Bshp. Henry Jones , eldest son. Dean of Kilmore from 1637. Bishop of Clogher from 1645. Bishop of Meath. He owned Lynch's Knock at Summerhill which he sold. He was given this by Cromwell as a reward for Jones' deviton to Cromwell ans for his ability and talent as Scoutmaster General. He saved Bedell's MS Irish bible. One of his wives was niece of Archbishop James Ussher and therefore a first cousin. rootsweb: vfarch: Right Rev. Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath, Ireland http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/j/Jones,Henry/l ife.htm#notes [Bishop] Henry Jones Life 1605-1682; son of bishop of Killaloe; ed. TCD; surrendered his castle, Bellananagh, to the Irish rebels in 1641; presented Humble remonstrance of the gentry and Commonalty of country Cavan to the lords justices of Dublin, an office refused by Bedell; appointed to take evidence as to what murders and outrages had been committed, 1642; solicited money in London to relieve distressed Protestants; promoted to bishopric of Clogher on advice of Ormonde, 1645; collated the 1641 "Depositions" while occupying that see (later donated to TCD by his successor John Stearne in 1741); vice-chancellor of TCD, 1646, to which he presented the Book of Durrow, and the oak staircase in the library, 1651; Scoutmaster General Scoutmaster General to Cromwell's Army under Commonwealth, and granted ancient seat of Lynch's at Summerhill in Co. Meath, confirmed to him at Restoration; appointed commissioner to collect fresh evidence of outrages in Leinster and Munster, 1652; other commission work, viz., settlement of Ulster, 1653, and `hearing difficulties [...] arisen between adventurers concerning lands alloted to them in Ireland', 1645-45; Bishop of Meath, 1661; made over The Book of Kells to TCD, having jurisdiction over the effects of the diocese; deeply involved in the No Popery scheme of Earl of Shaftesbury, his intercepted letters, according to Carte, showing `something more zealous than honorable' in revealing extent of popish plot. `He was certainly the means of bringing one perfectly innocent person, the titular archbishop of Armagh, Oliver Plunkett, to the scaffold'; engaged in project to print Testament and Liturgy in Irish. m. niece of Ussher. Two of his children became Catholics. DNB Works A Remonstrance of the Rebellion in the County of Cavan (1642); St. Patrick's Purgatory (1647) [incl. correspondence of Bishop Spottiswoode]; A Consecration Sermon at Christ Church, Dublin (1667); A Sermon at the Funeral of Archbishop Margetson (1678). Notes A monument in St. Patrick's Cathedral formerly stood in the Choir, now in north aisle; surmounted by family motto, Coelitus mihi vires; Archbishop Jones represented in Chancellor's robes and attitude of prayer; his son Viscount Ranelagh appers in a recumbent effigy lower down, surrounded by kneeling figures; Thomas Jones, Archiepaiscopus Dublin, Huberniaw Canecllarius, bis e Justiciariis unus. Obiit 10 Apr. a.d. 1619; Margarita Thomase uxor obiit 15 Dec. 1618 [also Roger Jones, Eques, Visc. Ranelagh ... Vice-Comitis Moore de Droghedah [et. al.]; the whole restored by Lady Catherine Jones, at Deans Swift's request, 1731. (See Alexander Leeper, DD, Historical Handbook of St Patrick's Cathedral, 1891.) Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco): 2001 Two Biographies of William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore: With a Selection of His Letters and an ... - Page 103 by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, William Bedell, Alexander Clogie - 1902 - 410 pages ... of 3` Kilmore with Dr Henry Jones for his ... Dr Bernard, deane of 35 Ardagh, being then the primate's ... p103 note Bombard & allied families Henry, the eldest son, was born in 1605, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, MA and Fellow 1624; Dean of Ardagh 1625 - 1637, Vicar of Killeshandra 1631 - 1633, Archdeacon of Killaloe 1638 - 1661. During the rebellion of 1641 he was sent by the rebels to present the Cavan Remonstrance to the Lords Justices in Dublin, his first wife, Jane daughter of Sir Hugh Collum MP, and his family being kept as hostages. Having returned to Cavan he escaped with his family to Dublin and warned the Government of a projected attack on Drogheda. Whilst in Dublin he became famous for his Puritanical sermons. When Cromwell came over he threw in his lot with him and was employed in various ways, but chiefly as Scout-Master-General for which he received a salary, and in taking depositions and preparing an official account of the Rebellion. It is even said that he fought valiantly in battle and so became known as 'the Warrior Bishop'. He gained much land at this time, particularly in Deece, and so did his relations; but he sold most of it including Summerhill to Rowley and Agher to Pratt. No doubt Gallow passed through his hands and Richard Jones of Dollanstown may have been a relation, perhaps a son by his first wife. At the Restoration he transferred his allegiance to Charles II and was by him promoted to the Bishopric of Meath in May 1661 where he remained for 20 years and earned a reputation for "learning, judgement and liberality'” He died in Dublin on 5th January 1681. It is not known what family he had by his first wife, but his second marriage took place on 31st December 1646 to Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Piers of Tristernagh Abbey, Co Westmeath, and niece of Sir James Ware. She died in 1672 having had at least three children 1. Doctor Michael Jones born 1660 and died before 1703, he had a. a son killed at Aughrim, July 1691 b. Rev Michael, Archdeacon of Killala c. Theophilus, a gauger (or excise-man) 2. Mary married the 1st Lord Piers of Tristernagh Abbey, eldest son of Sir Henry and they had eight sons and six daughters. 3. Jane married Sir Philip Coote of Mount Coote, Co Limerick
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