Nicholas Griffin, 8th Lord Latimer

Biography

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Nicholas Griffin, Esq., de jure 8th Lord Latimer, younger son of Nicholas Griffin of East Carlton, Northamptonshire and Margaret Pilkington, was born 5 June 1426 at Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England,[1][2] and was baptized at the church there that same day.[3]

Nicholas was heir to his older brother, John Griffin,[1][2] who died without issue 1 February 1444/5.[3] In 1645, he was also heir to his uncle, John Griffin, Esq.,[2] de jure 7th Lord Latimer.[1]

Titles: Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1452-1453, 1456-1457, and 1473-1474.[1][2] Commissioner on various Northamptonshire commissions and a justice of the peace.[3]

Lands: Braybrook, Chipping Warden and Little Bowden, Northamptonshire;[2] and Gumley, Leicestershire.[1]

Nicholas married Katherine Curzon (or Curson), daughter of Richard Curzon, Esq.,[3] and Isabel, Widow of John Goddard,[2] before 26 August 1450, as his second wife.[1] They had three sons and two daughters:

1. John,[2] de jure 9th Lord Latimer,[1] was aged 28 or more on his father's death, died 26 September 1485, married Emmote Wheathill of Calais[3]
2. Richard[1][2]
3. Edward,[1][2] married ____ Leigh and had issue[4]
4. Isabel, wife of Thomas Neville, Esq.,[1][2] with whom she had nine children; Isabel left a will dated 18 January 1513/4[5]
5. Katherine, wife of John Bellers, Esq., and of Sir John Digby[1][2]

Nicholas' wife, Katherine, was living 1 July 1465.[1][2]

Nicholas married _____ Ros/Rosse,[2][3] daughter of ____ Rosse of Sussex, as his second wife.[1] No further information.

He married third, before 2 October 1471, Marine (or Mary) Bellers, widow of Thomas Greene, Knt., and daughter of John Bellers, Esq.[1][2][3] and Elizabeth Sutton.[6] They had no issue[1][2][6][7]

Nicholas Griffin died on 6 June 1482,[1][2][6] aged 56 years.[3] His widow, Marine, died 10 September 1489.[1][2][6]

10. Nicholas Griffin, Esq.

Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. ll. (2011). Page 288. < GoogleBooks >

Notable kin

Nicholas Griffin is named in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Simon Lynde, Esq. (relationship path) to Roger Le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Surety of the Magna Carta (relationship path) (vol. III, pages 86-89 LYNDE).

References

1. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. III, pages 144-145 GRIFFIN 15 (NOTE: info was edited/updated from MCA).
2. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. II, page 288, GRIFFIN 10.
3. George Edward Cokayne and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VII: Husee to Lincolnshire, 2nd edition. (London, 1929). Online at Archive.org, pages 457-458.
4. William Harvey, et al. The Visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19. (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1887). Online at Archive.org, pages 23-24: Griffin of Braybrooke
5. ↑Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, vol. III, page 39 LONGFORD 12, Thomas Neville
6. Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. III, page 113 GREENE 15, Thomas Greene.
7. NOTE: Visitations of Northamptonshire states the couple had three daughters; these appear to be the daughters from Marine's first marriage.
8. Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
9. Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry. See also:
10. Lewis, Marlyn. Nicholas Griffin, Esq., 8th Lord Latimer entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins database online, accessed 10 May 2020.