Piers Griffith

Piers Griffith (c. 1568–1628) was a Welsh pirate.

Life Griffith was the son of Sir Rees Griffith MP of Penrhyn, sheriff of Carnarvonshire in 1567, by his second wife, Katharine, daughter of Piers Mostyn of Talacre in Flintshire, and grandson of Sir William Griffith, chamberlain of North Wales. Accounts two centuries later connect Griffith with participation in the Spanish Armada campaign, and raids of Sir Francis Drake. These now are not given much credence by historians.