JONES, William (1566-1640), of Castellmarch, Llanengan, Caern.

Family and Education

b. 1566, 1st s. of William ap Gruffyd ap John of Castellmarch by his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Humphrey Wynn ap Meredydd of Cesail Gyfarch. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. c.1590; Furnival’s Inn c.1585; L. Inn 1587, called 1595. m. (1) 1587, Margaret (d.1609), e. da. of Griffith ap John Griffith of Cefnamlwch, 5s. 6da.; (2) Catherine, da. of Thomas Powys of Abingdon, Berks., wid. of Dr. Hovenden of All Souls. suc. fa. 1587. Kntd. 1617.

Offices Held

Recorder, Beaumaris from c. 1593; j.p.q. Caern, by 1601; bencher, L. Inn 1609, Lent reader 1616; serjeant-at-law 1617; c.j. King’s bench in Ireland 1617 – 20; judge of common pleas 1621, of King’s bench 1624; commr. to inquire into the state of Ireland 20 Mar. 1622 – Nov. 1623, and 1624; member, council in the marches of Wales 1623.DWB; Arch. Camb. supp. 1917, pp. 280, 305; Griffith, Peds. 191; G. Roberts, ‘Parl. Hist. Beaumaris’, Trans. Anglesey Antiq. Soc. 1933, p. 101; Foss, Judges, vi. 338; W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Wales, 9.

Parlimentarian

JONES, William I (1566/7-1640), of Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern., St. Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Main residence: Castellmarch, Llanengan, Caern.

Author

A.H.D.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

JONES, William (1566-1640)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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