Richard Griffin Esq (abt. 1360 - bef. 1411)

Born about 1360 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Chamberlain) Griffin — married 1379 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England

Descendants

Died before 1411 before about age 51 in England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Richard Griffin was the son and main heir of Sir Thomas Griffin and Elizabeth Latimer.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Richard's date of birth is unknown: the 1360 date given is an estimate.

Lands

Richard held lands at Weston Favell and Braybrooke in Northamptonshire. Braybrooke had been brought into the Griffin family by his father's marriage, and became the main seat of the family.^[7]

Marriage and Children

Richard Griffin, Esq. married Anne Chamberlain, daughter of Sir Richard Chamberlaine^[3][4][5][6] and Joane Reynes.^[1][2] Their marriage date is uncertain. They had three children:

• Margaret Griffin,^[4][5] who married Richard Cheshull^[1][2]
• John Griffin, 7th Lord Latimer b. c 1381, d. 1 Feb 1445^[1][2][3][6]
• Nicholas Griffin^[4] (c.1400 - 12 October 1436), who married Margaret Pilkington^{[1][2][3][5][6][8]}

Death

Richard Griffin, Esq. died before 1411.^[1][2][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 287, GRIFFIN 8, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pp. 143-144, GRIFFIN 11
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} G E Cokayne. The Complete Peerage, revised edition edited and enlarged by Vicary Gibbs, Vol. VII, St Catherine Press, 1929, p. 456 (in entry for John Griffin), Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Walter C Metcalfe (ed.). The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19: with Northamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss, Mitchell and Hughes, 1887, p. 23, Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} John Fetherston (ed.). The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619 taken by William Camden, Mitchell and Hughes, 1877. p. 167, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} W Paley Baildon. Braybrooke, Its Castle, Manor and Lords, William Clowes & Sons, London, 1923, pp. 53-54
7. ↑ 'Parishes: Weston Favell', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 107-111, British History Online, accessed 15 April 2021]
8. ↑ John Pilkington. History of the Lancashire Family of Pilkington Family, 2nd edition, privately printed 1912, p. 47, Internet Archive

• Richardson, Douglas."Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2011. 2nd Edition, Vol II". Griffin #8. Richard Grifffin. Page 287. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".
• Richardson, Douglas. "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., vol. III", ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), pages 143, GRIFFIN 11, Richard Griffin. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was revised for the Magna Carta Project by David Leighr in April 2021 and reviewed/approved for the project by Michael Cayley on 22 April 2021.

Richard Griffin Esq is named in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Simon Lynde to Magna Carta Surety Baron Roger Bigod (vol. III, pages 86-89 LYNDE). The trail was badged by Michael Cayley on 22 April 2021. See the trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".