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Family and Education
b. ?1618, 1st s. of David Philip of Pen-y-waun, Llangyfelach and Elizabeth, da. of William David. m. 1642, Jane (d. 23 Oct. 1678), da. of William Price of Gellihir, Ilston, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. aft. 1642; d. 5 Sept. 1674.C. Grant Francis, Charters Granted to Swansea (1867), 167-9.
Offices Held

Military: capt. (parlian.) army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* by 1 Apr. 1645.SP28/346/2, unfol. Gov. Swansea 1 Dec. 1645–59;CJ iv. 347a; LJ vii. 713b; viii. 19b. Cardiff by Nov. 1648–21 July 1659 at latest.SP28/58/1, ff. 70, 72, 74; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 36. Col. of ft. 1646–2 Oct. 1651.SP24/14, f. 38v.

Local: commr. pacification, Glam. by 7 Nov. 1645;HMC Portland, i. 304. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;HMC Portland, i. 304; CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 20 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660, 1672; Carm. 7 Dec. 1649, 20 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Brec. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Pemb. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Card. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); SR; CJ vii. 876b. disbanding forces in S. Wales, 18 Feb. 1648;LJ x. 63b. Glam. militia, 18 May 1648; sequestrations, S. Wales and Mon. 23 Feb. 1649. 10 Oct. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Glam., 10 Aug. 1672 – d.; Brec. 9 Mar. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Carm. 11 Mar. 1650 – ?Mar. 1660; Mon. 18 July 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655 – bef.Mar. 1660; Rad. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Pemb. and Haverfordwest 22 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 306, 307; C181/6, p. 183; C193/13/5, ff. 38, 65, 101v; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170–2, 220–1, 242–3, 273–5, 301–3, 305, 335–7, 360–2. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales and Mon. 28 Aug. 1654. Gov. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. Charterhouse 17 Jan. 1659–18 May 1660.Charterhouse Muniments, G/2/3, ff. 4v, 8. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 10 Nov. 1655, 11 Oct. 1658. 20 Mar. 1656 – 30 July 1660C181/6, pp. 128, 327. Custos rot. Glam.; Rad. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Brec. 7 Apr. 1656–?Mar. 1660.A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660), 68, 70, 73; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 273–5, 303, 335–6. Commr. sewers, Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657;C181/6, p. 263. militia, Glam. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Sheriff, 1671–2.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 258.

Civic: burgess, Swansea 1646; alderman, 1650; high steward, Feb. 1655–60.M. Price, Account Bk. for the Borough of Swansea, Wales 1640–1660 (Lampeter, 1990), 141, Grant Francis, Charters, 31, 183.

Legal: chamberlain and chan. Brecon, c.1650–59.W.R. Williams, Hist. of the Great Sessions in Wales, 1542–1830 (Brecon, 1899), 152.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Cllr.of state by 19 May, 9 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. xxxiv, 339; CJ vii. 283a, 344a; TSP i. 642; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Commr. admlty. and navy, 3 Dec.1653, 8 Nov. 1655.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. Arbitrator, English merchants and government of Portugal, Apr. 1655.TSP vi. 51–2. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to members of Other House, 20 Jan. 1658, 27 Jan. 1659.HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 505, 524.

Court: comptroller, ld. protector’s household by 17 Dec. 1657–9.SP25/78, f. 351.

: of Llangyfelach, Swansea and Cardiff, Glam.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. C. Johnson.Fonmon Castle, Glam.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

JONES, Philip (?1618-74), of Llangyfelach, Swansea and Cardiff, Glam.

Will
15 Apr. 1673, pr. 4 Mar. 1675.PROB11/347, f. 198v.
Estates
Thought to be worth £20 in 1642; had an annual income of over £1,000 after 1660; spent over £15,000 on land purchases, not inc. collective purchases with members of his regt., 1647-58. Co-purchaser of crown property of Undy, Mon. Aug. 1650; Oysterlow and 2 other manors, Carm. May 1651. Aft. 1660 settled at Fonmon castle, Penmark, Glam., bought in 1656.Second Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 7; E112/559/29/15; I.J. Gentles, ‘The debentures market and military purchases of crown land’ (London PhD thesis, 1969), 303.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Great House, Swansea, Feb. 1647-?;A.G. Veysey, ‘Col. Philip Jones, 1618-74’, Trans. Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion (1966), 317. lodgings in Whitehall Palace, 9 June 1653-?;CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 394. lodgings in the Cockpit, Whitehall, 1657-5 Aug. 1659.
Religion
Described as ‘the chief person’ entrusted with receiving church revenues under the act for propagation of the gospel in Wales, 23 Feb. 1650;A. and O.; Articles of Impeachment of Transcendent Crimes (1659), 9 (E.983.31). recommended William Langford to vicarage of Llanfawr, Mer. 21 Jan. 1654.Add. 36792, f. 83.
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