Jones, John
Of "Llanwareth" parish, Radnorshire. Tried at Radnorshire Great Sessions 1738 for assaulting Luke Gwynn with a knife with intent to murder in the parish of Llanlleonfel on 22 August 1737 and found guilty (sentence not recorded).
[Mossop]
[Mossop]
Jones, Margaret (fl.1803)
Female convict from Breconshire. She was tried at Breconshire Great Sessions April 1803. She and a male companion stole five sheep, drove them into Brecon, and tried to sell them but they were recognized and chased. Margaret and the sheep were caught; the man apparently escaped. She was transported for life, sailing on the ship Experiment to New South Wales.
[Beddoe]
[Beddoe]
Jones, Maria (fl.1818)
From Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire. Convict on the ship Lord Wellington to New South Wales for life. She was tried at Montgomeryshire Great Sessions April 1818 for breaking into a house in the county and making off with cheeses and flour to the value of 27 shillings.
[Beddoe]
[Beddoe]
Jones, Rev. Matthew (1654-1717)
Born at Llwyn Ririd, in the parish of Forden, he was the younger brother of Bishop Edward Jones who he accompanied to Ireland. He became Vicar Choral of Lismore Cathedral in 1681, Precentor of Cloyne Cathedral in 1683, and Prebendary of Donoughmore in 1687.
[MW]
[MW]
Jones, Morris Charles (1819-1893)
A native of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Mr Jones qualified as a solicitor and worked in a firm in Liverpool before founding the firm of Jones, Paterson and Co. in 1858 in Welshpool. His work with old legal documents increased his interest in local history and archaeology and his activities in the field led to his being elected Fellow of the Societies of Antiquaries of both Scotland and England. In 1867 he first circulated a proposal for a new club to be called The Powys-land Club and by the end of that year it was constituted. He contributed regularly to the new club's Montgomeryshire Transactions as well as Archaeologia Cambrensis and was also the force behind the founding of the Powys-land Museum and Library in 1873. He was appointed magistrate and worked hard as an advocate of the claims of Welshpool to be the site of the proposed University College of North Wales, as well as devoting even more time to local history and archaeology after retiremnent in 1880.
[MC 27]
[MC 27]
Jones, Pryce (1834-1920)
(photo: Powysland Museum)
Born across the river in Llanllwchaiarn, Pryce Jones was apprenticed at the age of 12 to a drapery business at the Cross in Newtown in 1856. At the age of just 21he ran this business on his own for a few years when his employer was away. After the employer’s return he left in 1859 to open his own small shop just off Broad Street. It was from here that he explored the possibilities of mail order business, starting in a small way by sending out patterns and stock lists to the local gentry, and by arranging for local woollen manufacturers and merchants to supply goods to meet the orders he obtained. He extended his business and in 1862 received an order from Florence Nightingale, using her name in his advertising material.
In the 1870s he took advantage of the new railway lines which had reached Newtown, and started taking examples of Newtown's famous Welsh flannel to exhibitions in Europe and America and in later years even to Australia. In 1879 he built new spacious premises next to the railway station by the 1880's he was receiving 2,000 letters per day and was patronised by many of Europe's royal families. The business expanded so successfully that even the new Royal Welsh Warehouse (see below) was not big enough and a second building was built next door. Pryce Jones was knighted, taking the name Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, ans served as MP for the county.
[CAO M/X/43/2; E.V. Jones - History of Newtown]
[CAO M/X/43/2; E.V. Jones - History of Newtown]
Jones, Richard Edward (19th C)
R E Jones came of a Mochdre family involved in the Montgomeryshire flannel trade during the 19thC. Cwmrhiwdre, Mochdre, and The Rock, Llanllwchaiarn, were two of the properties they owned. His residence in 1875 was Cefn-Bryntalch, Llandyssil. He was step-grandfather of composer Peter Warlock. An original member of Montgomeryshire County Council he was also the longest serving county magistrate (1856-1916) He was Sheriff for the county in 1875 and deputy-lieutenant.
[Enquiry file 21/3W; MC 60, p.146]
[Enquiry file 21/3W; MC 60, p.146]