JONES, John I (c.1597-1660), of London, Uwchlaw’r Coed, Llanenddwyn, Merion., Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham and Plas Uchaf Eliseg, Llangollen, Denb.

Family and Education

b. c. 1597, yr. s. of Thomas ap John ap Ieuan ap Hugh of Maesygarnedd, Llanbedr-juxta-Harlech, Merion. and Ellen, da. of Robert Wynn of Taltreuddyn, Llanenddwyn.NLW Rolls, John Jones, Maesygarnedd; DWB. educ. ?Wrexham.D. Davies, Ardudwy a’i Gwron (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1914), 80. m. (1) by 1639, Margaret (d. c. 19 Nov. 1651), da. of John Edwards of Stansty, Denb., 8ch. only 1s. surv.; (2) 1656 Katherine, da. of Robert Cromwell of Huntingdon, Hunts., wid. of Roger Whitstone of Whittlesea, s. p.‘Inedited Letters’ ed. Mayer; DWB; M. Noble, Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell (2 vols. 1787), ii. 207. exec. 17 Oct. 1660.Evelyn Diary ed. Bray, i. 337.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Denbigh 10 Sept. 1632, 1649–?60.J. Williams, Ancient and Modern Denbigh (1836), 109, 112; Williams, Recs. of Denbigh, 134.

Mercantile: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1633.GL, MS 11592A.

Household: servant of Sir Thomas Myddelton*, 1633.GL, MS 11592A.

Military: ?capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1642.A Compleat Collection of the Lives, Speeches, Private Passages (1661), 135. Jt. treas. army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* by Mar. 1644.SP28/346, pt. 1. Col. of horse, army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* by 19 Dec. 1645–?48.Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 393. Capt. of horse, regt. of Thomas Harrison I*, 1650–?53.‘Inedited Letters’ ed. Mayer, 201–2, 215, 217, 218. Gov. Anglesey c.1648–?53, by 14 July 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 312, 1659–60, p. 28. Acting c.-in-c. army in Ireland, 18 Oct.-13 Dec. 1659.‘Inedited Letters’, 262; Ludlow, Memoirs, ii. 184.

Local: commr. assessment, Merion. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Denb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Anglesey 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Caern. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Flint 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). associated cos. of N. Wales (except Flint) 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Denb., Merion. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 26 July 1659. by 31 Mar. 1649 – 25 July 1650A. and O. J.p. Denb., 13 Oct. 1653 – 4 Sept. 1660; Flint by 11 June 1649 – bef.10 Sept. 1660; Merion. by 6 July 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660; Anglesey 25 July 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Caern. 25 July 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Mont. 18 Mar. 1659–12 Sept. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 13, 31, 49, 50, 76, 77, 111, 145. Commr. composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655.TSP iv. 216, 294. Custos rot. Merion. by June 1656 – 31 Aug. 1660; Caern. 1659–6 Sept. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 32, 50.

Central: commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan., 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 120b; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 14 Feb. 1649, 12 June 1650, 14 May 1659.CJ vi. 141a, 363a; vii. 654a. Member, cttee. for trade, 5 Feb. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 162. cttee. of safety, 7 May 1659.CJ vii. 646a.

Irish: commr. Ireland, 2 July 1650, 24 Aug. 1652, 7 July, ?26 Dec. 1659.CJ vi. 435a, vii. 167a, 674a, 815b; TSP iii. 516;

Parlimentarian

JONES, John I (c.1597-1660), of London, Uwchlaw’r Coed, Llanenddwyn, Merion., Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham and Plas Uchaf Eliseg, Llangollen, Denb.

: Uwchlaw’r Coed, Merion., Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham, Llanenddwyn, of London and Plas Uchaf Eliseg, Llangollen, Denb.

Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, aft. 1660.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

JONES, John I (c.1597-1660), of London, Uwchlaw’r Coed, Llanenddwyn, Merion., Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham and Plas Uchaf Eliseg, Llangollen, Denb.

Will

property forfeit by act of attainder, 1660.SR.

Estates

Lands in Llanenddwyn, Llanddwywe and Llanfair, Merion., and probably Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham, acquired in 1633 from Sir Thomas Myddelton*; lived at Stansty , Uchlaw’r Coed , Llanenddwyn (inherited from fa.), and Plas Uchaf Eliseg , Llangollen.DWB. Purchased manors of Llandegla, Uwchterfyn, Meliden, episcopal lands of St Asaph and Bangor, Mar. 1650; Gogarth manor, episcopal lands of Bangor, July 1650; Llanddewibrefi manor, Card., episcopal lands of St David’s, Nov. 1650.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, pp. 48, 50, 51. Bought Talley manor, Carm., former crown land, Nov. 1650.C54/3510/21. Ordered improvements at house at Uwchlaw’r Coed, Llanenddwyn, Mer. 1654.Hist. Merion. vol. ii.ed. J. B. Smith, Ll. B. Smith (Cardiff, 2001), 457. On 20 Sept. 1656, he acquired the former crown lordship of Bromfield and Yale from his bro. (Humphrey Jones), and Rice Vaughan. On 1 July 1659 he acquired the manor of Greens Norton, Northants.I. Gentles, ‘The Debentures Market and the Military Purchases of Crown Land, 1649-60’, London Univ. PhD, 1969, 303. Estate valued after 1660 as worth £265 p.a., but encumbered by a debt of £2,126 charged on it.LR2/266, f. 1.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Paternoster Row, St Faith’s, London, 1644 Whitehall, Westminster, July 1650;C54/3510/21. St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. Nov. 1657;C54/3502/24. Chelsea, Mdx. 1657.Harl. 166, f. 81; Henry Cromwell Corresp. 289.

Religion

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