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Summary:
Testator:
Michael Jones (1),
Lieutenant-General of
the Horse
Nephews:
Michael Jones (2), Lewis
Jones, John Jones and
Henry Jones
Wife:
Dame Mary Culme (3)
Brothers:
Sir Theophilus Jones (4)
and the Lord of Clogher
(5)
Sisters:
three, but not named
Executors:
wife and nephew Michael
Jones
Signed:
9 October 1650
Witnesses:
Wm: Handcock, Tho:
Horton, Henry Clogher,
Thomas Longe, Ja:
Standish
Probate:
Granted in London, 6 May
1650 to Dame Mary Culme
Notes:
1. Testator was a son
of Lewis Jones, Bishop
of Killaloe in Ireland,
by Mabel Ussher, a
sister of Archbishop
James Ussher; he was an
officer in
Cromwell’s army;
2. Testator’s nephew
Michael was a son of his
brother Henry, Bishop of
Clogher (5);
3. Testator’s wife,
not named in the will,
but named in the
probate, was the widow
of Sir Hugh Culme,
knight, of Cloghouter
Castle, co Cavan,
Ireland;
she kept her first
husband’s surname so
that she could continue
to be called Lady or
Dame;
4. Sir Theophilus
Jones, second son of
bishop Lewis Jones, was
an officer in Cromwell’s
army; he married Alice
Ussher, a relative of
his mother Mabel;
5. The Lord (bishop)
of Clogher was Henry
Jones, eldest son of
Lewis; he married Sir
Hugh Culme’s daughter
Jane;
6. Donocarney is
Donacarney, co Meath;
Clontarfe is a part of
Dublin; Pouckestowne I
cannot identify.
Source:
UK
National Archives, Prob
11/21/, Image 244
Text:
I,
Michael Jones,
Lieutenant-General of
the Horse, do bequeath
my soul unto my saviour
Jesus Christ, my estate
in manner following (viz)
All my lands of
inheritance and the five
hundred pounds per annum
that it hath pleased the
most honourable the
Parliament to promise a
grant to me, to my
dearly beloved Lady and
to my nephew Michael
Jones, for their lives,
the remainder to my said
nephew and the heirs
male of his body
begotten; the remainder
unto my nephew Lewis
Jones and the heirs male
of his body begotten;
the remainder unto my
nephew John Jones and
the heirs male of his
body begotten; the
remainder unto my nephew
Henry Jones; the
remainder unto my
brother Sir Theophilus
Jones and the heirs male
of his body begotten;
the remainder to my
right heirs;
All my interest in
Donocarney I bequeath
unto my brother the Lord
of Clogher, except two
years thereof;
My
interest in ?Pouckestowne
and Clontarfe I bequeath
unto my three sisters
except two years
thereof;
All the residue of my
personal estate I
bequeath unto my dearest
lady and my nephew
Michael Jones whom I
constitute executors of
this my last will, in
witness whereof I have
hereunto put my hand and
seal the ninth of
October one thousand six
hundred forty nine //
Mich: Jones //
Published in the
presence of us // Wm:
Handcock, Tho: Horton,
Henry Clogher, Thomas
Longe, Ja: Standish
//
Probate (in Latin,
roughly translated) was
granted in London 6 May
1650 to Domina Maria
Culme, relict of the
said deceased, one of
the executors named in
the will, to administer
all and singular the
goods, chattels and
credits of the said
deceased, well and
faithfully to
administer … Michael
Jones, the other
executor named in the
will … |
