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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.
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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.

Main residences: Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern; St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx.; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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JONES, William I (1566/7-1640)

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NEVILLE, Christopher (c.1578-1649), of Lewes, Suss., Great St. Bartholomew’s, London and Newton St. Loe, Som.

Family and Education
b. c. 1578,Estimated from date of admiss. to Queens’, Camb. 6th but 2nd surv. s. of Edward Neville† of Birling, Kent and Rachel, da. of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent; bro. of Sir Henry II*. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1594. m. by 1608, Mary (bur. 6 Nov. 1643), da. and coh. of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex, at least 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. to Newton St. Loe estate 1622; D. Rowland, Historical and Genealogical Account of Noble Fam. of Nevill, 162; Al. Cant.; ‘Extracts of Burials from the Regs. of Bath Abbey’ ed. A. Strother The Gen. n.s. vi. 94; HMC 7th Rep. 256. KB 1 Feb. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. May 1649. CCC, 2299.
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Commr. sewers, Suss. 1610-at least 1641. C181/2, f. 134v; 181/3, ff. 133, 166v; 181/4, ff. 46v, 73v; 181/5, ff. 69, 205v.

Gent. of the privy chamber, extraordinary by 1625, LC2.6, f. 37v. ordinary 1625–32. SP16/2/118; LC5/132, p. 281.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627; English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2. clxxi), 292. cttee. Fisheries Soc. 1632–5. SP16/221/1; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 130.

Main residences: Lewes, Suss.; Great St. Bartholomew's, London; Newton St. Loe, Som.
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NEVILLE, Francis I (d.1628), of Sidlesham, Suss.; later of Chichester, Suss.

Family and Education
4th but 2nd surv. s. of Edward Neville of Newton St. Loe, Som. with his 1st w. Katherine, da. of Sir John Brome of Holton, Oxon.; bro. of Edward†.Harl. 3882, f. 37v; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 78; HP Commons, 1558-1603, iii. 122. m. (1) 30 Apr. 1579, Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants of London 57372. Mary, da. of Thomas Lewknor† of Selsey, Suss., D. Rowland, Historical and Genealogical Account of Noble Fam. of Nevill, 151. 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) Nov. 1616, Alice (d.1618), da. of John Apsley of Pulborough, Suss., wid. of John Drury, chan. of Chichester dioc. 1607-14, s.p. bur. 17 Dec. 1628 17 Dec. 1628. Harl. 3882, ff. 37v, 265v; W. Suss. RO, Sidlesham and St. Peter the Great, Chichester par. regs.; Acts of Dean and Chapter of Cath. Church of Chichester ed. W.D. Peckham (Suss. Rec. Soc. lviii), 234; PROB 11/132, f. 355; D.G.C. Elwes and C.J. Robinson, Hist. of Castles, Mansions, and Manors of W. Suss. 176. sig. Francis Nevill.
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J.p. Suss. 1597–d.; C231/1, f. 30v; E179/283/32, f. 75v. commr. sewers 1604–25, C181/1, f. 81v; 181/3, f. 166v. subsidy, Suss. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Chichester 1622, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. Forced Loan, Suss. 1627; C193/12/2, f. 59. steward, Selsey 1627–d. E. Heron-Allen, Selsey Bill, 182.

Main residences: Sidlesham, Suss.; Chichester, Suss.
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NEVILLE, Francis I (-d.1628)

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JONES, Robert (c.1596-1653), of Hammersmith, Mdx. and Erddreiniog, Tregayen, Anglesey.

Family and Education
b. by 4 Aug. 1596, Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, ii. 118. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of William Jones I* and 1st w. Margaret, da. of Griffith ap John Griffith of Cefnamwlch, Tudweiliog, Caern.; J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 191; Dwnn, ii. 118. bro. of Charles*, William†. educ. L. Inn 1617. LI Admiss. m. bef. 1641, Ann West, 1da. NLW, Wynnstay RA34, Griffith Jones to Robert Jones, 20 Oct. 1641. d. aft. . sig. Robert Jones.
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J.p. Caern. 1643 – c.46; sheriff (roy.) 1643 – 44; gov. Caernarvon, Caern. c.1643–6.Cal. Wynn Pprs. nos. 1725, 1738; SP23/95, p. 93.

Main residences: Hammersmith, Mdx.; Erddreiniog, Tregayen, Anglesey.
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JONES, Robert (c.1596-1653)

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NETHERSOLE, Sir Francis (1587-1659), of The Strand, Westminster and Nethersole, Kingston, Kent; later of Polesworth, Warws.

Family and Education
bap. 26 Feb. 1587, 2nd s. of John Nethersole of Womenswold, Kent and Peregrina, da. of Francis Wilsford of Nonington, Kent.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 32, 53. educ. Trin. Camb. 1605, BA 1606, MA 1610. Al. Cant. m. (with at least £500) by 12 Feb. 1620, Lucy (d. 9 July 1652), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Goodyer* of Polesworth, Warws. s.p. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 291; W. Dugdale, Warws. 1116. Kntd. 19 Sept. 1619; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 174. suc. nephew Francis c.1652. CCC, 3076. d. Aug. 1659. sig. Fra[ncis] Nethersole.
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Fellow, Trin. Camb. 1608 – 20; public orator, Camb. Univ. 1611–19. Al. Cant.

Sec. to amb. James, Visct. Doncaster 1619; agent to princes of the Union, Germany 1619 – 22; sec. to Electress Palatine 1619 – 32; Palatine agent in Eng. 1621–34. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 60, 142.

Main residences: The Strand, Westminster; Nethersole, Kingston, Kent; Polesworth, Warws.
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NETHERSOLE, Sir Francis (1587-1659)

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JONES, Charles (c.1595-1640), of Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Plas Du, Llanarmon, Caern.

Family and Education
b. c. 1595, Estimating his age as 16 at entry to univ. and 18 at entry to Lincoln’s Inn. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Jones I* and 1st w. Margaret, da. of Griffith ap John Griffith of Cefnamwlch, Tudweiliog, Caern.; bro. of Robert*, William†. J.E.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams., 191; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick ii. 118. educ. St. John’s Camb. 1611; L. Inn 1613, called 1619. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 213. m. (settlement 16 June 1626, with £300 p.a.), Margery (d. by 1637), da. of William Stone, Haberdasher of Broad Street Ward, London, s.p. Denb. RO, Wynnstay 7137; PROB 11/184, f. 286v; CITR, i. 340; ii. 74; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 35, 62. d. by 3 Sept. 1640. CLRO, City Cash Acct. 1/3, f. 132; Reps. 51, f. 78. sig. Charles Jones.
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Clerk (jt.), inquiry comm. [I] 1622; Exeter Coll. Oxf. ms 95, ff. 5, 71. recorder, Beaumaris by 1625-at least 1628; C219/39/253; C219/41B/3. fee’d counsel London 1629–d.; CLRO, Reps. 43, f. 220v. See also City Cash Accts. for 1633–40. reader, Furnival’s Inn 1629; LI Black Bks. ii. 286 dep. recorder, London 1632–d.; CLRO Reps. 46, ff. 268v-9; Letter Bk. LL, f. 225v. bencher L. Inn 1636, reader 1640. LI Black Bks. ii. 339, 353.

Commr. buildings, London 1630, oyer and terminer, 1632 – d., sewers 1632, piracy 1633, charitable uses 1637, gaol delivery, Newgate 1638. T Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 115; C181/4, ff. 128–9, 139; C181/5, f. 157v; C192/1, unfol. (5 June 1637); C181/5, f. 120.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; Plas Du, Llanarmon, Caern.
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JONES, Richard (1578-bet.1658/64), of Trewern, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Rad.

Family and Education
b. 1578,E178/5136. 1st s. of Griffith Jones (d. by 1594) of Trewern and Joanna, da. of Ieuan Lewis† of Gladestry (Llanfair Llythynfwg), Rad. m. Margaret (d. aft. Feb. 1646), da. of John Price of Pilleth, 2s. d.v.p. CPR, 1593-4, p. 77; Add. 39732, ff. 104, 107; Add. 39747, ff. 56, 74, 204; SP23/205/965, 969. suc. fa. by 4 Mar. 1594. CPR, 1593-4, p. 77. d. bet. 11 Feb. 1658 and 23 May 1664. C6/113/72; 6/19/75. sig. Richard Jones.
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Sheriff, Rad. 1614–15, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 169. j.p. 1615-at least 1647 (custos rot. 1645); JPs of Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 326–34; SP28/251, unfol. freeman, New Radnor, Rad. by 1620; C219/37/368. commr. subsidy, Rad. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641–2 C212/22/21–3; SR, v. 68, 158. dep. lt. by 1623–46, NLW, Lleweni 668; HEHL, EL7443; SP28/251, unfol. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 74; SP16/58/13. capt. militia horse by 1637–42; HEHL, EL7443. dep. steward, Cantref Maelienydd, Rad. bef. 1640; Add. 70003, f. 133. commr. disarming recusants, Rad. 1641, LJ, iv. 386a. array 1642, Northants RO, FH133. to guard Rad. (roy.) 1643, accts. (roy.) 1644. Bodl. Dudgdale 19, ff. 21, 87.

Main residence: Trewern, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Rad.
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JONES, Richard (1578-bet.1658/64)

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