Conclusion

Philip Jones’ experience is considered in light of recent work on early modern Wales that has stressed themes, mobility, the role of history and myth, regionalism, centres of radicalism amid general religious and political conservatism, factionalism, and the position of the Welsh language in an English-speaking state. Jones probably used his Welshness as a connection to Cromwell, with Cromwell’s own recognised roots as a Williams of Glamorgan. Jones, while Welsh, had multiple identities, Anglo-Puritan, New Model soldier, governor, administrator, religious radical, compromiser with royalists, landholder, exploiter, courtier, counsellor and Cromwellian. It was Jones’ relationship with Cromwell in London that allowed his network to maintain influence in South Wales, reinforcing the interaction between the local, regional and national. Jones’ dependence on and part in an Anglo-Puritan London regime, was an element of the limits British Revolutions in South Wales. The financial benefits Jones reaped were not out of line with others who also held positions of influence under Cromwell and were constructed on a series of interlocking and sometimes precarious financial agreements that are partially exposed in a series of post-1660 Chancery proceedings. Jones’ survival made him a visible reminder of Cromwell for the community around him.