Jenkin Lloyd
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Jenkin Lloyd was a Welsh clergyman and politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1654.
Lloyd was the son of John Lloyd of Fairdref Fawr and his wife Margaret Herbert, daughter of Morgan Herbert of Dol-y-cors in Cwmystwith, Cardiganshire. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford
on 2 December 1640 aged 16 and was awarded MA in 1648. He may have been employed as a messenger by the Council of State in 1650 and 1651. He was a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell
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In 1654, Lloyd was elected Member of Parliament
for Cardiganshire in the First Protectorate Parliament
. He was assigned official lodgings in 1654 and petitioned for the ejection of scandalous ministers and schoolmasters in Wales, which petition was referred to the Treasury Commissioners on 17 August 1655. On 27 November 1655, he was ordered with others to examine a petition of the well affected of Haverfordwest concerning the election to office of a malignant. He and his fellow member petitioned for an abatement of the assessment for Cardiganshire three times between 1654 and 1656.
Lloyd was awarded DD at Oxford in 1661 and was rector of Llandyssul and vicar of Llanfihangel Ystrad in that year.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1654.
Lloyd was the son of John Lloyd of Fairdref Fawr and his wife Margaret Herbert, daughter of Morgan Herbert of Dol-y-cors in Cwmystwith, Cardiganshire. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
on 2 December 1640 aged 16 and was awarded MA in 1648. He may have been employed as a messenger by the Council of State in 1650 and 1651. He was a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
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In 1654, Lloyd was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Cardiganshire in the First Protectorate Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....
. He was assigned official lodgings in 1654 and petitioned for the ejection of scandalous ministers and schoolmasters in Wales, which petition was referred to the Treasury Commissioners on 17 August 1655. On 27 November 1655, he was ordered with others to examine a petition of the well affected of Haverfordwest concerning the election to office of a malignant. He and his fellow member petitioned for an abatement of the assessment for Cardiganshire three times between 1654 and 1656.
Lloyd was awarded DD at Oxford in 1661 and was rector of Llandyssul and vicar of Llanfihangel Ystrad in that year.