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GRIMSDITCH, Thomas (c.1544-95), of Budworth, Cheshire.

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b. c. 1544, 1st. s. of John Grimsditch of Budworth. educ. St. John’s, Camb. pens. 1560; I. Temple 1566.
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Baron of the exchequer at Lancaster 1572 – 73, 1575 – 82; farmer of Preston rectory from at least 1573; under-steward of Enfield manor by 1583; bailiff and serjeant of Halton fee by 1587.Somerville, Duchy, i. 485–6; Ducatus Lanc. iii. 6, 89, 105, 111, 182, 186,459, 460.

Main residence: Budworth, Cheshire.
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Commons 1558-1603
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GRIMSDITCH, Thomas (c.1544-95)

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GRIFFITH, William II, of Caernarvon.

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

Main residence: Caernarvon.
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GRIFFITH, William II

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GRIFFITH, William I, of Caernarvon.

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2nd s. of William Griffith (d.1587), and bro. of Edward, John II and ?Robert. educ. Clare, Camb. 1567, BA 1571, MA 1574, LlD 1581; adv. Doctor’s Commons 1583. m., 2s.Griffith, Peds. 125; E. G. Jones, ‘The Caern. Squires’ (Bangor MA thesis), 145-6.
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Escheator, Caern. 1582, j.p. from c. 1588; j.p. Anglesey from c. 1583; admiralty judge for N. Wales 1586; dep. v.-adm. Denb., Flints., Merion., Caern. J. Wynn, Gwydir Fam. ed. Ballinger, 75; Lansd. 737; EHR, xxiii. 756.

Main residence: Caernarvon.
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GRIFFITH, William I

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GRIFFITH, Nicholas (b.c.1573), of Plas Mawr, Caern.

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b. c. 1573, s. of John Griffith II of Plas Mawr and Llanidan, Anglesey by Margaret, da. of Rhys Thomas of Aber; bro. of ?Robert and William Griffith II. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1589; Barnard’s Inn, G. Inn 1594.
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Main residence: Plas Mawr, Caern.
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GRIFFITH, Nicholas (b. c.1573)

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