Thomas Griffin (died 1615)

Sir Thomas Griffin (1580 – 1615) was an English landowner and hosted the royal family at Dingley.

Dingley Hall where Griffin hosted Anna of Denmark

Thomas Griffin was the eldest son of Sir Edward Griffin (d. 1620) of Dingley, Braybrooke, and Gumley Ewing and Lucy Conyers (d. 1620), a daughter of Richard Conyers of Wakerley.[1][2] A miniature portrait of Thomas Griffin by Nicholas Hilliard has the inscription "Anno Domini 1599, Aetatis Suae 20', he was born early in 1580.[3][4]

  1. ^ John Nichols, History and antiquities of the county of Leicester, 2: 2 (London, 1798 repr. 1971), p. 592.
  2. ^ Joseph Jackson Howard, 'Parish Registers of Wakerley', Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica, new series, vol. 1 (London, 1874) p. 416, they married at Wakerley in 1569.
  3. ^ Archaeological Journal, 17 (London, 1860), p. 278, miniatures at Audley End.
  4. ^ William Paily Baildon, Braybrooke: its castle, manor and lords, pp. 76, 78-9 plate.