GRIFFITH, Sir George (by 1503-59), of Burton Agnes, Yorks; Wichnor, Staffs. and London.

Family and Education

b. by 1503, 1st s. of Sir Walter Griffith of Burton Agnes and Wichnor by Jane, da. of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, Staffs. m. by 1524, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Skeffington of London, 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 20 Oct. 1531. Kntd. 1 Nov. 1532.Date of birth estimated from marriage. J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), i. 314; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 113; Glover’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 524; LP Hen. VIII, iv, v; Chron. Calais (Cam. Soc. xxxv), 122-3; C142/52/11, 31, 34.

Offices Held

Esquire of the body by 1532, knight by 1533; j.p. Staffs. 1538 – 54; commr. musters 1539, 1546, relief 1550; other commissions 1538–47.HMC Bath, iv. 6; LP Hen. VIII, ii, xii-xvi, xviii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 75–76, 89; 1553, p. 357; 1553–4, p. 24.

Parlimentarian

GRIFFITH, Sir George (by 1503-59), of Burton Agnes, Yorks; Wichnor, Staffs. and London.

Main residences: Burton Agnes, Yorks. and Wichnor, Staffs. and London.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

GRIFFITH, Sir George (by 1503-59)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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