Constituency Dates
Caernarvonshire 1597
Family and Education
1st s. of John Griffith II of Plas Mawr, Caern. and Llanidan, Anglesey, by Margaret, da. of Rhys Thomas of Aber; bro. of Nicholas and ?of Robert. m. Jane, da. of Hugh Gwyn alias Bodvel by Gaynor, da. and h. of Thomas ap John of Pistyll, Caern., 1s. 3da.
Offices Held

J.p. Anglesey from c. 1601, sheriff 1604 – 05, 1625 – 26; sheriff, Caern. 1615 – 16, subsidy collector 1622.

Address
Main residence: Caernarvon.
biography text

Little has been ascertained about Griffith in the Elizabethan period. He is not mentioned by name in the parliamentary journals, but as knight for Caernarvonshire he may have attended the following committees: enclosures (5 Nov.), the poor law (5, 22 Nov.), armour and weapons (8 Nov.), the penal laws (8 Nov.), monopolies (10 Nov.), the subsidy (15 Nov.) and Newport bridge (29 Nov.). He was certainly alive in 1623, and probably still alive two years later.1Griffith, Peds. 125; 171, 185, 202; D’Ewes, 552, 553, 555, 557, 561, 565; Harl. 1947, f. 23; NLW, Cal. Wynn Pprs. pp. 161, 173, 215.

Author
A.H.D.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Notes
  • 1. Griffith, Peds. 125; 171, 185, 202; D’Ewes, 552, 553, 555, 557, 561, 565; Harl. 1947, f. 23; NLW, Cal. Wynn Pprs. pp. 161, 173, 215.