180:, England, where he was born about 1545–1550. However, prior to his 1 Oct 1600 invitation to join the membership of the Haberdashers' Company, there is fairly little reliable information about his life. Consequently, a number of different stories exist which vary with regard to the details of his youth. One account indicates that, unable to pay a fine in Newland, he instead moved to London and found employment as a porter to a merchant. He eventually amassed a large fortune and decided to test the generosity of his native city. Accordingly, he disguised himself and sought financial assistance. However, he was refused and referred to Monmouth. There, he was received more favorably. Jones then revealed his true identity and expressed his appreciation financially. However, author William Meyler Warlow dismisses this account, including the disguise as a poor man, as fiction.
238:. The William Jones's Alms House Charities continued to fund alms houses in both Monmouth, South Wales and Newland, Forest of Dean until recently. Due to the limited amenities in Newland and the age of the early 17th century Newland Alms Houses, which were difficult to modernize, the decision was made to concentrate alms house activity in Monmouth. The Newland Alms Houses were closed and the facility sold in 2010. The Haberdashers' Company had acted as trustee of the charity since 1613. In January 2007, Bristol Charities assumed management responsibilities for the charity. In June 2011 the trusteeship of the charity was transferred from the Haberdashers' Company to Bristol Charities.
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Whitecross Street), Weirhead Street, and the road leading to Wye Bridge. The original twenty Monmouth Alms Houses were constructed in that area of Monmouth during the summer of 1614. The Monmouth Alms Houses were rebuilt in 1842 and 1961. A second charity was established for the town of Newland based on Jones's bequest of £5,000 to that town. The letters patent for the Newland charity were dated 20 July 1619. The 16 Newland Alms Houses and preacher's house had already been erected in 1616 to 1617. The original Newland Alms Houses were added to the
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Monmouth. He also founded an alms house in Newland, Gloucestershire and a lectureship in London. In early 1613, he arranged for £6,000 to be spent for charitable purposes, giving it to the Haberdashers' Company to found the Monmouth Alms Houses and the London lectureship during his lifetime. The
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The charity was officially established during the lifetime of
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Monmouth Alms Houses dated from 1961. They consisted of nineteen small units. The residents of those units were temporarily relocated, and the Alms Houses closed in May 2008. Demolition of the Alms Houses off St James' Square began on Thursday, 23 February 2012. and consists of 24
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Newland and Monmouth fared. He indicates that the primary difference was in how the money to the towns was invested. Jones founded not only the Monmouth Alms Houses, but also the
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Bristol Charities. A second charity established through a separate bequest by Jones enabled the building of the
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