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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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  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