- GB-2014-WSA-019261
- Person
- 1641-1703
JONES, EDWARD, son of Richard Jones, Llwyn Rivid, near Montgomery, and Sarah, dau. of John Pyttes, Marrington, Shropshire; bapt. 24 Jul 1641; adm. ; in school lists 1656 (not then KS); KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5; MA 1668; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1667- c. 1669; signed for deacon and priest (London) 30 May 1667; Chaplain to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland; Master of Kilkenny School, where Swift was his pupil; Prebendary of Ossory 11 May 1677 – Nov 1678; Dean of Lismore 16 Nov 1678 – Feb 1682/3; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 11 Mar 1682/3; translated to St. Asaph 13 Dec 1692; suspended from bishopric for simony and maladministration Jun 1701 – 5 May 1702; m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Richard Kennedy, Bart. ; d. 10 May 1703. DNB.