JEFFREY, WILLIAM; b.; GS 1540; KS 1540-4 (Chapter Muniments 6478).
JEFFREYS, CHRISTOPHER, son of George Jeffreys, Weldon, Northants, organist to Charles I at Oxford, subsequently Steward to the Hattons of Kirby, Northants, and ---, dau. of Rev. Thomas Mainwaring DD, Rector of Weldon, Northants; b.; a boarder in 1656; KS (aged 17) 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; travelled in Spain; a friend of Anthony Wood, who describes him as being “excellent at the organ, and virginalls, or harpsichord” (Ath. Oxon., i, xxxv); m. Anne, fourth dau. of Sir John Brydges, Bart., and sister of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos; d. 1693. DNB (s. v. father).
JEFFREYS, GEORGE, son of Christopher Jeffreys (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1694; left 1694; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Nov 1694, scholar 23 Apr 1697; BA 1698/9; MA 1702; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1701, Major Fellow 17 Apr 1702-9; Moderator 1706; Taxor 1707; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1694, called to bar 23 May 1707; poet and dramatist; his two tragedies were acted in the theatre in Lincoln’s Inn Fields; author, Miscellanies in Verse and Prose, 1754; d. 17 Aug 1755, aged 77. DNB.
JEFFREYS, HENRY ANTHONY, fifth son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 28 May 1810; adm. 16 Jan 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student (still 1892); 1st cl. Mathematics 1831, Univ. Mathematical Scholar 1833; BA 1832; MA 1834; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1834 [sic ?], priest 1834 (both Oxford); Curate, Bisley, Gloucs.; Perpetual Curate and Vicar of Hawkhurst, Kent, 17 Dec 1839-97; Hon. Canon, Canterbury 1872; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Canterbury 1875; author, An Easy Guide to Doctrine and Prayer, 1865, and other works; d. unm. 23 Jun 1898.
JEFFREYS, JOHN EDWARD, eldest son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 25 Dec 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student; BA 1824; d. unm. 22 Jun 1824, aged 22.
JEFFREYS, JOHN, 2ND BARON JEFFREYS OF WEM, eldest son of George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv), and his first wife; b. 24 Sep 1673; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1685; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. Sep 1688, aged 15; succ. father as 2nd Baron Jeffreys of Wem 18 Apr 1689; took seat, Lords 12 Nov 1694; refused to sign the “Association” recognising William III as lawful king Feb 1696; instrumental in procuring a public funeral for John Dryden (qv) May 1700; m. 7 Jul 1688 Lady Charlotte Herbert, dau. of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke; d. 9 May 1702. DNB (s. v. father).
JEFFREYS, JOHN, third son of John Jeffreys, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Darell, Putney, Surrey, citizen and stationer; great-nephew of George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv); b. 20 Aug 1718; adm. Jan 1730/1; KS 1732; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 18 May 1747, expiry year of grace as R. St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey; BA 1741; MA 21 Feb 1745/6; BD and DD 1769; ordained; Chaplain, 2nd Foot Guards 11 May 1742 – May 1759; Rector of St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London 14 May 1746- May 1792; Chaplain to William, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, when Ambassador in Paris 1748-54 (Correspondence of John, Duke of Bedford, iii, 93-5); Rector of Great Berkhampstead, Herts., from 1756; Rector of Whitford, Flints., from 1762; Canon of Christ Church 19 Aug 1769 – res Jun 1779; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 20 May 1779, Canon Residentiary from 3 Jun 1779; Rector of Barnes, Surrey 1792-5; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1756-83); m. 2 Jun 1761 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Robert M. Darell, Richmond, Surrey; d. 20 Nov 1798.
JEFFREYS, JOHN, son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1730/1, qv); b. 9 Jan 1771; adm. 12 Sep 1780; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 – void 26 Nov 1796, expiry year of grace as R. Barnes; BA 1792; MA 1795; ordained; Rector of Barnes, Surrey 1 Nov 1795 – 1839, res.; Rector of Friern Barnet, Middlesex 24 Mar 1798 – 16 Nov 1815; m. 21 Jan 1796 Charlotte, dau. of Col. [check rank : he only attained rank of Lieut. and Capt. in 2nd Foot Guards] Richard Byron, Hertford, 2nd Foot Guards; d. 6 Jun 1840.
JEFFREYS, MARMADUKE ROBERT, third son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 4 May 1807; adm. 10 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1821; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1825, matr. 5 Jul 1825, Westminster Student 1825-38; BA 1829; MA 1832; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1829, called to bar 24 Nov 1832; equity draftsman; JP Wiltshire 1852; m. 26 Jan 1840 Anna Maria, third dau. of John Benett MP, Pyt House, Wilts.; d. 10 Nov 1898.
Jeffreys-Powell, Paul Roger, son of Thomas Roger Jeffreys-Powell of Malvern, Worcs, and Edith Nancie Alice Hope; b. 6 May 1942; adm. Sept. 1954 (QS); left July 1959; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1959 (open schol. ), BA 1963, MA 1968; lecturer in Humanities Univ. of Glasgow 1967-95; d. 17 May 2002.