GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1839
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1998)
Name
David Powell
Title
Dr.
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1549-03-25 d. ca. 1598-03-25 (old)
Linked Sermons
Associated Places
Source of Data
Hannah Yip
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 22643), AO (Foster)
Other note
Born ca. 1549-1552. Studied in an unidentified college of Oxford University beginning ca. 1566-1568. Moved to the newly-founded Jesus College in 1571, possibly becoming its first graduate (B.A. 1573, M.A. 1576). Fellow All Souls College in 1573. Vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, from 1570 and rector of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, from 1571 to 1579. Vicar of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, from 1579. Prebendary of St Asaph Cathedral. He received the degrees of B.D. (1582/3) and D.D. (1583). Chaplain to Sir Henry Sidney at Ludlow Castle, ca. 1584-1586. Died in early 1598.
GEMMS record created
July 5, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024