PULESTON, John (by 1492-1551), of Caernarvon, Caern. and Bersham, Denb.

Family and Education

b. by 1492, 1st s. of John Puleston of Hafod Y Wern and Bersham by 1st w. Ellen, da. of Robert Whitney of Whitney, Herefs. m. (1) by 1526, Gaynor, da. of Robert ap Meredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glynllifon, Caern., 4s. inc. Robert 5da.; (2) Sioned, da. of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert of Dolwyddelan and Gwydir, Caern., wid. of Edmund Gruffydd of Porthyr-Aur, Caern., 1s. 3da.; 1s. illegit. suc. fa. c.1523. Kntd. by 20 Dec. 1546.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Griffith, Peds., 275; DWB (Puleston fam.); E. Breese, Kalendars of Gwynedd, 127; Cal. Caern. Q. Sess. Recs. ed. Williams, 33; LP Hen. VIII, iv.

Offices Held

Sewer, the chamber by 1513; serjeant-at-arms 1513 – d.; constable, Caernarvon castle 1523 – d., ex officio mayor, Caernarvon 1523 – d.; dep. sheriff, Merioneth bef. 1533; sheriff and escheator 5 May 1533–40; steward, lands of Bardsey abbey by 1535 – d.; commr. tenths of spiritualities, diocese of Bangor 1535, coastal defence N. Wales 1539, musters, Merion. 1539, relief, Caern. 1550; v.-adm. N. Wales by 1539; j.p. Caern. 1540 – d.; sheriff, Denb. 1542 – 43, Caern. 1543 – 44; ?chamberlain, N. Wales in 1547.LP Hen. VIII, i, viii, xiii, xiv; Breese, 70, 126–7; P. R. Roberts, ‘The Acts of Union and the Tudor settlement of Wales’ (Camb. Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1966), 40, 172; Cal. Caern. Q. Sess. Recs. 31, 38–39, 53, 55–56, 60–61; HCA 13/3, f. 182; CPR, 1553, p. 363.

Parlimentarian

PULESTON, John (by 1492-1551), of Caernarvon, Caern. and Bersham, Denb.

Main residences: Caernarvon, Caern; Bersham, Denb.

Author

P.S.E.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PULESTON, John (by 1492-1551)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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