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Anthony JACKSON 2nd
RECORD: Jane Parker McManus, Pioneers West Of Appalachia; Privately Printed 1984; p Page 210;
Anthony Jackson was a strong supporter of the cause of the royal house of the Stewarts and a strong supporter of both Charles I and Charles II. He was admitted to the inner temple in 1616 becoming a Gentleman of the private chamber to Charles I. He was called to the bar in 1635 and promised the place of Protho-notary of the Common Pleas at Oxford in the year 1646. He was knighted at Breda, Holland, in 1650 and appears to have acted as Herald in proclaiming Charles Stewart as King in 1651 (probably at the Coronation at Scone).
He was taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester and having escaped with other prisoners was retaken prisoner and committed to the Tower as a close prisoner under a council dated 1 Nov 1651. This order mentions him as "Anthony Jackson, alias Sir Anthony Jackson." Ten days later when his wife visited him in the Tower, she was spoken of as Mrs. Jackson. Her maiden name is unknown. Anthony was accused of High Treason and kept a close prisoner for proclaiming Charles Stewart (Stuart) as King of England. He was later given the liberty of the Tower, and at the end of eight years was released. During his imprisonment, his property was dissipated and he was penniless when released. (Note: It was customary to require prisoners to pay for their subsistence and clothes or they were allowed to starve. They even had to pay for the water they drank and for bringing all supplies to them. If they were penniless and were refused release, they died of starvation.) After Anthony Jackson's release from the Tower, Charles II finally gave him an order on the treasury for fifty pounds sterling as payment for his loyalty and loss of fortune. Anthony Jackson was buried in the old Temple Church of London.