THOMAS, William (d. 1654), of Aber, nr. Bangor, and Coed Helen, nr. Caernarfon, Caern.

Family and Education

b. ?, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Thomas (d. 1634) of Aber, and Gaynor, da. of Sir William Maurice† of Clenennau, Penmorfa, Caern.PROB11/166, f. 381; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 153; Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 202; DWB, ‘Thomas fam. of Coed Helen and Aber’. educ. ?Jesus, Oxf.;Ath. Ox. iii. 104-5. G. Inn 29 Apr. 1618.G. Inn Admiss. 151. m. c.1618, Catherine, da. of Richard Parry, bishop of St Asaph 1604-23, 2s. 1da.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 202; DWB, ‘Thomas fam. of Coed Helen and Aber’. cr. bt. by Aug. 1645.SP23/222, pp. 258, 259, 263; NLW, Clenennau 592, 597. d. Mar. 1654.C6/133/215.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Anglesey 2 Dec. 1620-bef. July 1649;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 8. Caern. 30 May 1625 – 20 Mar. 1626, 10 June 1630-bef. July 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 27, 28, 30; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 229. Commr. Forced Loan, Anglesey 1627.C193/12/2, f. 65v. Dep. lt. Caern. by 1637-aft. 1641, c.Mar. 1642–?;HEHL, EL 7443; CJ ii. 485b, 621a. Anglesey 26 May 1642–?CJ ii. 587b; LJ v. 84b. Sheriff, 30 Sept. 1637–4 Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 249. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) 18 Oct. 1643–?N. Tucker, Royalist Officers of N. Wales (Denbigh, 1961), 59; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 369–70.

Court: groom of privy chamber to Henrietta Maria, Feb. 1644–d.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 14.

: of Aber, nr. Bangor and Coed Helen, nr. Caernarfon, Caern.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

THOMAS, William (d. 1654), of Aber, nr. Bangor, and Coed Helen, nr. Caernarfon, Caern.

Will

9 Feb. 1654.C6/133/215.

Estates

comprised manor and mansion house (Pen-y-bryn) of Aber, messuages, lands and mills in Caernarfon and at nearby Coed Helen, Caern., and property in Anglesey, worth £260 p.a. bef. the civil war.C142/534/112; SP23/222, pp. 255-6, 259; DWB, ‘Thomas fam. of Coed Helen and Aber’. At his d. estate in Caernarfonshire reckoned to be worth about £300 p.a. and ‘lordship or manor of Cemaes’, Anglesey, about £140 p.a.C6/133/215.

Oxford 1644

Yes

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