JONES, Sir Thomas (1554-1604), of Abermarlais, Carm.

Family and Education

b. 1970, 1st s. of Sir Henry Jones by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Matthew Herbert of Cogan Pill, Glam. educ. ?Shrewsbury 1562; G. Inn 1568. m. Jane, da. and h. of Rowland Puleston of Caernarvon, 5s. 2da.Date of birth estimated from fa.’s i.p.m., C142/213/69; Hist. Carm. ii. 473; J. E. Griffith, Peds. 275. suc. fa. 1586. Kntd. 1584.Jones appears as Sir Thomas of Abermarlais in the return of 1586 and has therefore been assumed to be the man referred to in Shaw, Knights, ii. 83 rather than ibid. 86 or Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 189-90.

Offices Held

J.p.q. Card., Carm. from c. 1583; custos rot. Carm. 1587, dep. lt. by 1595; bailiff of Llanthony, Mon. by 1591.Star Chamber, ed. Edwards (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. i), 43; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 139; Exchequer, ed. E. G. Jones (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. iv), 128; PRO Index 4208.

?Sheriff, Carm. 1588–9Thomas Jones ‘esquire’.; sheriff, Card. 1601 – 02, Carm. 1602–3.

Parlimentarian

JONES, Sir Thomas (1554-1604), of Abermarlais, Carm.

Main residence: Abermarlais, Carm.

Author

A.H.D.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

JONES, Sir Thomas (1554-1604)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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