Nicholas Griffin, Sr., of East Carlton

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Margaret de Verdon and John Pilkington had nine children:

"7. Margaret, who married, 1st, Nicholas Griffin, who died 15 Hen. VI (1437) leaving 5 sons; and secondly Sir Thomas Savile [Savell] of Howley and Thornhill, knight of the shire for co. York, in 1442, by whom there were four children. Her daughter Anna Savile, married Sir John Butler, knight of Brewsey, Baron of Warrington, who was murdered, it is said, out of revenge, at the instigation of Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby."

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Margaret, the wife of Sir John, died 28th April,

1436, as shown by the Inquisition post mortem for

co. Suffolk, dated 21st February, 15 Henry VI ;

and, as already stated, the date of Sir John's death

was 8th March, 1421. They had issue nine chil-

dren.

1. Sir John, of whom we shall treat shortly as

descent VIII, but who died without issue, and was

succeeded by his nephew Sir Thomas, the eldest

son of Sir John's brother Edmund.

2. Edmund, to whom reference is made later as

descent VIIIa, on page 23.

3. A son, who is said to have died young. 20

4. Roger, who had no issue.

5. Robert, whose eldest son was Sir John, of

Wakefield (treated of on page 29), from whom

the Yorkshire branch trace their descent, though

through a natural son of Sir John.

Robert is named in fine levied 8 Henry VI

(1430). He and his sons are referred to in

Appendix K.

6. Elizabeth, who married Sir William Atherton,

her father's ward, and had issue.

7. Margaret, who married, first, Nicholas Griffin,

who died 15 Hen. VI (1437) leaving five sons ; and,

secondly, Sir Thomas Savile [Savell] of Howley

and Thornhill, knight of the shire for co. York, in

1442, by whom there were four children. Her

daughter, Anna Savile, married Sir John Butler,

knight, of Bewsey, Baron of Warrington, who was murdered, it is said, out of revenge, at the instiga-

tion of Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby.

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The surname Griffin is thought to have derived from the Welsh Griffith. The first traceable recorded Griffin was Ralph Griffin (born 1190) and the lineage is as follows:

Ralph Griffin (b. 1190), son of Griffith and Gwenllian.

Ralph Griffin ( b. 1210), son of Ralph Griffin and Alice De Westob (b.1190)

(Other children: Hugh Griffin & male – unrecorded)

Richard Griffin (1236 – 1284), son of Ralph Griffin and Juliana De Lays (b. 1206)

(Other children: Thomas Griffin and Male – unrecorded)

John Griffin (1272 - 1350), son of Richard Griffin and Matilda Carlofe/Goldfire (b1232)

(Other children: Joanne Griffin, Female – unrecorded, Agnes Griffin, Female – unrecorded, Cecily Griffin, John Griffin (b. 1262), Male – unrecorded)

Sir Thomas Griffin (1323-1360), son of John Griffin and Elizabeth Favell (b. 1275)

(Other children: see above)

Richard Griffin (1358 – 1411), son of Thomas Griffin and Elizabeth De Latimer (1335 – d before 1411)

Nicholas Griffin (1390 – 1436), son of Richard Griffin and Anne Chamberlain (d. 1436)

(Other children: Margaret Griffin (b. 1390) & John Griffin)

Nicholas Griffin ( 1426 – 1482) son of Nicholas Griffin and Margaret Pilkington (d. 1423)

(Other children: John Griffin, Male – unrecorded, Henry Griffin, Male – unrecorded, Richard Griffin, Male – unrecorded, Thomas Griffin & Male – unrecorded)

John Griffin, Son of Nicholas Griffin and Katherine Curzon (d. 1450)

(Other children: Richard Griffin, Male – unrecorded, Edward Griffin, Isabel Griffin, Katherine Griffin, Anne Griffin, Elizabeth Griffin, Female – unrecorded, Joane Griffin and Female – unrecorded)

Their descendents include Baron Braybrooke

Sources

Fued. Aids, iv, 23; Baker, Northants. i, 72-3 (www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66327)

Fued. Aids, iv, 37; Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Hen. VI, no. 19; ibid. 25 Hen. VI., no.40 (www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66327)

Cokayne, George Edward, The complete Perrage of England, Scotland, Irelan, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St Catherine Press, 1910.), 7:456, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.721 C682

Richardson, Douglas, Magna Crata Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Maedieval Families (Baltimore:: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.), p. 385.

Camden, William, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619 (London: Harleian Society, 1877.), p. 167, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.005 H284 v.12.

References

1.^ Cokayne, George Edward, The complete Perrage of England, Scotland, Irelan, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St Catherine Press, 1910.), 7:456, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.721 C682.

2.^ Richardson, Douglas, Magna Crata Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Maedieval Families (Baltimore:: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.), p.385.

3.^ Camden, William, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619 (London: Harleian Society, 1877.), p.167, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.005 H284 v.12.

4.^ Fued. Aids, iv, 23; Baker, Northants. i, 72-3 (www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66327

5.^ Fued. Aids, iv, 37; Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Hen. VI, no. 19; ibid. 25 Hen. VI., no.40 (www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66327

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Nicholas GRIFFIN [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 1390 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England. He died 7 12 Oct 1436 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England. Nicholas married Margaret de PILKINGTON on 1422 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England.

Margaret de PILKINGTON [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was born 1401 in Pilkington, Lancashire, England. She married Nicholas GRIFFIN on 1422 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:

SAVILE, Thomas Knight

They had the following children:

• M i John GRIFFIN 1, 2 was born 3 1424 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England. He died 4 1444 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England.
• M ii Nicholas GRIFFIN Lord Latimer was born 5 Jun 1426 and died 6 Jun 1482.
• M iii Henry GRIFFIN 1 was born 1428 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England.
• M iv Richard GRIFFIN 1 was born 1431 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England.
• M v Thomas GRIFFIN 1 was born 1434 in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England.