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b. c. 1602,Age calculated from date of admiss. to university. 1st s. of (Sir) John Lewis* (d.1655/6) and Bridget, da. of Sir Richard Price* of Gogerddan, Card.Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 40; W. Wales Hist. Recs. i. 13; NLW, Noyadd Trefawr 438. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 1617, aged 15.Al. Ox. m. (1) Mary (div. by 1637), da. and h. of Lewis Lloyd of Abermâd, Llanilar, Card. 1s. d.v.p., 1da.;NLW, Peniarth Estate NA70; NLW, B/1644/37; D. Huws, ‘The Lewes Fam. of Abernantbychan’, Ceredigion, vi. 158. (2) settlement 13 Oct. 1641, Mary, da. of John Wogan* of Wiston, Pemb., wid. of David Lloyd of Cilciffeth, Llanychaer, Pemb., 4s.NLW, Bronwydd II/2898; Huws, ped. opp. p. 164. suc. fa. 1655/6. d. 1668.Huws, 159. sig. James Lewes.
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J.p. Card. 1627 – d., Pemb. 1647–60;JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 194–99, 218–19. commr. knighthood fines, Card. 1631,E178/5938, f. 5. collector, St Paul’s Cathedral repair 1634–5;GL, ms 25475/1, f. 43; SP16/298/38. sheriff, Card. 1635 – 36, 1646 – 47, Pemb. 1641–2;CSP Dom. 1637, p. 288; SP19/126/106; E199/79/2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 242. commr. exacted fees, principality of S. Wales 1637,C181/5, f. 16. collector, recusants’ money, Card. 1638, 1641, assessment, Card. 1641, 1642,Historical Collections ed. J. Rushworth, ii. 826; iv. 163; LJ, iv. 386a. Card. and Pemb. 1647 – at least60, Card. 1650, Pemb. 1652,A and O. i. 978, 980, 1096, 1098; ii. 46–7, 313–14, 482, 680, 1085, 1087, 1382, 1384. array (roy.), Pemb. 1642,SP19/126/106. assessment militia, Card., Pemb. 1648,A. and O. ii. 1248; Bodl., Tanner 57, f. 65. Card. 1659, 1660,A. and O. ii. 1335. sequestration, S. Wales 1649,Ibid. 15. scandalous ministers, S. Wales 1654.Ibid. 977.

Col. (parl.) 1645.SP19/126/106.

Parlimentarian
LEWIS, James (c.1602-1668), of Abernantbychan (Plâs Glynarthen), Penbryn, Card.; later of Coedmor, Llangoedmor, Card.
Main residences: Abernantbychan (Plâs Glynarthen), Penbryn, Card.; Coedmor, Llangoedmor, Card.
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L.B.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LEWIS, James (c.1602-1668)

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Oxford 1644
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