His enemies would spread malicious stories, such as a farcical claim that he was a wizard, simply to enjoy the hysterical efforts which Jones, who seems to have lacked a sense of humour, would make to refute them. As his powers failed, complaints that he neglected the affairs of his diocese became more frequent. He grew ill very suddenly and died at his episcopal palace, St. Sepulchre's Palace in Dublin in 1619. He was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin beside his wife, who had died four months earlier. Viscount Ranelagh, his only surviving son, had a monument and statue created with inscriptions for Thomas and his wife: The monument was restored in 1731 at the request of the then Dean of St. Patrick's, Jonathan Swift, despite his low opinion of Jones, quoted above. Family Jones and Margaret had three children: Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh Jane, who married Henry Piers of Tristernagh Abbey and had eight children Margaret (died 1615), who married Gilbert Domville, MP for Donegal, and was the mother of Sir William Domville, Attorney General for Ireland. References 1550s births 1619 deaths Year of birth uncertain Anglican archbishops of Dublin 16th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 17th-century Anglican archbishops People of Elizabethan Ireland Lord chancellors of Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Burials at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Anglican bishops of Meath Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge People from Middleton, Greater Manchester British expatriate archbishops