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bap. ?17 Apr. 1623, s. of Edward Griffith of ?Christleton, Cheshire, and ?Mary, da. of one Hanmer of Overton, Flint.Christleton bishop’s transcript; Cheshire RO, ZMAI/1/27; ZG 16/6582/2, p. 474; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M.F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvi), 102-3. educ. appr. apothecary, Chester c.1637.Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 129; Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, p. 474. m. 18 June 1655, Elizabeth (bur. 21 Apr. 1669), da. of one Griffith of Oswestry, Salop, at least 3s. 1da.St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Shropshire Par. Regs.: St Asaph Diocese [Oswestry] ed. W.G.D. Fletcher (Shropshire Par. Reg. Soc. 1909), iv. 561, 568, 603, 656, 676. suc. fa?; bur. 19 Apr. 1667 19 Apr. 1667.Shropshire Par. Regs. [Oswestry] ed. Fletcher, iv. 652.
Offices Held

Military: ensign (parlian.) by May 1643 – ?; lt. of ft. by July 1644–? Capt. of horse by Nov. 1645-aft. Nov. 1651.SP28/196, ff. 492, 503, 508; Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 225, 226; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 500; 1651–2, p. 32. Cornet militia horse, Cheshire 22 Aug. 1650–?;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 510. lt. June 1655–?SP25/77, p. 876; TSP iii. 523.

Civic: freeman, Chester 7 June 1647;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. Bennett, 129. common cllr. 29 July 1653–54;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 101v. sheriff, 1654–5;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 215. alderman, 9 Sept. 1658–26 Aug. 1662.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 122v, 135.

Mercantile: member, Chester Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers and Apothecaries Co. 12 July 1648-c.1663.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, pp. 386, 474.

Local: commr. militia, Chester 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 15v. securing peace of commonwealth, Cheshire by Nov. 1655;Cheshire RO, DSS/1/7/66/70; TSP iv. 251. assessment, Chester 9 June 1657.A. and O. Collector, excise bef. 1660–?;SP28/225, f. 134. Cheshire by Oct. 1663-aft. May 1664.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 407; Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 156.

Religious: churchwarden, Oswestry ?-d. Shropshire Par. Regs. [Oswestry] ed. Fletcher, iv. 652.

Parlimentarian
GRIFFITH, John III (?1623-67), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.
: of St Peter, Cheshire., Chester.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GRIFFITH, John III (?1623-67), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
14 Apr. 1667, pr. 10 June 1667.PROB11/324, f. 223.
Estates
in 1654-5, he was granted a lease by Chester corporation of lands and tenements in Handbridge, near Chester, at a rent of £20 p.a.Cheshire RO, ZAF/34/14. In 1658, he was granted a lease of lands in Picton, Cheshire, paying £100 and a rent of 28s p.a.Cheshire RO, ZCR 466/158. By 1660, estate inc. a house on Bridge Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 126. At his death, estate inc. property in Chester, Christleton and Picton, Cheshire and in Dudleston, St Martin’s and Oswestry, Salop.PROB11/324, f. 223.
Oxford 1644
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