WILLIAMS, Gruffydd (by 1512-49 or later), of New Carmarthen, Carm.

Constituency	Dates
Carmarthen Boroughs	[], []

Family and Education

b. by 1512.1Date of birth estimated from first reference.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Carmarthen 1533 – 34, mayor 1548–9.2Principality of Wales: S. Wales (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxvi), 346–7; Lloyd, Carm. ii. 467; C. Spurrell, Carmarthen, 174.

Address

Main residence: New Carmarthen, Carm.

biography text

A prominent townsman of Carmarthen, Gruffydd Williams was assessed for the subsidy in 1544 as of King’s Street, New Carmarthen; his goods were said to be worth £30 6s.8d. He was one of the freemen named in Carmarthen’s new charter of 1546, but after his term as mayor no further trace has been found of him.3E179/264/1; LP Hen. VIII, xxi.

Author

P.S.E.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Notes

1. Date of birth estimated from first reference.
2. Principality of Wales: S. Wales (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxvi), 346–7; Lloyd, Carm. ii. 467; C. Spurrell, Carmarthen, 174.
3. E179/264/1; LP Hen. VIII, xxi.