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Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith 1500–1532 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England

Death Date: 4 January 1532

Death Location: Beheaded under order from King Henry VIII, Tower Hill, London, England

Father: Sir Thomas

Mother: Katherine Edgcumbe

Spouse(s): (Lady) Bridgewater), Katherine (Daubeney), Alice Kyffin, Agnes Norfolk

Children(s): William V, Phillip Griffith, John Royce, Agnes FitzUryan, Griffith Rhys, Lord Rice, Agnes Bayntun, Lady Reese, Jonnet Rhys, Gruffudd Rhys), Thomas ), William Rhys), William Royce, Lady Rice, Lady Royce, Gruffudd Rhys), Thomas ), William Royce, Lady Rice, Lady Royce, Sybll Gwyn

Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith was born in 1500 in Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England, the child of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas And Katherine Edgcumbe. Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith married Agnes Howard Duchess Of Norfolk, Alice Kyffin, Katherine Duchess Of Bridgewater Howard Daubeney, Lady Katherine Howard Duchess Bridgewater, and had children including Agnes Verch Rhys Fitzuryan, Agnes De Rice Royce Rhys Married As Bayntun, Griffith Ap Rice Royce Rhys, Gruffudd Rhys Alias Gruffudd Ap Rhys, John William De Rhys Rice Royce, Jonnet Verch Rhys, Lady Agnes Ap Rhys Reese, Lady Elizabeth Rice Rhys Royce, Lady Janet Ap Rhys Rice, Lord William Thomas Ap Rhys Rice, Phillip Thomas Ap Griffith, Sybll Ap Gwyn, Thomas Rice Rhys, William Ap Rhys Rice Royce, William Ap Rhys Rice Desc Thomas Howard 12Th Queen Joan Plantagenet 15Th Saint Queen Margaret Of Scotland 25Th Anc Carolyn Jones 19Th C13X Esjoo Elvis S 10Th 2Nd C11X P 8X V, William Rice Rhys. Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith passed away in 1532 in Beheaded under order from King Henry VIII, Tower Hill, London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith was born in 1500 in Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England, the child of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas And Katherine Edgcumbe.
  • Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith married Agnes Howard Duchess Of Norfolk, Alice Kyffin, Katherine Duchess Of Bridgewater Howard Daubeney, Lady Katherine Howard Duchess Bridgewater, and had children including Agnes Verch Rhys Fitzuryan, Agnes De Rice Royce Rhys Married As Bayntun, Griffith Ap Rice Royce Rhys, Gruffudd Rhys Alias Gruffudd Ap Rhys, John William De Rhys Rice Royce, Jonnet Verch Rhys, Lady Agnes Ap Rhys Reese, Lady Elizabeth Rice Rhys Royce, Lady Janet Ap Rhys Rice, Lord William Thomas Ap Rhys Rice, Phillip Thomas Ap Griffith, Sybll Ap Gwyn, Thomas Rice Rhys, William Ap Rhys Rice Royce, William Ap Rhys Rice Desc Thomas Howard 12Th Queen Joan Plantagenet 15Th Saint Queen Margaret Of Scotland 25Th Anc Carolyn Jones 19Th C13X Esjoo Elvis S 10Th 2Nd C11X P 8X V, William Rice Rhys.
  • Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith passed away in 1532 in Beheaded under order from King Henry VIII, Tower Hill, London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Griffith's Ancestors

Self
Sir Griffith
1500–1532
Birth Place: Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England
Parents
Sir Rhys ap Thomas
1474–1521
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Katherine Edgcumbe
–1553
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Griffith's Descendants

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Sir (Rhys Ap Gruffydd) Griffith (1500–4 January 1532) m. (Lady) (Katherine Howard, (Duchess) Bridgewater) (21 May 1508–12 Apr 1548) m. Katherine ((Duchess of Bridgewater) Howard) (Daubeney) (21 May 1500–13 February 1542) m. Alice Kyffin (1505–26 Nov 1568) m. Agnes (Howard Duchess of) Norfolk (1477–May 1545)
  1. 1. William (ap Rhys Rice (DESC\Thomas Howard 12th-Queen Joan Plantagenet 15th-Saint Queen Margaret of Scotland 25th) - ANC\Carolyn Jones - (19th c13x - ESJOO) - Elvis's 10th - 2nd c11x\P (8x)) V 1522–1588 m. Elizabeth Unknown\Rowse-Rice 1535–1629 m. Lady (Eleanor Johnes) Rhys(Rice) 1529–1560 m. Mary Appleton 1538–1629 m. not (named here) n\a 1527–1568 m. Thomasine Myall 1524–1568
    1. 1. Grace ("Hazie") Goode 1554–1584 m. Sir (Francis) King 1549–1623 m. John King 1550–1623
      1. 1. Rebecca ((1639-arrival)) King 1578–1661 m. SIR (WILLIAM Morgan Baronet) Llantarnum 1576–1623
        1. 1. Martha Worcester 1600–1667 m. William (T.) Bacon 1593–1653
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret Frances) King 1568–1644 m. Robert ((The Locksmith)) Pease 1565–1623 m. Robert Pease 1565– m. Jerome Pyce 1560–1623
        1. 1. John Pease 1608–1689
        2. 2. Robert Pease 1604–1644
        3. 3. Susanna (King Jacklin nee) Pease 1606–1687
        4. 4. Elizabeth Pease 1587–1681
        5. 5. Rebekah Pease 1600–1681
        6. 6. Margaret Pease 1587–1680
        7. 7. John Pease 1593–1600
        8. 8. Mary (E Page nee) Pease 1598–1695
        9. 9. Wylliam ([William] King) Pease 1591–1623
        10. 10. Elizabeth (Page nee) Pease 1602–1680
        11. 11. Robert Pease 1589–1689
        12. 12. Susan Pease 1590–1596
        13. 13. William Pease 1587–1600
        14. 14. John Pease 1589–1644
        15. 15. Elizabeth Pease 1587–1587
        16. 16. Elisabeth (Marie "Mary" Page nee) Pease 1600–1680
        17. 17. Child (B) Pease 1587–1681
        18. 18. Susan (King Pease) #1 1592–1598
        19. 19. Jerome (Pyce) Pease 1584–1682
    2. 2. Deacon (Edmund) Rice 1550–1653
    3. 3. William (So) Rhys 1543–
    4. 4. Henry ("the Immigrant") Rice 1555–1621
    5. 5. Edmund (de Rice Rhys Royce, Immigrnt to) America 1555–1621
    6. 6. Margaret Rice 1553–
    7. 7. Mary (Vaughn "Rhys") Rice 1557–1621
    8. 8. Robert (Royce Rice) I 1562–1656
    9. 9. Henry (Thomas) Rice 1555–1579
    10. 10. Cassandra (de Rice \ Rhys) \Royce 1568–1589
    11. 11. William (Rice) (Rhys) 1546–1588
    12. 12. Robert (Thomas) Rice 1561–1609
    13. 13. Mary (de Rhys \Royce\) Rice 1550–1589
    14. 14. Elizabeth (de Rhys) Rice 1557–1609
    15. 15. Henry (Thomas de Rhys\ Royce \Rice) II 1564–1579
    16. 16. Roya (de Rhys \Royce\) Rice 1568–1621
    17. 17. Thomas ((Rhys-Royce) Rice,) Immigrant 1558–1621
  2. 2. Phillip (Thomas Ap) Griffith 1515–1585 m. SYBELL (VAUGHN SCUDAMORE Thomas) Kyrle 1524–1635
    1. 1. Mary Rice 1550–1589
    2. 2. Joan Short 1528–1588
    3. 3. John Thomas 1555–1570
    4. 4. John (Philip) Thomas 1554–1599
    5. 5. Robert (ap) Thomas 1558–
    6. 6. John Thomas 1542–
    7. 7. Edward Thomas 1545–
    8. 8. John Thomas 1575–
  3. 3. John (William de Rhys \Rice\) Royce 1524–1588
  4. 4. Agnes (verch Rhys) FitzUryan 1525–1574
  5. 5. Griffith (Ap Rice\Royce\) Rhys 1524–1592
  6. 6. Lord (William Thomas ap Rhys) Rice 1522–1588
  7. 7. Agnes (de Rice Royce Rhys married as) Bayntun 1519–1574
  8. 8. Lady (Agnes Ap Rhys) Reese 1511–1574
  9. 9. Jonnet (verch) Rhys 1530–1574
  10. 10. Gruffudd (Rhys (alias Gruffudd ap) Rhys) 1530–1584
  11. 11. Thomas (Rice ( Rhys) ) 1530–
  12. 12. William (Rice () Rhys) 1522–1588
  13. 13. William (ap Rhys (Rice)) Royce 1542–1588
  14. 14. Lady (Janet Ap Rhys) Rice 1530–1574
  15. 15. Lady (Elizabeth Rice Rhys) Royce 1532–1640
  16. 16. Gruffudd (Rhys (alias Gruffudd ap) Rhys) 1530–1584
  17. 17. Thomas (Rice ( Rhys) ) 1530–
  18. 18. William (ap Rhys (Rice)) Royce 1542–1588
  19. 19. Lady (Janet Ap Rhys) Rice 1530–1574
  20. 20. Lady (Elizabeth Rice Rhys) Royce 1532–1640
  21. 21. Sybll (Ap) Gwyn 1520–

Sir Griffith's Timeline

4 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith in Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England
Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England
1517
1517
Age 17
Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith was married in Boemar, Buckinghamshire, England
Boemar, Buckinghamshire, England
1524
About 1524
Age 24
Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith was married
None
1532
4 January 1532
Age 32
Death of Sir Rhys Ap Gruffydd Griffith in Beheaded under order from King Henry VIII, Tower Hill, London, England
Beheaded under order from King Henry VIII, Tower Hill, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk county, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Boemar, Buckinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: About 1524

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 January 1532
    Event Place: Beheaded under order from King Henry VIII, Tower Hill, London, England

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