LEWIS, Evan (c.1623-88/9), of Ynysarwed, Neath, Glam.

Family and Education

b. c. 1623. m. (1) by Sept. 1654, Ann, da. of William Price of Gellihir, Ilston, 2da;The Copy of a Petition (1654), 8 (E.809.26); D.R. Phillips, Hist. Vale of Neath (1925), 402, G.T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 85-6. (2) Elizabeth Bateman (bur. 2 Aug. 1691), da. of Sir Anthony Bateman (ld. mayor of London, 1663-4), s.p.PROB11/396/107; PROB11/441/259; Ludlow par. reg. d. betw. 12 Mar. 1688-13 July 1689.PROB11/396/107.

Offices Held

Military: lt. (parlian.) ?by 1648. Dep. gov. Cardiff 1648–?60.SP29/62, f. 99. Capt. militia, Brec., Glam. and Rad. by July 1655-July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 872, 895; TSP iv. 505.

Local: commr. assessment, Glam. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660; Brec. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. 30 Sept. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 305 (E.1062.28); CJ vii. 876b. J.p. Glam.; Brec. 20 Mar. 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 268, 330; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 273, 302. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Glam. 5 Oct. 1653; ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Glam. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: common councilman, Swansea 26 Feb. 1656–?62.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 33.

: of Ynysarwed, Neath, Glam.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LEWIS, Evan (c.1623-88/9), of Ynysarwed, Neath, Glam.

Will

12 Mar. 1688, pr. 13 July 1689.PROB11/396, f. 77v.

Estates

farm of manor of Ewyas Lacy, Heref., bef. Dec. 1650; purchased Tretower, Llangynidr, and other property in Brec. 25 Apr. 1652, from treason trustees.CCC 302, 1714, 2303. By d. styled himself as of Maesllwch, Rad.; held lands in Cadoxton juxta Neath and Llantwit juxta Neath; royalty and fishing of R. Neath, Glam.; house in Wind Street, Swansea.PROB11/396, f. 77v.

Oxford 1644

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