Sir Rice Griffin of Braybrooke

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Barons Latimer (of Braybrook; 1299) Sir William Latimer, first Baron Latimer above, was also accompanied to the Parliament of Christmas 1299 by his nephew, Sir Thomas le Latimer, who was summoned by writ and sat; Sir William and his late brother Sir John had married sisters, the heiresses of Walter Ledet of Braybrook and Corby; each of the brothers had inherited one of the castles, and Sir John had died at the end of 1282.

This summons created a fourth Barony of Latimer by modern law, although Thomas Latimer, first Lord Latimer of this line, was only summoned until 1308, and none of his heirs were summoned at all. Complete Peerage traces the line of descent as follows:

Thomas le Latimer (c. 1270 – 1334), founder. Warin le Latimer (c. 1300 – 1349), son. Married Catherine la Warre, daughter of John la Warr, 2nd Baron De La Warr John le Latimer (c. 1323 – 1356), son. Warin le Latimer (c. 1341 – 1361), brother. Thomas le Latimer (1341–1401), brother Edward le Latimer (c. 1345 – 1411), brother John Griffin (c. 1380 – 1445), great-nephew Grandson of Elizabeth Griffin, née Latimer, sister of the previous heirs. Nicholas Griffin, (1426–1482), nephew. John Griffin (1454–1485), son Nicholas Griffin (1474–1509), son Thomas Griffin (1485–1566), son His son, Rice Griffin, was killed 1549, in Kett's Rebellion, leaving a daughter: Mary Griffin, (before 1546 - ?), granddaughter, married Thomas Markham. Griffin Markham (c. 1570 - after 1644), attainted 1603. Sir Griffin Markham was one of the bravoes employed in the Bye Plot, an effort to kidnap James I of England and Scotland. He was attainted and exiled, at which point this shadowy peerage became forfeit.

Unless this attainder were reversed, this barony would not belong to anybody. Even if it were, it is not clear who could claim it, since the accounts of Markham's family vary. One source says he left two daughters, another that he was childless; one that he himself was one of twelve sons, yet another that he was one of six sons and there were four daughters.

Uprising at Wymondham

Kett's Rebellion is remembered on Wymondham's town sign Kett's rebellion, or "the commotion time" as it was also called in Norfolk, began in July 1549 in the small market town of Wymondham, nearly ten miles south-west of Norwich. The previous month there had been a minor disturbance at the nearby town of Attleborough where fences, built by the lord of the manor to enclose common lands, were torn down. The rioters thought they were acting legally, since Edward Seymour (1st Duke of Somerset, and Lord Protector during part of Edward VI's minority) had issued a proclamation against illegal enclosures.[4] Wymondham held its annual feast on the weekend of 6 July 1549 and a play in honour of St Thomas Becket, the co-patron of Wymondham Abbey, was performed. This celebration was illegal, as Henry VIII had decreed in 1538 that the name of Thomas Becket should be removed from the church calendar. On the Monday, when the feast was over, a group of people set off to the villages of Morley St. Botolph and Hethersett to tear down hedges and fences. One of their first targets was Sir John Flowerdew, a lawyer and landowner at Hethersett who was unpopular for his role as overseer of the demolition of Wymondham Abbey (part of which was the parish church) during the dissolution of the monasteries and for enclosing land. Flowerdew bribed the rioters to leave his enclosures alone and instead attack those of Robert Kett at Wymondham.

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