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William Jones (haberdasher)
William Jones (c.1545/1550 – January 1615) was a London haberdasher, born in Newland, Gloucestershire. He is remembered for his bequests, which led to the establishment of schools in Monmouth and Pontypool, almshouses at Newland, and the so-called "Golden Lectureship" in London.
==Life==
Jones was apprenticed in Monmouth, but moved to London at about the age of 20. According to one source, he left Monmouth after being unable to pay a fine, and in London became first a porter and then a factor before setting up business in Hamburg, trading in so-called "Welsh cottons",〔( George Nicholson, ''The Cambrian traveller's guide, and pocket companion'', 1840, p.436 )〕 which were in fact made from cheap woollen fabric.〔( 'Cotton – Cotton yarn', Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550–1820 (2007) ). Accessed 27 January 2012〕 He became a successful businessman and trader, and a very wealthy member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. According to the antiquary Charles Heath, writing in 1804, Jones returned to Newland at the height of his prosperity, and "instead of appearing in the character and circumstances of his real situation, he assumed the garb and distress of a pauper."〔(Charles Heath, ''Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth...'', 1804 )〕 Jones is believed to have died in Hamburg in January 1615.〔( West Monmouth School: history )〕
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