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Keywords: indoor Thomas Jones was the first Mayor of Shrewsbury, the County Town of Shropshire. The historic town centre is within a loop of the River Severn. Thomas Jones was a prominent merchant in Shrewsbury, a member of the Drapers’ Company. He was an Alderman and six times Bailiff (in 1601, 1610, 1615, 1621, 1627 and 1635). He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1624 and Chief Magistrate in 1638. In that year, 1638, Charles I appointed him the first Mayor of Shrewsbury in a Royal Charter granting Shrewsbury the right to elect a Mayor. This Charter is preserved at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. The portrait of Thomas Jones shows him in scarlet robes with fur trim. They are probably those of the Bailiff, the office of which could be said to be precursor of the office of Mayor. He was 47 years old. He become Mayor 23 years later when he was 70. His wife, Sarah, was the daughter of Richard Balland of Chester (Mayor of Chester in 1581). Her dress and jewellery shown in the portrait indicate that by birth or marriage she was a wealthy woman. She was 41 years of age. Thomas Jones died in 1642 without children and left his property to his nephew Sir Thomas Jones, later to become Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The portraits have passed down within the family to the present vendor. Jones’ Mansion stood on the site of the Prince Rupert Hotel which incorporates part of Jones’ original house. It is named thus because when Prince Rupert came to Shrewsbury in 1644 he made the house of “Master Jones the lawyer” (Sir Thomas Jones) his headquarters. Thomas Jones was a contemporary of William Rowley who built Rowley’s Mansion in 1616 the year after these portraits were painted. Thomas Jones was the first Mayor of Shrewsbury, the County Town of Shropshire. The historic town centre is within a loop of the River Severn. Thomas Jones was a prominent merchant in Shrewsbury, a member of the Drapers’ Company. He was an Alderman and six times Bailiff (in 1601, 1610, 1615, 1621, 1627 and 1635). He was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1624 and Chief Magistrate in 1638. In that year, 1638, Charles I appointed him the first Mayor of Shrewsbury in a Royal Charter granting Shrewsbury the right to elect a Mayor. This Charter is preserved at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. The portrait of Thomas Jones shows him in scarlet robes with fur trim. They are probably those of the Bailiff, the office of which could be said to be precursor of the office of Mayor. He was 47 years old. He become Mayor 23 years later when he was 70. His wife, Sarah, was the daughter of Richard Balland of Chester (Mayor of Chester in 1581). Her dress and jewellery shown in the portrait indicate that by birth or marriage she was a wealthy woman. She was 41 years of age. Thomas Jones died in 1642 without children and left his property to his nephew Sir Thomas Jones, later to become Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The portraits have passed down within the family to the present vendor. Jones’ Mansion stood on the site of the Prince Rupert Hotel which incorporates part of Jones’ original house. It is named thus because when Prince Rupert came to Shrewsbury in 1644 he made the house of “Master Jones the lawyer” (Sir Thomas Jones) his headquarters. Thomas Jones was a contemporary of William Rowley who built Rowley’s Mansion in 1616 the year after these portraits were painted.
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