Third Generation

8. Sir William George GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) (`)² was born in 1471 in Stansfield, West Suffolk District, Suffolk County, England.^12,23,33 Stansfield is a village and civil parish in the St. Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located seven miles southwest of Bury St. Edmunds. He signed a will on 15 April 1515 in Suffolk County, England.¹ His will was written on 4/15/1515 and was proved on 5/20/1515. He died on 15 April 1515 at the age of 44 in Bury St. Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury Borough, West Suffolk District, Suffolk County, England.^{4,17,21,23,33,34} Life Sketch: "William Griggs of Stansfield, Suffolk, yeoman. His will was probated 1515. He had lands in Somerton, Boxted, Hartest, Stansfield, Poslingford and Lawshall. He married Katherine Browne. Her will proved 1523, executors: Sir John Coppin, parson of Burgate and William Browne my brother. They had three sons and one daughter."

Bury St Edmunds, commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Bury St Edmunds Abbey is near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich of the Church of England, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.

The town, originally called Beodericsworth, was built on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin around 1080. William was buried on 20 April 1515.^23,33 (His burial details are unknown.) He had a will proved .³⁵ His will was proved in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk County, England in 1515. He has Ancestral File Number LV42-QKH. (This is a map of Suffolk County.) He was known as "Yeoman of Stansfield."

Sir William George GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) (`) and Lady Katherine BROWNE (*) were married in 1505 in Suffolk County, England.^1,10,21,33 Lady Katherine BROWNE (*)^10,36,37, daughter of Christopher BROWNE and Grace PINCHBECK, was born in 1481 in Stansfield, West Suffolk District, Suffolk County, England.^{12,17,33,38,39} "Stansfield is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located seven miles southwest of Bury St. Edmunds, in 2011 its population was 221. The village has an Anglican church dedicated to All Saints."

(She may have been born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England and her parents may have been Sir Anthony Browne and Lady Lucy Neville.) She died on 15 June 1523 at the age of 42 in Bury St. Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury Borough, West Suffolk District, Suffolk County, England.^10,21,33 (The "Genealogy of The Griggs Family" lists his date of death as June 15, 1520; another source lists it as May 1523.) She had a will proved .³⁵ Her will was proven at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk County, England. Katherine has Ancestral File Number LTHS-486. She has Ancestral File Number 9T80-LX.⁴⁰ This is a picture of the remains of the Stansfield Windmill, a tower mill built in 1840.

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Sir William George GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) (`) and Lady Katherine BROWNE (*) had the following children: