VAVASOR See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• VAVASOR POWELL (1617-1670)

POWELL (1617-1670)  , Welsh See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist, was by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth a See also:

• RADNORSHIRE (Sir Faesyfed)

Radnorshire See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and was educated at Jesus See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . About 1639 he entered upon the career of an itinerant preacher, and for See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching in various parts of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales he was twice arrested in 164o; however, he was not punished and during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he preached in and around See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1646, when the victory of the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary cause was assured, See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• POWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670)

Powell returned to Wales, having received a certificate of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character from the See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, although he had refused to be ordained by the Presbyterians . With a See also:

• SALARY

salary granted to him by See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament he resumed his itinerant preaching in Wales . In 165o parliament appointed a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission " for the better See also:

• PROPAGATION

propagation and preaching of the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

gospel in Wales," and Powell acted as one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal advisers of this See also:

• BODY

body . For three years he was actively employed in removing from their parishes those ministers whom he regarded as incompetent . In 1653 he returned to London, and having denounced See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell for accepting the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• PROTECTOR

Protector he was imprisoned . At the Restoration in 1660 he was arrested for preaching, and after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of freedom he was again seized, and he remained in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison for seven years . He was set See also:

• FREE

free in 1667, but in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was again a prisoner, and he was in custody when he died on the 27th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1670 . Powell wrote several See also:

• TREATISES

treatises and also some See also:

• HYMNS

hymns, but his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief gifts were those of a preacher . See The See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• DEATH

Death of Mr Vavasor Powell (1671), attributed to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Bagshaw the younger; Vavasoris Examen et Purgamen (1654), by E . See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen and others; D .

See also:

• NEAL, DANIEL (1678–1743)
• NEAL, DAVID DALHOFF (1838– )

Neal, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Puritans (1822); and T . See also:

• REES, THOMAS (1777–1864)

Rees, History of See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• NONCONFORMITY, LAW RELATING TO

Nonconformity in Wales (1861) .