7: Griffin Blackwood -New Name (NP)

Consulting Herald Wahriia of St Christina.
Submitter is from St Christina the Astonishing.

Griffin is found in Berkshire in 1583 per Monumental Brass Enscriptions

Griffin is a male given name found nine times between 1581 and 1595 in Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names by Talan Gwynek (

https://heraldry.sca.org/names/eng16/eng16alpha.html

Blackwood - 1538

From `Blakwode' and 'de Blacwode'.

Blackwood is a locative byname found in [Watts] c. 1538 and later, sn. Blackwood Hill.

Can also be found between (1327-1384)

Reany, P. H. & Wilson, R. M. (1995). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Page 47.

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