Family and Education
b. c. 1575,Assuming he was not the student who matriculated at Oxford in 1586 (see below). 1st s. of William [ap John ap John] Griffith of Rhodogeidio and 2nd w. Elin, da. of Dafydd ap Rhys ap Dafydd ap Gwilim of Llwyidiarth, Llanerchymedd, Anglesey. J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 14, 103, 114; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, ii. 140. educ. G. Inn 1593. GI Admiss. m. (1) Marcelie (d. 10 Nov. 1607) da. and coh. of David Lloyd of Llys Dulas, wid. of John Prydderch of Plas Tregeyan, ?2s. (?d.v.p.), 1da.; Griffith, 129, 149; MI at Llanwenllwyfo church, recorded in Royal Comm. on Hist. Mons. Anglesey, cxl. and plate 87. (2) Elin, da. of John Wynn Owen of Caemilwr, Llanrwst, Denb., 1s.; Griffith, 288. (3) after 1612, Margaret, da. of Owen Holland† of Plas Berw, Llanidan, Anglesey, wid. of William Pugh Gwyn of Pengwern, Llanwnda, Caern. and Owen Meredydd of Mynachty Gwyn, vicar of Clynnog, Caern., several ch. (all d.v.p.). Ibid. 110, 206, 240. suc. fa. ?by 1602. When he first appeared in the subsidy roll: UCNW, Plas Coch 169. d. aft. 26 Sept. 1636. E178/5924, f. 1. sig. Richard Williams.
Offices Held

J.p. Anglesey 1615 – c.28, Caern. 1622–6; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 7–10, 26–7. The man who was a j.p. in Denbighshire in 1616–18 was probably a namesake, see ibid. 65–6. sheriff, Anglesey 1616–17; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 236. commr. subsidy, Anglesey 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, benevolence 1622. E212/22/21–3; E179/219/20, 20A.

Main residences: Llys Dulas, Llanwenllwyfo; Rhodogeidio, Ceidio, Anglesey.
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Commons 1604-1629
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WILLIAMS, Richard (c.1575-aft. 1636)

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Oxford 1644
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