Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales

   Another name for William was Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales.

  Research Notes:

Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg26.htm#620. Notes: Descended from Ednyfed Fychan, forebear of the TUDOR dynasty.


Also FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #112650
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) - little info except for extensive lineage.

From http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/hall.html
"This Sir William Griffith was, I think, the third in succession in the office of Chamberlain of North Wales from the appointment to it of his grandfather, Sir William Griffith, a gentleman whose name has become famous in the history of the country for his contentions with John ap Meredydd of Istumcegid, chief of the descendants of Owen Gwynedd. The Sir William whose monument we are now viewing was married twice, had nineteen children, and died in 1587. His first wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle in Glamorganshire; the second was Jane, the daughter of John Puleston, Esqr., Chamberlain of North Wales. By his numerous children the family became connected with the Stanleys of Hooton, the Bulkeley family, with the Phillips of Picton Castle, with the Mostyns, with the Myttons and the Thelwalls, besides numerous other families."

From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, Edited by Thomas Allen Glenn at the request of Howard Reifsnyder, privately printed, Philadelphia, 1902, provided by http://books.google.com, p. 58:

"VII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Knight, of Penrhyn, eldest son and heir. He was of the Court of Henry VIII, and accompanied the King into France, where he distinguished himself at the siege of Tourraine, where he was knighted, 25 December 5 Henry VIII, and was Chamberlain of North Wales. He married, secondly (marriage settlement 2 August, 1522), Jane, widow of Robert Meredith and daughter of John Puleston, of Bers, adn Havod, y Wern, Caernarvonshire, constable of Caernarvon Castle, 16 April, 1506, 30 July, 1509, 1 October, 1423, Chamberlain of North Wales, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1544; died about this date.

"The wife of John Puleston was descended from Edward III, King of England. Sir William Griffith had issue by Jane, his second wife:

"IX SIBELL GRIFFITH..."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Knighted, 1513, Touraine. From Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning, Philadelphia, 1912, p. 286: "knighted at Touraine, Christmas, 1513, 'after the king came from mass, under the banner in the church'"

• Made: Chamberlain of North Wales, 1520.

William married Jane Stradling of St. Donat's.

William next married Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern, daughter of John Hên Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle and Eleanor Whitney, 2 Aug 1520 or 1522 in Penrhyn, Anglesey, , Wales. (Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern was born about 1479 in Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales.)

  Marriage Notes:

Verify marriage date. Varies from 1505 to 1520. According to Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, they were married in 1520. (Dwnn II: 154-159)