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b. c. 1602, 1st s. of Sir John Lewis† of Abernantbychan and Coedmor, Card. and Bridget, da. of Sir Richard Price† (Pryse) of Gogerddan.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 40; W. Wales Hist Recs. i. 13; NLW, Noyadd Trefawr 438. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 14 Mar. 1617.Al. Ox. m. (1) Mary (div. by 1637) da. and h. of Lewis Lloyd of Abermâd, Llanilar, 1s. d.v.p., 1da.;NLW, Peniarth Estate NA70; NLW, B/1644/37; D. Huws, ‘The Lewes Fam. of Abernantbychan’, Ceredigion, vi. 158. (2) 1641, Mary, da. of John Wogan* of Wiston, Pemb., wid. of David Lloyd of Cilciffeth, Llanychaer, Pemb., 4s.NLW, Bronwydd II/2898; Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, pedigree opp. p. 164. suc. fa. 1656. d. 1668.Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, vi. 159.
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Local: j.p. Card. 1627 – d.; Pemb. by 27 Sept. 1647-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 194–99, 218–9. Commr. Forced Loan, Card. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 66v. knighthood fines, 1631.E178/5938, f. 5. Collector, repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1634–5.GL, MS 25475/1, f. 43; SP16/298/38. Sheriff, Card. 1635–6, 1 Dec. 1646–7; Pemb. 1641–2.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 288; SP19/126/106; E199/79/2; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 242. Commr. exacted fees, S. Wales 27 June 1635.C181/5, f. 16. Collector, recusants’ money, Card. Apr. 1638, 30 Jan., 30 Aug. 1641.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. ii. 826; iv. 163; LJ iv. 386a. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Pemb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 1642;SP19/126/106. disbanding forces in S. Wales, 18 Feb. 1648;LJ x. 63b. militia, Pemb. 2 Dec. 1648; Card. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. subsidy, Card. 1663.SR.

Military: col. (parlian.) c.1645.SP19/126/106.

: of Abernantbychan, Card.; later of Coedmor, Card., Penbryn.
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Commons 1640-1660
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LEWIS, James (c.1602-68), of Abernantbychan, Penbryn, Card.; later of Coedmor, Llangoedmor, Card.

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jt. purchaser of manors and boroughs of Cardigan and Aberystwyth 1633, and in same year purchased lordship of Iscoed Ishirwern for £275;Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, vi. 158; NLW, Ty Llwydd 301, 325; Bristol RO, 13458/1. also acquired interest in lands of Whitland monastery, Carm. and Pemb., mid-1630s;Longleat, Devereux MS iv, f. 100. share in lead mines near Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and Llanafan, c.1635-7;E112/271/22; E134/12Chas.I/Mich.38; NLW, Peniarth Estate NA70. according to 1650 settlement held Abernantbychan and Coedmor;Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, Ceredigion, vi. 155. value of estate in 1660 estimated at £700 p.a.Burke’s Commoners, i. 693.
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