Rice Thomas, Justice of the peace, sheriff of Anglesey 1563-1564, sheriff of Caernarfonshire 1573-1574
Dates: Died 1577
Biography
Rice Thomas, son of Sir William Thomas of Llangathen, became a Crown lands official's deputy in north Wales and established the Thomas family's Caernarfonshire fortune. He held leases of Aber and Cemaes from 1551 and received a grant of the two manors with his wife in 1553.
Notes / Sources
The DWB describes the 1551 acquisition as a lease.
Research sources:
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 'Thomas family, of Coed Helen (or Alun) and Aber, Caernarfonshire,' citing the Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1553, p. 121. — https://biography.wales/article/s-THOM-COE-1500.html
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