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APPENDIX G 619 1645, and of Cardiff Castle 1648. M.P. tor co. Brecknock, in the Long Pari., 6 Feb. 1649/50; for co. Monmouth 1653 and 1654, and for co. Glamorgan Sep. 1656. Councillor of State 16 May 1652, 16 Dec. 165J, and 13 June to 31 Dec. 1657. He was sum. to the "Other Holsk," 10 Dec. 1657, and took his seat, as "Philip Lord Jones Comptroller of his Highnes Household," 20 Jan. 1657/8; he also sat in Richard Cromwell's House of Lords, signed the proclamation in which he was declared Pro- tector, 3 Sep. 1658, and was a member of his Privy Council. (") Gov. of the Charterhouse 1658. At the Restoration he retired to Wrinston ManorjC*) co. Glamorgan, and, in 1664, purchased Penmark Manor and Fonmon Castle,() in the same co., where he subsequently resided. He was Sheriff tor Glamorgan 1671. He m. Jane, da. of William Price, of Gellyhir, co. Glamorgan. He d. 5 Sep. 1674, and was l>ur. in Penmark Church. M.I. His widow d. 23 Oct. 1678. LAWRENCE [5] Henry Lawrence,(^) of Goldingtons Manor, Herts, s. and h. of Sir John L., of St. Ives, Hunts (who d. 1604), by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Ralph Waller, of Clerkenwell, Midx.() He was k 1600; admitted Gray's Inn 7 Aug. 1617; entered Emmanuel Coll., Cambridge, 1622; B.A. 1623, M.A. 1627. He was in Holland 1638-41 ; at Arnheim in 1645; ^"'-^ at Altona in Jan. 1645/6. M.P. for Westmoreland, in the Long Pari., i Jan. 1645/6 to 1648 (when he was secluded); for CO. Hertford I2july 1654; and for CO. Carnarvon 1 5 Oct. 1656-57. Commissioner of Assessment, for West- moreland, 23 June 1647; Commissioner of Plantations 17 Mar. 1647/8; Councillor of State 14 July 1653 and 16 Dec. 1653. Lord President of the Council,^) with a salary of ^^ 1,000 per ann., 16 Jan. 1653/4 to (*) " Colonel Philip Jones ... at the first of the wars he had about seventeen or twenty pounds per annum, and improved his interest upon the account of the cause; steward of some of the protector's lands in Wales, and . . . comptroller of his house- hold or court; he made hay while the sun shined, and hath improved his interest and revenue in land to three thousand pounds per annum, if not more." {Second Narra- tive of the late Parliament). {*) He purchased this property from Col. Horton's brigade, out of the forfeited estates of the Marquess of Worcester. (') His portrait, attributed to Cornelius Janssen, and a pedigree of his family by George Owen, York Herald, are still at Fonmon Castle. {Arch. Camhr., 5th Ser., vol. V, p. 383). {^) He bore for arms: Silver a ragged cross Gules, with three leopards' heads Gold on a chief Azure. {') He was 4th s. of Robert Waller, of Gregories, in Beaconsfield, Bucks. (') "A gentleman of a courtly breed, and a good trencher-man; who, when the Bishops ruffled in their pride and tyranny, went over to Holland . . .; fell off at the beheading of the late King, and change of the government, . . . yet came in play again in the litde parliament, and contributed much to the dissolving of them, as also setting up the protector. . . . For which worthy services he was made president of the protector's council." [Second Narrative of the late Parliament).