilm 104312., p. 27.

    48. [S610] #2142 The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 ... (1882), Rylands, J. Paul (John Paul), (London: [s.n.], 1882.), FHL microfilm 162,051 item 2., vol. 18 p. 43;.

    49. [S712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 4*, 16, 56*, 58, 64, 85, 95, 125, 137, 172, 182, 185*, 186, 190, 191, 195*, 209, 260, 270, 274, 275, 281, 290, 360, 362.

    50. [S766] #2226 Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae: Being the Genealogies of the Older Families of the Lordships of Morgan and Glamorgan (1886), Clark, George Thomas, (1 volume in 2. London: Wyman, 1886), FHL microfilm 990,307 items 2-3., p. 435.

    51. [S100002436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 8 p. 1268.

    52. [S2436] #4569 Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500 (1983), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (18 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983), FHL book 942.9 D2bw., vol. 8 p. 1268.

    53. [S100002411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 5 p. E5.


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