GRIFFYN, Sir Edward (1605-81), of Dingley and Braybrook, Northants.

Family and Education

bap. 29 May 1605, 1st. s. of Sir Thomas Griffin of Braybrook (d. 1615) and Elizabeth (d. 1662), da. of George Tuchet, 11th Baron Audley (1st earl of Castlehaven), wid. of Sir John Stawell of Cothelstone, Som.; half-bro. of Sir John Stawell*.Dingley par. reg.; PROB11/309/502 ‘Elizabeth Griffin’; G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Family (Taunton, 1910), 79-80. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 25 Oct. 1616.Al. Ox. m. (lic. 8 July 1622), Frances (bur. 13 Aug. 1658), da. of Sir William Uvedale* of Wickham, Hants, 1s. 2da.London Marr. Licences ed. Chester, 589; Dingley par. reg. Kntd. 20 May 1625.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188. bur. 5 May 1681.Dingley par. reg.

Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber by 28 Jan. 1640–?26 May 1679.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 389. Treas. king’s chamber (in reversion, 28 Jan. 1640), May 1660–26 May 1679.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 389; 1679–80, p. 157.

Local: commr. array (roy.), Northants. 15 Aug. 1642;HMC Montagu, 156; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; subsidy, 1663;SR. oyer and terminer, the Verge 26 Nov. 1668.C181/7, p. 457.

Parlimentarian

GRIFFYN, Sir Edward (1605-81), of Dingley and Braybrook, Northants.

: Northants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GRIFFYN, Sir Edward (1605-81), of Dingley and Braybrook, Northants.

Will

not found.

Estates

inherited from grandfa. Sir Edward Griffin KB (d. 1621) estates in Northants. (inc. Braybrook Castle and manors of Stoke Albany, Wilbarston and Weldon) and Leics.; in possession, Dec. 1626.Add. Ch. 6022; Bridges, Northants. ii. 12, 339, 355. Acquired Nately Scures Manor, Hants, through marriage.VCH Hants, iv. 153. Estate valued for compounding in 1646 at £1,200 p.a.CCC 1206; SP23/195, p. 605.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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