JONES, William I (1566/7-1640), of Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern., St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Family and Education

b. 1566 /7,Les Reportes de Sir William Jones (1675), sig. A2. 1st s. of William Jones (William ap Gruffydd ap John) of Castellmarch and 1st w. Margaret, da. of Humphrey Wynn ap Meredydd of Y Gesail Gyfarch, Caern. J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 191. educ. ?St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. c.1580; Furnival’s Inn c.1585; L. Inn 1587, called 1595; King’s Inn, Dublin 1617. Les Reportes, sig. A2; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 35; C. Kenny, King’s Inns and Kingdom of Ire. 277. m. (1) c.1588, Margaret (d. 10 May 1609) da. of Griffith ap John Griffith of Cefnamwlch, Tudweiliog, Caern. 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 6 da. (1 d.v.p.); Griffith, 191; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, ii. 118 and n. 1; Les Reportes, sig. A2. (2) by 1620, Catherine, da. of Thomas Powis of Abingdon, Berks., wid. of Robert Hovenden D.D., warden of All Souls’, Oxf. NLW, Brogyntyn 399; Griffith, 191; DNB sub Hovenden, Robert. suc. fa. 1587; Griffith, 191. Kntd. 12 Mar. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. d. 9 Dec. 1640.Les Reportes, sig. A2. sig. Will[iam] Jones.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Cafflogion commote, Caern. c.1600-at least 1617; SC6/Eliz.I/3015; SC6/Jas.I/1427. j.p. Caern., 1600 – d., Anglesey, 1616–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 7–11, 22–30. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and Marches 1602 – d., London 1621 – d., Mdx. 1621 – 38, Oxf. circ. 1622 – d., Verge 1627 – d., Surr. 1640, gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1622–d.; C181/1, f. 33; 181/3, ff. 45v-6v, 55v, 74v, 129v, 217; 181/5, ff. 57v, 154v, 169, 172v, 184v, 186, 191. subsidy Anglesey 1608, 1621, Caern. 1608, 1624 – 26, 1628 – 29, aid Anglesey, 1609, Caern. 1609, 1612, subsidy arrears Anglesey, Caern. 1626, Forced Loan, Anglesey, Caern. and Salop 1626 – 27, sewers, N. Wales 1609; SP14/31/1; 14/43/107; C212/22/21; E115/229/119; 115/230/183; 115/230/189; E179/220/154, 156; 179/224/598; C181/2, f. 102; C193/12/2; NLW, Brogyntyn 2334. feoffee, Beaumaris free sch., Anglesey 1609–d.; Anglesey RO, David Hughes Charity mss box 5 (David Hughes’s will, 30 Dec. 1609); box 16 (23 Apr. 1640, n.d.). member, Council in the Marches 1623–?d.; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 46; HMC 13th Rep. iv. 270. commr. piracy, London 1623 – d., N. Wales 1631, highway repair, Mdx. 1626, sewers, Stepney by 1630 – d., charitable uses, Mdx. 1633 – d., London 1640, new bldgs., London 1630. C181/3, ff. 79v, 204; 181/4, ff. 62, 95v; C181/5, f. 142v; C192/1, unfol. (17 June 1633, 17 June 1634, 8 Feb. 1636, 3 Oct. 1639, 6 Aug. 1640); T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114.

Recorder, Beaumaris 1604; C219/35/2/182. bencher, L. Inn 1611 – 17, reader 1616; LI Black Bks. ii. 139, 176. ?attorney, Star Chamber by 1616–17; Lansd. 273, ff. 13, 60. sjt.-at-law 1617; C66/2092. j.c.p. 1621–4; C66/2246. just. of assize, Oxf. circ. 1622–d.; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. Eng. Assizes, 270–2. j.k.b. 1624–d.; C66/2324. j. in eyre, Windsor forest, Berks. and Surrey 1632 – 33, 1638, forest of Dean, Glos. 1634, Waltham forest, Essex 1634, 1636, Rockingham forest, Northants. 1636 – 37, Shotover, Stowood and Whichwood forests, Oxon. 1636–7. Les Reportes 266–98, 347–9, 382–4; CSP Dom. 1634–5, pp. 143, 216; 1637–8, pp. 609- 10; SO3/11, unfol. (July 1636, July 1637).

C.j.k.b. [I] 1617–20; CPR Ire. Jas. I, 327a; APC, 1616–17, p. 311. PC [I] 1617–?20; CSP Ire. 1615–25, pp. 166–7, 240; HMC Hastings, iv. 183. chief commr., wardships [I] 1617–?20; C66/2131; CPR Ire. Jas. I, 342, 424b, 444b. commr. gt. seal [I] Apr.-May 1619,CPR Ire. Jas. I, 433. plantation co. Longford [I] 1619–20, Ibid. 432, 466–9. inquiry [I] 1622 – 23, 1624–5, Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 427, 536; APC, 1621–3, pp. 421–2; 1623–5 pp. 455–7, 461–3; 1625–6, pp. 15, 97, 119. summons of Parl. [I] 1628. APC, 1628–9, pp. 107, 111–12, 194–5.

Commr. inquiry, Virg. and Somers Is. companies 1623, bpric. of St. Asaph 1623; APC, 1623–5, pp. 96–8; CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 44, 52; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 116, 136. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1633. CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326.

Parlimentarian

JONES, William I (1566/7-1640), of Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern., St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Main residences: Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern; St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx.; Lincoln's Inn, London.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

JONES, William I (1566/7-1640)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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