Family and Education
b. c. 1613, ?s. of Matthew Jones of Shrewsbury, Salop and Ussela.Reg. of St Chad’s, Shrewsbury (1913-18), pp. 10, 36. educ. Shrewsbury Sch. 30 Jan. 1623;Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarum 1562-1635, ed. E. Calvert (Shrewsbury, 1892), 283. appr. c.1629. m. by 1640, Katherine, 2s. d.v.p., 2da. d.v.p.GL, MS 4374/1, unfol. d. 21 May 1692.B. Garside, Hist. of Hampton Sch. 1556-1700 (Cambridge, 1950), 112.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1637; liveryman, 15 May 1646; asst. 10 May 1660–d.GL, MS 11592A; MS 11588/4, pp. 140, 483, 493; SP44/335, p. 202. Common councilman, London 14 Dec. 1645–19 Dec. 1647.Vestry Min. Bks. Parish of St Bartholomew, Exchange ed. E. Freshfield (1890), ii. 15, 20, 23.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 20 May 1641.Ancient Vellum Bk. 61. Commr. London militia, 4 May 1647. Member, London corporation for poor relief, 17 Dec. 1647, 7 May 1649. Commr. arrears of assessment, 24 Apr. 1648;A. and O. assessment, Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1689 – 90; London 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Surr. 1661, 1664, 1672;A. and O.; SR. subsidy, London, Mdx., Surr. 1663;SR. recusants, London 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Military: capt. militia ft. auxiliaries (parlian.), London c.1643–?47.SP28/237, unfol.

Central: member, cttee. to register royalists in London, 13 Nov. 1645. Trustee for bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646.A. and O.

Religious: elder, seventh London classis, June 1646; auditor, 11 Apr. 1647.St Bartholomew, Exchange, ii. 19, 21.

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Commons 1640-1660
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JONES, John II (c.1613-92), of Bartholomew Lane, London.

Will
26 Mar. 1692, pr. 22 Nov. 1692.PROB11/412/252; Shrewsbury Sch. Reg., 283.
Estates
purchased rectory lands of Hampton, Surr. for £760 in 1675 and 1684.Garside, Hampton Sch. 164. In will refers to lease of house in Watling St., house in Cheapside, and £6,236 owed to him in debts.PROB11/412/252. A chancery petition of 1702 stated that he was ‘seized of a considerable estate and likewise of a personal estate’ amounting to £27,725.C7/614/3.
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