Silvanus Griffiths

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Silvanus Griffiths was an Anglican priest in the 17th century. [1]

Griffiths was born in Herefordshire and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. [2] He held livings at Kingsland, Hampton Bishop and Hopesay. Griffiths became treasurer of Hereford Cathedral in 1604; archdeacon of Hereford in 1606; [3] and Dean of Hereford in 1617. [4]

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References

  1. "Hereford Cathedral" Aylmer, G p248: London; Hambledon Press; 2000 ISBN   1-85285-194-5
  2. 706–747 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Greenhill-Gysby
  3. Le Neve, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). Archdeacons of Hereford  . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.  481–482  via Wikisource.
  4. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 p520