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Griffith Bodwrda (1621–1677) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1660. Bodwrda was the son of Hugh Bodwrda of Bodwrda Carnarvonshire. Before 1646 he was granted the Wine Licence Office which had an income of £300 pa. He was also appointed Receiver of the First Fruits worth £200 pa and was Keeper of the Records of the Court of Common Pleas in 1656. In 1656 Bodwrda was elected Member of Parliament for Anglesey in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Beaumaris in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament.