FOULKES
,
PETER
(
1676
-
1747
),
scholar and divine
,
third son of
Robert
Foulkes
, of
Llechryd, Denbs.
, and
Jane
Ameredith
of
Landulph
,
Cornwall
. He was educated at
Westminster School
and
Christ Church
,
Oxford
, where he graduated
B.A.
1698
(
M.A.
,
1701
,
D.D.
1710
). He was appointed
canon
of
Exeter
,
1704
,
sub-dean
,
1723
,
chancellor
,
May 1724
,
precentor
,
1731
. He was made
canon
of
Christ Church
in
Nov. 1724
and was
sub-dean
,
1725-33
. He was instituted
rector
of
Cheriton Bishop
,
Devon
, in
1714
and
vicar
of
Thorverton
,
1716
. His first wife,
Elizabeth
Bidgood
of
Rockbeare
,
Devon
, whom he m. in
1707
, d. in
1737
. In
Dec. 1738
he m.
Anne
Holwell
, a widowed daughter of
bishop
Blackall
of
Exeter
. While still an undergraduate he published, in conjunction with
John
Freind
, an edition of
Aeschines against Ctesiphon and Demosthenes on the Crown
(
Oxford
,
1696
).
Latin
poems of his were published in
1695
,
1699
,
1727
; and
A Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Exeter on Jan. 30, 1723
was also published. He d.
30 April 1747
and was buried in
Exeter cathedral
.
Bibliography:
-
Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion
Cymreig o 1700 i 1900
. National Eisteddfod
Association, 1908
;
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion
Cymru
, 1870
;
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
;
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
9257.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
