DAVIES, John (d. 1667), of Davies’s Castle, Carrickfergus, co. Antrim.

Family and Education

s. of Ezekiel Davies of Carrickfergus.Hist. and Antiquities of Carrickfergus ed. S. McSkimmin (Belfast, 1909), 472. m. Judith [Gramett?], at least 3s.HMC Egmont, i. 353; PROB11/325/613. d. bef. Dec. 1667.Carrickfergus ed. McSkimmin, 472.

Offices Held

Civic: alderman, Carrickfergus 1630 – d.; sheriff, 1633; mayor, 1640, 1641, 1659–60.Carrickfergus ed. McSkimmin, 414–6, 472; McGrath, Biographical Dict.

Irish: MP, Carrickfergus 1640;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 625n. co. Antrim 1661.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 625n. Commry. of victuals, Ulster 1642–?49.CSP Dom. 1625–29, p. 646. J.p. co. Antrim c.Jan.-Mar. 1657.SP63/287, ff. 6v, 39v. Commr. poll money, Carrickfergus and co. Antrim 24 Apr. 1660, 30 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 627, 645–6.

: co. Antrim., Carrickfergus.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DAVIES, John (d. 1667), of Davies’s Castle, Carrickfergus, co. Antrim.

Will

17 Jan. 1664, pr. 19 Dec. 1667.PROB11/325/613.

Estates

owned property in Carrickfergus, and lands at ‘Tome’ and ‘Glincarne’, co. Antrim, and townland formerly belonging to John Copper in co. Down bef. 1664.PROB11/325/613. Purchased Carrickfergus mansion from Sir John Clotworthy* (afterwards known as ‘Davies’s Castle’) in 1656.Carrickfergus ed. McSkimmin, 472. Granted estates in Glenarm confiscated from marquess of Antrim’s lands (reclaimed in 1663).CSP Dom. 1663-4, pp. 313-4. Owned house at Acton, Mdx. by 1661.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 597.

Oxford 1644

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