Richard Jones ( – 1814) was a Welsh

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest and writer. Jones was born in about 1757 (his obituary recording that he died on 23 April 1814 at the age of 57). He was ordained as an

priest in 1783, when it was recorded that he had obtained a BA degree from Jesus College, Oxford. He became the

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

of Ruthin and may also have taught at Ruthin School, as he was noted as being "critically versed" in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and it was not uncommon for curates of the parish to teach at the school. In 1806, he was appointed

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Llanychan Llanychan is a parish near Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, Wales. Covering , it is the smallest parish in the diocese of St Asaph. It is approximately three miles northeast of Ruthin Ruthin ( ; cy, Rhuthun) is a market town and community in Denb ...

, but appears to have continued his connection with Ruthin. His writings included commentaries on each of the four Gospels (published between 1801 and 1807) as well as religious works in Welsh.

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