Background
He was a younger son of John Almer of Almer, Denbighshire, a sergeant-at-arms at the court of Henry VIII.
He was a younger son of John Almer of Almer, Denbighshire, a sergeant-at-arms at the court of Henry VIII.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Denbighshire from 1543 to his death and was appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire for 1552-1553, 1557-1558 and 1570-1571. He was elected a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of England for Denbighshire in 1555. He transferred the family seat from Almer to Pant Iocyn (now Pant-yr-Ochain), a house he rebuilt between Gresford and Wrexham using materials salvaged from his previous home.