Thomas Griffin (died 1615)

[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.

His wife, Anne of Denmark came to England in June 1603, and noblewomen and gentry travelled to meet her, perhaps in hope of gaining favour or employment in the royal household.

One of the places where Anne of Denmark stayed and received guests was Griffin's house at Dingley Hall in Northamptonshire.

After a night at Rockingham Castle they went to Lady Nedham's house at Litchborough, and then perhaps at Wymondley Priory met Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, who had attended Anne of Denmark from Edinburgh.

[13] His father, Edward Griffin, was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of James VI and I in July 1603.

[14] In August 1604 Prince Charles travelled to London from Dunfermline Palace with his guardian Alexander Seton.