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b. 1618, 1st s. of George Dawkins of Kilvrough and Elizabeth, da. of William Glynne, sjt.-at-law, of Lleuar, Clynnog Fawr, Caern. m. Mary, da. of George Bowen of Kittlehill, Pennard, 3s. 3da. (1d.v.p.).Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 209-13; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 483. suc. fa by 1643. d. 7 May 1691.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 211.
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Military: maj. (parlian.) Swansea garrison, ?Nov. 1645–9;CJ iv. 347a; Glam. RO, D/DF L/8. lt.-col. by Aug. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, 279. Gov. Carmarthen and Tenby by Oct. 1648.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 82–3. Capt. militia, Pemb., Carm. and Card. by July 1655–?July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 873, 896; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24. Dep. maj.-gen. S. Wales Jan. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102; A.M. Johnson, ‘Politics and Religion in Glam. during the Interregnum, 1649–1660’, Glam. Co. Hist. iv. 300.

Local: commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660; Carm. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); CJ vii. 876b. Pemb. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649. by 10 Oct. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Glam., 10 July 1684 – d.; Carm. 11 Mar. 1650 – 24 Feb. 1651, 10 Jan. 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Carmarthen 1653 – ?54; Brec. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Card., Pemb., Rad. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Denb. 25 June 1656 – ?59; Merion. 25 June 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Caern. 4 July 1656–?59.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 32, 50, 77–8, 170, 182, 197, 220–1, 273–4, 302–3, 308, 336. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Carm., Glam. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Glam. 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660; Card., Carm., Pemb. 14 Mar. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. Custos rot. Carm. 22 July 1656-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 171.

Civic: common councilman, Carmarthen 1649–?60.Carm. RO, Mus. 155, f. 75. Burgess, Swansea May 1655; sen. alderman, 1656–62.Acct. Bk. for Borough of Swansea ed. M. Price, 219; W.S.K. Thomas, ‘Hist. Swansea from the accession of the Tudors to the Restoration Settlement’ (Univ. Wales PhD thesis, 1958), 309.

Central: commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

: of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 209.

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Commons 1640-1660
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DAWKINS, Rowland (1618-91), of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.

Will
31 Mar. 1683, pr. 25 May 1691.NLW St David’s probate SD/1691/167.
Estates
in July 1651 with other officers of S. Wales garrisons, bought manors, tenements and rents in Pemb., Carm. and Card., former crown properties, for £2237 19s 8d; in 1651, rented tithes of Bishopston, Glam. for £55; rented tithes of Abergwili, Carm., in 1654 and 1655, jointly with John Price*, for £155 p.a.E113/2, answer of Rowland Dawkins.
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