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Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales
(Abt 1445-Abt 1539)
Joan Troutbeck
(Abt 1457-Abt 1485/1489)
John Hên Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle
(Abt 1462-Abt 1544)
Eleanor Whitney
(Abt 1467-)
Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
(Abt 1480-1531)
Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern
(Abt 1479-)
William Griffith

 

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William Griffith 1

  Research Notes:

Eldest son of Sir William Griffith and Jane Puleston.

From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :

"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 (qq.v.) wrote to 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. (Llên 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),"

Sources

1 Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, <i>Dictionary of Welsh Biography</i> (National Library of Wales. 2007. <u>Welsh Biography Online</u>. <http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/index.html> ), http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html.

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