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POWELL, RICHARD, son of John Powell, Westminster, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 24 Jul 1709 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1722; KS 1723; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1727, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1727, scholar 17 May 1728, matr. 1728; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Mar 1728/9.

POWELL, JOHN; b.; adm.; BB; KS 1689; left 1690.

POWELL, JOHN, son of Giles Powell, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1731/2; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1740, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1740, scholar 10 Apr 1741; BA 1743/4; MA 1747; BD 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1746, Major Fellow 9 Jul 1747; ordained deacon (Ely) Mar 1746/7, priest (Peterborough) 20 Dec 1747; an Usher at the School c. 1745-8 (?) (still in Chamberlayne 1748); Rector of Shudy Camps, Cambs., 1759; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., from 1763; d. 3 Feb 1765.

POWELL, JAMES, son of Arthur Powell, Carshalton, Surrey; bapt. Carshalton, Surrey 24 Aug 1678 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS 1694; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1699, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1699, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1700, matr. 1699/1700; BA 1702/3.

POWELL, HENRY, elder surviving son of Rev. Thomas Powell, Tyle Glas, Glasbury, Breconshire, and Margaret ---; b.; adm.; KS 1681; failed to obtain election to either university 1683; a letter from Sir Leoline Jenkins, Secretary of State, to Dr. John Lloyd, Principal of Jesus Coll. Oxford, dated 31 Mar 1684 recommends him for a scholarship (State Papers); ordained; Vicar of Talgarth, Breconshire 1693-4; Vicar of Llangadoch, Carmarthenshire 1694. [But see Foster, who has Henry Powell, son of Rev. Thomas Powell, Clyro, Radnorshire, Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1680/1, aged 17, BA 4 Mar 1685/6; MA from St. John’s Cambridge 1690; Vicar of Hay on Wye 1688, Llywel 1689, Talgarth 1694; Prebendary of Brecon 1693, St. Davids 1694] [note will Rev. Henry Powell MA, Vicar of Llangadoch and Prebendary of Llandisilio, Carmarthenshire, proved PCC 24 Dec 1736]

POWELL, FRANCIS, son of Rev. Morgan Powell, Rector of Cradley, Herefs., and Mary, elder dau. of Rev. Richard Harris, Prebendary of Worcester, previously Principal of Brasenose Coll. Oxford; bapt. Cradley, Herefs. 8 Mar 1613 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1629; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1632, matr. 26 Oct 1632, Westminster Student to 1636 (or later ?); BA 1636; MA 1639 (incorp. Cambridge 1651); submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 1648; “absent on leave” when required to take the Engagement by order of the Committee 17 Feb 1650 (Burrows, 329); will dated 20 Feb 1657/8, proved PCC 23 Jul 1658.

POVEY, RICHARD; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1641; KS 1642, still 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).

POUNTE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Jun 1549 (Acts of Chapter, i, 278).

Poulter, Richard Charles McCrea, son of Brownlow Poulter, of Blackheath, Kent, by Harriet Amelia, daughter of Admiral Robert Coutart McCrea, R.N., of Guernsey; b. Nov. 24, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 17, 1889; left Jan. 1893; adm. a solicitor July 1898, practised in London; d. 1958.

POULDEN, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1635; BA 1636/7.