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b. 1618, 1st s. of George Dawkins of Kilvrough and Elizabeth, da. of William Glynne, sjt.-at-law, of Lleuar, Clynnog Fawr, Caern. m. Mary, da. of George Bowen of Kittlehill, Pennard, 3s. 3da. (1d.v.p.).Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 209-13; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 483. suc. fa by 1643. d. 7 May 1691.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 211.
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maj. (parlian.) Swansea garrison, ?Nov. 1645–9;CJ iv. 347a; Glam. RO, D/DF L/8. lt.-col. by Aug. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, 279. Gov. Carmarthen and Tenby by Oct. 1648.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 82–3. Capt. militia, Pemb., Carm. and Card. by July 1655–?July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 873, 896; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24. Dep. maj.-gen. S. Wales Jan. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102; A.M. Johnson, ‘Politics and Religion in Glam. during the Interregnum, 1649–1660’, Glam. Co. Hist. iv. 300.

commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660; Carm. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); CJ vii. 876b. Pemb. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649. by 10 Oct. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Glam., 10 July 1684 – d.; Carm. 11 Mar. 1650 – 24 Feb. 1651, 10 Jan. 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Carmarthen 1653 – ?54; Brec. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Card., Pemb., Rad. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Denb. 25 June 1656 – ?59; Merion. 25 June 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Caern. 4 July 1656–?59.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 32, 50, 77–8, 170, 182, 197, 220–1, 273–4, 302–3, 308, 336. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Carm., Glam. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Glam. 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660; Card., Carm., Pemb. 14 Mar. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. Custos rot. Carm. 22 July 1656-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 171.

common councilman, Carmarthen 1649–?60.Carm. RO, Mus. 155, f. 75. Burgess, Swansea May 1655; sen. alderman, 1656–62.Acct. Bk. for Borough of Swansea ed. M. Price, 219; W.S.K. Thomas, ‘Hist. Swansea from the accession of the Tudors to the Restoration Settlement’ (Univ. Wales PhD thesis, 1958), 309.

commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Parlimentarian
DAWKINS, Rowland (1618-91), of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.
of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 209.

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Commons 1640-1660
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DAWKINS, Rowland (1618-91), of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.

Will
31 Mar. 1683, pr. 25 May 1691.NLW St David’s probate SD/1691/167.
Estates
in July 1651 with other officers of S. Wales garrisons, bought manors, tenements and rents in Pemb., Carm. and Card., former crown properties, for £2237 19s 8d; in 1651, rented tithes of Bishopston, Glam. for £55; rented tithes of Abergwili, Carm., in 1654 and 1655, jointly with John Price*, for £155 p.a.E113/2, answer of Rowland Dawkins.
Oxford 1644
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