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Sir William Griffith 1455 – 1506 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1455

Birth Location: Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1506

Death Location: Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Father: William Pengruffwnd

Mother: Ales Dalton

Spouse(s): Janet Meredydd

Children(s): Elizabeth Butler, William Griffith, Grace Griffith, Edmund Griffith, Henry Griffith

Sir William Griffith was born in 1455 in Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom, the child of William Fychan ap Pengruffwnd and Ales (Alice) Dalton. Sir William Griffith married Janet Joan Verch Meredydd, and had children including Elizabeth Butler, William Griffith, Grace Agnes Griffith, Edmund Griffith, Henry Griffith. Sir William Griffith passed away in 1506 in Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir William Griffith was born in 1455 in Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom, the child of William Fychan ap Pengruffwnd and Ales (Alice) Dalton.
  • Sir William Griffith married Janet Joan Verch Meredydd, and had children including Elizabeth Butler, William Griffith, Grace Agnes Griffith, Edmund Griffith, Henry Griffith.
  • Sir William Griffith passed away in 1506 in Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Pengruffwnd
1420 – 1483
Birth Location: Penrhyn, Llandygai, Caemarvonshire, Wales
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Ales Dalton
1430 – 1483
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Janet Meredydd
1459 – 1509
Birth Location: Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Butler
1475 – 1514
Birth Location: England
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William Griffith
1480 – 1540
Birth Location: Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales
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Grace Griffith
1480 – 1542
Birth Location: Penrhyn, Anglesey, Wales
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Edmund Griffith
1480 – 1691
Birth Location: Brynes Castle, Hertfordshire, England
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Henry Griffith
1481 –
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Sir Griffith's Ancestors

Self
Sir Griffith
1455 – 1506
Birth Place: Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Parents
William Fychan ap Pengruffwnd
1420 – 1483
Penrhyn, Llandygai, Caemarvonshire, Wales
Ales ((Alice)) Dalton
1430 – 1483
Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Gwilym (William) Gruffudd
1376 – 1440
Penrhyn by Conway, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Janet (Ap) Stanley
1390 – 1466
Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Gruffudd Gwilym
1342 – 1405
Generys Madog
1330 – 1378
William Stanley
1380 – 1427
Margaret Dutton
1352 – 1428
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gwilym Gruffydd
1300 – 1370
Gwenhwyfar Ievan
Madog Fychan
1292 – 1353
Margred Robert
1304 –
William Stanley
1311 – 1389
Alice Massey
1328 – 1380

Sir Griffith's Descendants

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Sir (William) Griffith (Abt 1455 – 1506) m. Janet (Joan Verch) Meredydd (Sep 1459 – Oct 1509)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Butler (1475 – 1514)
  2. 2. William Griffith (1480 – 11 Mar 1540) m. Jane Stradling (1480 – 1520) m. Jane Puleston (1485 – 24 Jul 1567)
    1. 1. Anne Griffith (1499 – 1545) m. Hugh Lewis (1515 – 21 Aug 1593)
    2. 2. Margred Griffith (1500 – 1594) m. Thomas Griffith (Abt 1500 – ) m. Simon Thelwal (1526 – 15 Apr 1586) m. Pirs Mytton (Abt 1500 – 17 May 1551)
    3. 3. Catherine Griffith (1503 – 11 Mar 1540) m. Richard Bulkeley (1501 – 26 Jan 1546)
      1. 1. Robert Bulkeley (Abt 1516 – )
      2. 2. Sir (Richard) Bulkeley (1517 – 7 Sep 1572) m. Margaret Savage (Abt 1512 – Abt 1565) m. Agnes (Anne) Needham (Abt 1547 – 14 Mar 1622)
        1. 1. Katherine Bulkeley (Abt 1524 – 1640) m. John Griffith (1522 – 1609)
        2. 2. Richard Bulkeley (1533 – 28 Jun 1621) m. Margaret Borough (Abt 1541 – Deceased) m. Katherine Davenport (Abt 1542 – Aft Jun 1621) m. Mary Burgh (Abt 1537 – 28 Jun 1621)
        3. 3. Margaret Bulkeley (Abt 1536 – ) m. Richard (Owain) Theodore
        4. 4. John Bulkeley (Abt 1538 – ) m. Margaret Morgan (1545 – )
        5. 5. Elen Bulkeley (Abt 1540 – 7 Jun 1593) m. Randell Frodsham (1540 – 1616)
        6. 6. Daniel Bulkeley (Abt 1542 – ) m. Ellen Bulkeley (Abt 1544 – )
        7. 7. Jane Bulkeley (1545 – 1589) m. Robert (ap Hugh) Craythin (1546 – 1596)
        8. 8. Rowland Bulkeley (Abt 1546 – Bef Nov 1593) m. Rowland Bulkeley (Abt 1550 – )
        9. 9. Charles Bulkeley (Abt 1548 – )
        10. 10. William Bulkeley (1550 – )
        11. 11. Mary Bulkeley (1551 – ) m. James Eaton ( – 9 Feb 1630) m. Richard Wynn (Abt 1550 – ) m. James (Of Doddleston) Eyton (1555 – )
        12. 12. Thomas Bulkeley (Abt 1551 – 1593)
        13. 13. Elizabeth Bulkeley (Abt 1560 – ) m. Owain Holland (Abt 1552 – 1 Feb 1600)
      3. 3. John Bulkeley (Abt 1517 – )
      4. 4. Jane Bulkeley (1519 – 21 Jun 1568) m. Maurice Wynne (1520 – 10 Aug 1580)
      5. 5. Eleanor Buckeley (Abt 1519 – ) m. John Arderne (Abt 1533 – 11 Sep 1584)
      6. 6. Gwen Bulkeley (Abt 1523 – )
      7. 7. JOHN BULKELEY (1524 – )
      8. 8. Lancelot Buckley (1525 – )
      9. 9. Margaret Bulkeley (Abt 1525 – ) m. Griffith Jones (Abt 1521 – )
      10. 10. Thomas Bulkeley (Abt 1527 – Aft 1607) m. Catrin Lloyd (Abt 1524 – )
      11. 11. Bulkeley (Abt 1527 – ) m. Eyton (Abt 1523 – )
      12. 12. Elin Bulkeley (1529 – )
      13. 13. Rowland Bulkeley (1542 – 20 Aug 1592) m. Elizabeth Wynn (1545 – Aft 1600)
      14. 14. Arthur Bulkeley ( – 14 May 1552)
      15. 15. Edmund Bulkeley ( – Aft 1562)
      16. 16. Rowland Bulkeley ( – Aft 1575) m. Margred
      17. 17. Anne Bulkeley m. Hugh Hughes
      18. 18. Catrin Bulkeley m. Lewis Evans ( – 1690) m. David Owen
    4. 4. Grace Griffith (1503 – 1541) m. William Stanley (1498 – 27 Sep 1547) m. William Bold (1500 – 1561)
    5. 5. Thomas Griffith (Abt 1505 – )
    6. 6. Huw Griffith (Abt 1507 – )
    7. 7. Ellen Griffith (1508 – 1529)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Griffith (1508 – 1540)
    9. 9. Dorothy Griffith (1508 – ) m. William Williams (1506 – 10 Mar 1557) m. Robert (Wynn) (MP) (1520 – 12 Oct 1595)
    10. 10. Sibyl Griffith (1510 – 16 Feb 1613) m. Hugh Owen (1515 – 1613) m. Hugh Owen (6 Oct 1506 – 1613) m. Angesley (ap Hugh) Owen (1506 – )
    11. 11. Isabel Griffith (Abt 1510 – Abt 1580)
    12. 12. William Griffith (7 Nov 1510 – 28 Nov 1587) m. Grace Mostyn (Abt 1560 – ) m. William Griffith (Abt 1510 – )
    13. 13. Hugh Griffith (1511 – 1562)
    14. 14. Rhys Griffith (Abt 1511 – 30 Jul 1580) m. Catherine Mostyn (Abt 1515 – 1586)
    15. 15. Sir (Edward) Griffith (18 May 1511 – 11 Mar 1540) m. Jane Puleston (Abt 1505 – )
    16. 16. Jane Griffith (1514 – 1572) m. Thomas Mostyn (Abt 1500 – 1558) m. Ap (Trahaearn) Madog (1495 – 1555)
    17. 17. Ellen Griffith (1515 – )
  3. 3. Grace (Agnes) Griffith (1480 – 16 Dec 1542) m. Roland (de) Velville (1474 – 25 Jun 1535)
  4. 4. Edmund Griffith (1480 – Abt 1691)
  5. 5. Henry Griffith (1481 – )

Sir Griffith's Timeline

2 Records

1455
Abt 1455
Birth of Sir William Griffith in Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1506
1506
Age 51
Death of Sir William Griffith in Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1455
    Event Place: Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Penrhyn Castle, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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