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Sir John Philipps, Kt.

Also Known As: "Phillips", "Phylips", "Philipps", "John Ffylips L of Picton Esgwier"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Death: March 27, 1629 (71-79)
Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Morgan Phillips and Elizabeth Philipps
Husband of Lady Anne Philipps and Margaret Crowe
Father of Dorothy Annesley, Viscountess Valentia; Elizabeth Webb; Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd Baronet of Picton Castle; Frances Owen; Sioned Philipps and 6 others
Brother of Thomas Phillips, of Lanrest

Occupation: Sheriff of Pembrokeshire
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About Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet of Picton Castle

John Philipps was born about 1560 at Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales and died 27 March 1629 at Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Sir John Philipps was created a Baronet in 1621.

Parents: eldest son of Morgan Philipps (d. c. 1585), who succeeded to the estates in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire held by his brother, William (d. 1573); and his 2nd wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Fletcher, registrar of Bangor.

Marriages (2)

  1. 1591 - Ann, born about 1567 Haroldstone Pembrokshire, daughter of Sir John Perrot & Jane Pollard, was the mother of all his children.
  2. 1613 - Margaret, born abt 1565 in Wales. daughter of Sir Thomas Dennys of Bicton, Devon

11 children of Sir John Philipps, 1st Bt. and Anne Perrot -

3 sons:

  1. Sir RICHARD PHILIPPS , m. (1) Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Erasmus Dryden , bart. , grandfather of the poet , and (2) Catherine , daughter of Daniel Oxenbridge , M.D. He took the side of Parliament in the Civil War and garrisoned Picton castle , which was taken by the Royalists on 30 April 1644 , when his children were imprisoned. He d. 1648.
  2. Hugh Philipps d. 1651 married Anne Lort
  3. Walter Philipps d. unm.

8 daughters:

  1. Sioned Philipps d after 1608
  2. Dorothy Philipps d. 3 May 1624 married Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount of Valentia
  3. Lettice Philipps m. John Owen of Trecoone
  4. Jane Philipps d. after March 1644 married James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye
  5. Elizabeth Philipps m. Edward Medhope.
  6. Mary Philipps m. John Scourfield of New Mote
  7. Olive Philipps m. Sampson Lort
  8. Frances Philips+ d. 1629 m. Sir Hugh Owen, of Orielton Bt.

Two da. were unm. when Sir John died, each received £500 at his death.

Notes

Sir JOHN PHILIPPS , who was created a baronet on 8 Nov. 1621 , m. (1) Anne , daughter of Sir John Perrot , who was the mother of all his children, (2) Margaret , daughter of Sir Thomas Dennys of Bicton , Devon . He was Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire in 1597 and 1601 and promoted the Bill for including the lordship of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire ( Trans. Cymm. , 1942 , 13). He was sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1595 and 1611 and of Carmarthenshire in 1623 . He sponsored the literary work of Robert Holland who dedicated his first book to his wife, Anne Philipps . He was captain of the trained bands of Dungleddy . He d. at Clog-y-fran , his Carmarthenshire home, on 27 March 1629 and was buried at Slebech .

Estate

Philipps made his will on 10 Jan. and died 27 Mar. 1629. He was buried at Slebech as he had requested. The Clog y fran lands with the ‘growing grain, oxen, kine, bulls and pigs’ were left to the widow, while the Pembrokeshire properties passed to the eldest son and executor, Richard, who proved the will 11 June 1629. Two unmarried daughters received £500 each and provision for their wedding clothes, and another daughter, Elizabeth, who was already married ‘and I am given to understand in Ireland’—in fact she was married to Edward Medhope, clerk of the House of Commons in Ireland—received £250. Philipps left £12 to St. David’s cathedral, and small bequests to his servants. The overseers of the will included his sons-in-law, Sir James Hamilton, and Sir Francis Annesley.5

History of Picton Castle

Until the late 11th century south-west Wales formed part of a Welsh kingdom named Deheubarth which was ruled by Rhys ap Tewdwr. About Easter 1093 he was killed in battle near Brecon by Normans, who then undertook a general invasion of South Wales. As part of this drive a castle was established at Pembroke to provide a base for the reduction of this area, but progress was slow and uncertain, and in 1108 Henry I attempted to bolster up the process of colonisation by settling Flemings in Rhos and Deugleddau (the area around Haverfordwest). One of the Flemish leaders, Wizo, established a barony centered on his castle at Wiston, some three miles to the north of Picton, and then began granting out estates to his knightly followers. It must have been about this time that the first castle was built at Picton.

The early lords of Picton were obscure men whose names have not survived. There is some possibility that their castle was situated upon a mound a couple of hundred yards east of the present building, but even this has not been established with certainty. What is certain is that by the end of the 13th century Picton was in the hands of the Wogans, barons of Wiston, though whether this had happened through failure of male heirs and regrant to a cadet of the Wogan family or through the marriage of an heiress to one of the Wogans, is unknown. The Wogan line of Picton ended in an heiress who married Owain Dwnn, and the Dwnns in turn ended in an heiress, Jane, who in the late 15th century married Sir Thomas Philipps of Cilsant, esquire to the body of Henry VII.

The Cilsant family, which held extensive lands in West Carmarthenshire was descended from a late 11th-century magnate named Cadifor Fawr. Cadifor's great-grandson, Aaron ap Rhys, took part in the Third Crusade, became a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, and is said to have added the golden collar and chain to the back of the lion rampart which is the insignia of the Philipps family. The Philippses have held Picton Castle since the days of Sir Thomas.

When, in 1611, James I wanted to raise money to meet the cost of keeping his army in Ireland he hit upon the idea of selling baronetcies (hereditary knighthoods). Sir John Philipps bought one at a cost of L1,095. The sum was supposed to cover the cost of keeping 30 soldiers in Ireland for a period of 3 years. In 1776 Sir Richard Philipps, 7th bart., was created Lord Milford, a title currently held by Wogan Philipps, elder brother of the Honourable Hanning Philipps of Picton.


Supporting data

  • Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales Vol. II. By Thomas Nicholas
  • https://archive.org/details/annalsandantiqu00nichgoog
  • https://archive.org/stream/annalsandantiqu00nichgoog#page/n465/mode...
  • Pg.908
  • The ancient house of Picton traces in unbroken line from Cadifor ap Collwyn, Lord of Dyfed, in Pembrokeshire, otherwise called Cadifor Vawr, or Cadivor the Great. It has intermarried at different periods of its more recent history with the Philippses of Cilsant ; the Perrotts of Haroldston ; the Wogans of Wiston ; the Droydens of Northamptonshire ; the Earl of Wicklow's family ; the Leas of Ludstone, Shropshire, and of HagIey, Worcestershire. Among the distinguished men it has supplied in past time may be named Sir John Wogan, Chief Justice of Ireland, Sir Henry Donn, and Sir John Philipps (the Good).
  • Cadifor Fawr, Lord of Blaen-Cych, was father of Bledri, Lord of Cilsant (the place which became so celebrated as the cradle of the clan Philips Philipps, and Phillipps, so widely spread in South Wales) ; and he of Rhys ap Bledri, whose son, Sir Aaron, fought in the Crusades under Richard I., and was made Knight of the Sepulchre.
  • Philip ap Meredith of Cilsant was sixth in direct line from Sir Aaron ; and his son,—
  • Sir Thomas ap Philip, m. Jane, dau. of Sir Henry Donne, Kt., of Picton, who had inherited that place in right of his mother, Catherine, dau. and co-h. of Sir John Wogan of Picton, whose ancestor, Sir John Wogan, Kt., of Wiston, had entered Picton by marrying Joan, dau. and h. of Sir William Picton, the first and only Norman possessor of the place. (See further Picton Castle.)
  • John Philips of Picton, son of Sir Thomas, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, co. of Carn., Chamberlain of North Wale. His grandson, —
  • Sir John Philips, was Lord of Picton when Lewys Dwnn, Deputy Herald, visited the place in Oct, 1591, and completed the pedigree of the family up to that date, and the document was signed by him as "John Phillipps," though Dwnn persists in spelling the name according to his own notion of phonography, "Ffylips, Esgwier, Dustus o'r Pies a'r Corwm." He was made a bart. in 1621, and m., as first wife, Ann, dau. of Sir John Perrott, Kt. , of Haroldston, and was s. by his eldest son. —
  • Sir Richard Philipps. Here the name first assumed this form, and has been followed by different branches of the clan ; but the late Sir Thomas Phillipps, of Middlehill, preferred the form adopted by "John Phillipps" in Dwnn. Sir Richard was followed by Sir Erasmus [d. 1697), he by Sir John (d. 1736), and he by a second Sir Erasmus, fifth Bart., who dying s.p., the title devolved on his brother, —
  • Sir John Philipps, sixth Bart. Of another brother, Bulkeley Philipps, hereafter. Sir John was s., 1704, by his only son, —
  • Sir Richard Philipps, seventh Bart., of Picton Castle, cr. Lord Milford 1776, and d. s. p. 1823, when the title became extinct.
  • Bulkeley Philipps, above mentioned, of Abercover, left a dau., Mary Philipps, who m. James Child, Esq., of Begelly, and left an only child of the same name, who, by her first husband, John Grant, Esq., of Nolton, left a son, —
  • Richard Bulkeley Philipps Grant, who became in 1823 heir to the Picton estates under the will of
  • https://archive.org/stream/annalsandantiqu00nichgoog#page/n466/mode...
  • Pg.909
  • Lord Milford, assumed the name and arms of Philipps, was cr. a baronet in 1828, and Baron Milford in 1847. He m., 1854, the Lady Anne Jane, dau. of the Earl of Wicklow, and d. s. p. 1857. His mother, Mrs. Grant, m., secondly, the Rev. Henry Gwyther, M.A., of Yardley, Worcestershire, by whom she left, besides a dau., Maria Philippa, now dec., a son, —
  • .... etc. ________________
  • 'Philipps02'
  • John Philips of Kylsant and Picton (d 1551)
  • m. Elizabeth Griffith (dau of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales)
    • 1. William Philips of Picton Castle (a 1570)
    • m. Jane Perrott (dau of Sir Thomas Perrott of Haroldston)
      • A. Elizabeth Philips
      • m. George Owen of Henllys, lord of Kemaes
      • B. Mary Philips
      • m. Alban Stepney
    • 2. Morgan Philips 'of Picton' (d 1585)
    • m. Elizabeth Fletcher (dau of Richard Fletcher of Bangor)
      • A. Sir John Philips, 1st Bart of Picton Castle (d 27.03.1629)
      • m. Anne Perrott (dau of Sir John Perrott of Haroldston)
        • i. Sir Richard Philips, 2nd Bart of Picton Castle (d 1648)
        • m1. Elizabeth Dryden (dau of Sir Erasmus Dryden, Bart)
          • a. Sir Erasmus Philips or Philipps, 3rd Bart of Picton Castle (d 18.01.1697)
          • m1. Cicely Finch (dau of Thomas Finch, Earl of Winchelsea)
            • (1) son (d young)
            • (2) Anne Philipps
            • m1. Thomas Bowen of Trelloyne (dsp)
            • m2. Thomas Heyward of Rudbaxton
          • m2. Katherine D'Arcy (dau of Edward D'Arcy of Newhall by Elizabeth Stanhope)
            • (3) Edward Philipps (dvpsp 15.04.1694)
            • m. Elizabeth Cannon (dau of John Cannon of Cilgetty)
            • (4) Sir John Philipps, 4th Bart of Picton Castle (d 1736)
            • m. (12.12.1697) Mary Smith (dau of Anthony Smith)
              • (A) Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Bart of Picton Castle, Sheriff of Carmarthen (d unm 15.10.1743)
              • (B) Sir John Philipps, Mayor of Haverfordwest, 6th Bart of Picton Castle (d 23.06.1764)
              • m. Elizabeth Shepperd (dau of Henry Shepperd of London)
                • (i) Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Bart of Picton Castle, Lord Milford (b 1744, dsp 28.11.1823)
                • m. (02.06.1764) Mary Philipps (b 1737, d 26.08.1815, dau of James Philipps of Penty Park)
                • (ii)+ other issue - Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine (d 1820), Joyce (d 1820)
              • (C) Bulkeley Philipps of Abercover
              • The following comes from BP1934 (Philipps of Picton Castle).
              • m. Philippa Adams (dau of William Adams of Pembroke)
                • (i) Mary Philippa Artemisia Philipps
                • m. James Child of Bigelly House
                  • (a) Mary Philippa Artemisia Child
                  • m1. John Grant of Nolton
                    • ((1)) Sir Richard Bulkeley Philipps Grant, later Grant-Philipps, Bart, Baron Milford of Picton Castle (b 07.06.1801, dsp 03.01.1857)
                    • m1. (14.10.1824) Eliza Gordon (d 24.03.1852, dau of John Gordon of Hanwell)
                    • m2. (08.06.1854) Anne Jane Howard (d 20.06.1909, dau of William Howard, later Forward-Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow)
                  • m2. (1812) Henry Gwyther (vicar of Yardley)
                    • ((2)) James Henry Alexander Gwyther, later Philipps of Picton Castle (d 03.12.1875, vicar of St. Mary's, Haverfordwest) had issue
                    • m. (14.02.1844) Mary Katherine Wolrych Lea (d 28.03.1885, dau of William Wolrych Lea of Ludstone)
                    • ((3)) Mary Philippa Artemisia Gwyther
                    • m. Rev. W.H. Hill
                  • (b)+ 2 sons (d young)
              • (D)+ 3 daughters (d unm)
            • (5) Margaret Philipps (d 05.01.1755-6)
            • m. Griffith Jones (d 08.04.1761, rector of Llanddowror)
            • (6) Elizabeth Philipps (b 1661-2, bur 30.07.1728)
            • m. (c 07.1681) John Shorter (son of John, Lord Mayor of London)
            • (7) Arabella Philipps
            • m. Richard Vaughan of Derwydd
            • (8)+ other issue - Erasmus (d unm, Captain RN), William (dsp)
        • m2. Katherine
        • ii. Walter Philips (d unm)
        • iii. Hugh Philips of Martletywe and Sandyehaven (d 1651)
        • m. Anne Lort (d 1652, dau of Roger Lort of Stackpoole Court)
          • a. Richard Philips ' of Martletavy & Sandyhaven'
          • m. Frances Noel (dau of Edward Noel, brother of Sir Verney, Bart)
            • (1) Charles Philips 'of Haythog'
            • m1. Anne Philipps (dau of William Philipps of Haythogg)
            • BP1934 reports that "This branch expired in the male line" with William (d 1798). The following intermediary generation, presumed to be the only one, is as reported in BLG1952 (Allen of Sunny Lodge, formerly of Rickeston).
              • (A) Charles Philipps of St. Bride's Hill
              • m. Albinia Laugharne (dau of Rowland Laugharne of St. Bride's Hill)
                • (i) William Philipps (dsp 1798)
                • (ii) Anne Philipps
                • m. (03.09.1751) Joseph Allen of Gilleswick (b 1726)
            • m2. Philippa Laugharne (dau of Rowland Laugharne of St. Bride's)
              • (B) Rowland Philips (d 1768)
              • m. Martha Edwards (dau of John Edwards)
                • (i) Rowland Philips, later Philipps-Laugharne
                • m. (1750) Anne Laugharne (dau of Rev. James Laugharne)
                  • (a) John Philipps-Laugharne of Orlandon
                  • m. (1783) Elizabeth Allen (dau of Joseph Allen)
                    • ((1)) Sir Rowland Henry Philipps-Laugharne, later Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 8th Bart (dsp 23.04.1832)
                    • m. Elizabeth Frampton (d 26.08.1834, dau of James Frampton of Frome)
                    • ((2)) Sir William Philipps-Laugharne, later Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 9th Bart (b 02.10.1794, d 17.02.1850)
                    • m. (13.10.1829) Elizabeth White (d1865, dau of George White)
                      • ((A)) Sir Godwin Philipps, 10th Bart (b 10.01.1840, d unm 12.02.1857)
                      • ((B)) Sarah Elizabeth Philipps (b c1831, d 24.10.1904)
                      • m. George R. White
                      • ((C))+ other issue - Lilla, Lavinia, Charlotte
                    • ((3)) Anna Maria Louisa Philipps-Laugharne
                    • m. James James of Stone Hall
                    • ((4)) Eliza Philipps Philipps-Laugharne
                    • m. John Greene
                  • (b)+ other issue (d unm) - Catherine, Martha
              • (C) Philippa Philipps probably of this generation, of this marriage
              • m. William Adams of Holyland
            • (2) Richard Philips, Governor of Nova Scotia (d 14.10.1750, Lt. General)
            • m1. (01.1691-2) Elizabeth Cosby (d 01.1739-40, dau of Alexander Cosby of Stradbally)
              • (A) Cosby Philips (d 1736, captain)
              • m. Teresa of Minorca
                • (i) William Philips (Captain RN)
                • m. (28.10.1756) Ann Pedder
                  • (a) William Hollingworth Philips (b 17.12.1757,d 09.05.1839)
                  • m. (29.03.1786) Harriet Fonblanque (d 15.03.1845, dau of Anthony Fonblanque of London)
                    • ((1)) William Thomas Philips (b 18.08.1787, d unm 28.09.1854, rector of Fittleton)
                    • ((2)) Sir James Evans Philips, 11th Bart (b 16.11.1793, d 14.02.1873, vicar of Osmington) had issue
                    • m. (04.07.1822) Mary Anne Bickley (d 03.03.1833, dau of Benjamin Bickley of Bristol)
                    • ((3)) Henry Philips (b 19.12.1796, dsp 13.12.1892, Rev.)
                    • m. (30.03.1842) Margaret Eleanor Vowell (d 09.01.1867, dau of Major Christopher Vowell)
                • (ii) Elizabeth Philips (d unm)
              • (B) Catherine Philips (d unm)
              • (C) Alethea Philips
              • m. Sir Peter Soame, Bart of Haydon
            • m2. Catherine Statham (dau of Sir John Statham of Wigwell)
        • iv. Dorothy Philips (d 03.05.1624)
        • m. (1608) Sir Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia (bur 23.11.1660)
        • v. Lettice Philips
        • m. John Owen of Trecoone
        • vi. Jane Philips
        • m. Sir James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye (d 1643)
        • vii. Elizabeth Philips
        • m. Edward Medhope
        • viii. Mary Philips
        • m. James Scourfield of New Moat
        • ix. Olive Philips
        • m. Samuel (sb Sampson?) Lort of Stackpole
        • x. Frances Philips
        • m. Sir Hugh Owen, Bart of Orielton (d 1670)
    • 3. .... etc.
  • Main source(s): BP1934 (St. Davids)
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/pp/philipps02.php _________________
  • THIS REFERENCE IS INCORRECT JOHN PHILLIPS 1ST BT. WAS NOT THE SON OF ELIZABETH & SIR OWEN PHILLIPS, HE WAS THE SON OF ELIZABETH FLETCHER & MORGAN PHILLIPS, HE MARRIED ANNE PERROT DAU. OF JOHN PERROT, HE m.2 MARGARET DENNYS, HE DID NOT MARRY ELIZABETH GRIFFITH, SHE WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER, WIFE OF HIS GRANDFATHER JOHN PHILLIPS, HIS SON RICHARD PHILLIPS 2nd BT WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH DRYDEN
  • Jane PERROT
  • Born: ABT 1524
  • Father: Thomas PERROT (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Mary BERKELEY
  • Married: John PHILLIPS of Picton (1º Bt.) (son of Sir Owen Phillips and Elizabeth ?) (w. of Elizabeth Griffith - m.3 Margaret Denny) 1547, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
  • Children:
    • 1. Elizabeth PHILLIPS
    • 2. Richard PHILLIPS (2º Bt.) (b. 4 Jan 1549) (m. Margaret Raphes)
    • 3. Robert PHILLIPS (b. 3 Nov 1550) (m. Elizabeth Sargent)
    • 4. Roger PHILLIPS (b. 31 Dec 1551)
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PERROT.htm#Jane PERROT2 ____________________

died March 27, 1629 @ Picton Castle

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  • NOTE THIS IS NOT THE SAME FAMILY AS LISTED IN THIS REFERENCE

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Birth:   1502     Pf, Picton Castle, Pembroke, Wales   

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Spouse:  Elizabeth GRIFFITH (AFN: FPWB-5W)  Family  

Marriage: Abt 1527 , , Wales, England
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Husband's Name

John PHILIPS (PHYLIPS) ;[SIR KNIGHT] (AFN:LT4T-X1)  Pedigree  

Born: 1502 Place: Pf, Picton Castle, Pembroke, Wales
Married: Abt 1527 Place: , , Wales, England
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Mother:
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Elizabeth GRIFFITH (AFN:FPWB-5W)  Pedigree  

Born: 1508 Place: , Penrhyn, Carnarvon, Wales
Married: Abt 1527 Place: , , Wales, England
Father: William GRIFFITH (AFN:FJH2-GR) Family
Mother: Jane STRADLING (AFN:B6GP-XW)
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M Morgan PHILIPPS (AFN:V9G6-1X) Pedigree
Born: Abt 1547 Place: Of, Picton, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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F Mary PHILIPS (PHYLIPS) (AFN:FPW8-V8) Pedigree
Born: 1528 Place: Of, Picton Castle, Pembroke, Wales
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Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet of Picton Castle's Timeline

1554
February 9, 1554
Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1588
1588
Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
1593
1593
1594
May 19, 1594
London, Holburn, St. Andrew, England (United Kingdom)
1598
1598
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
1600
1600
1615
1615
England
1629
March 27, 1629
Age 75
Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1991
May 8, 1991
Age 75