The half-timbered house, conspicuous by its gables, on the right hand
side, formed a portion of JONES’S MANSION. It was erected by Thomas
Jones, Esq., the first Mayor of Shrewsbury, son of Sir Thomas Jones, Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. It was the residence of the
Duke of York in 1642, and of Prince Rupert “when he joined his uncle
after the brilliant action of Worcester.” The Church a few yards further
on is