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JONES, Richard (?1534-77 or later), of Cwmgwili, Carm.
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b. ?1534, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Jones† of Abermarlais by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of James Berkeley of Thornbury Glos., wid. of Thomas Perrott of Haroldston, Pemb.; bro. of Sir Henry Jones and half-bro. of Sir John Perrott. m. by Mar. 1559, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Gruffydd Lloyd ap Gruffydd of Cwmgwili, 1s. 2da.; (2) Marged, da. of Rys ap William ap Thomas Goch, 1s.
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Escheator, Carm. Feb. 1559-Jan. 1560; Dec. 1560-Dec. 1561.
Biography
A younger son, Jones’s first marriage brought him what status he had in Carmarthenshire. He voted against a government bill in 1555. Nothing is known of him as a Member of the 1559 Parliament. He was described as ‘wilful and desperate’ by an adversary in a Star Chamber suit of about 1577, which is the last known reference to him.
Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 189-90; Guildford Mus. Loseley 1331/2; Star Chamber, ed Edwards (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. i), 46.
