JONES, Sir Theophilus (d. 1685), of Osbertstown, co. Meath, and Lucan, co. Dublin.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Dr Lewis Jones, Bishop of Killaloe (d. 1646), and Mabel, da. of Arland Ussher of Dublin (and sister of James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh).NLI, GO MS 177, pp. 307-8. m. 1648, Alicia, da. of Arthur Ussher, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) and 2da.HMC Egmont, i. 556; Lodge, Peerage, iii. 337-8n; Oxford DNB. Kntd. c. May 1644.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 217. d. 2 Jan. 1685.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 337-8n.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. regt. of Visct. Conway, royal army in Ireland, Dec. 1641–?1643;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 600. maj. ?1643–28 Apr. 1646;Bodl. Carte 164, f. 129. col. of ft. 28 Apr. 1646–1649;Bodl. Carte 164, f. 129. col. of horse, parl. army in Ireland, c.June 1649-Aug. 1653;SP28/94, ff. 411r, 423r, 574r; SP28/97, f. 3r; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 195. maj. regt. of Edmund Ludlowe II*, Aug. 1653-Aug. 1655;Ludlow, Mems. i. 360–1. capt. of lifeguard, Ireland, Nov. 1656-Aug. 1659.Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 246, 250. Capt. of horse, royal army in Ireland, c. Oct. 1660; scoutmaster-gen. Feb. 1661–d.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 288; 1660–2, pp. 18, 237.

Irish: j.p. Leinster c. 1651 – ?; co. Dublin 15 Sept. 1653–?TCD, MS 844, ff. 110, 139v. Commr. revenue, Trim Precinct by Oct. 1651;Eg. 1779, f. 36v. high ct. of justice, Dublin 30 Dec. 1652;TCD, MS 844, f. 136. assessment, city and co. Dublin, co. Kildare 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; co. Dublin 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Member for co. Dublin, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 199. Commr. poll money, cos. Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Meath, Westmeath, Wicklow 24 Apr. 1660–1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 620–2, 639–42. Clerk of pells, July 1660–78.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 18; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 71. PC, Dec. 1660–87.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 141. Trustee, pre-1649 officers, 2 Mar. 1661, 7 July 1662, 10 Oct. 1671, 26 Oct. 1675.NAI, Lodge’s MSS, 1.A.53.55, ff. 130r, 142r; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 240; CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 364. Gov. cos. Meath and Wicklow, 25 May 1661–d.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 341. MP, co. Meath 1661–6.CJI i. 592.

: co. Meath and Lucan, co. Dublin.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

JONES, Sir Theophilus (d. 1685), of Osbertstown, co. Meath, and Lucan, co. Dublin.

Will

Estates

held Osbertstown, co. Meath, bef. 1641?; Lucan, co. Dublin, granted Aug. 1654;14th Rep. of the Dep. Kpr. of Public Recs. of Ire. (Dublin, 1882), appx. 43; CSP Dom. 1653-4, p. 232. other lands in baronies of Newcastle, co. Dublin, and Naas and Salt, co. Kildare, mid-1650s.CSP Dom. 1677-8, p. 615. By 1670 also held substantial estates in cos. Kerry, Tipperary, Westmeath and Sligo.Down Survey website.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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