Well, for many of us, Nic Jones is THE English folk guitarist.
But, he, of course, had his inspirations.
Bert Jansch's sound and attack, and certain of Bert's techniques have greatly informed Nic's playing.
And, although Nic in his later playing phased out a lot of American influences ( like Carthy had done), he does use those influences in a breathtaking way in some later recording.
See link below, for an example of how Nic a riff, that could have come from a blues/rock band, to drive forward his rendition of an English ballad(I believe the tune is a Nic original).

Nic really rocks!