FOULKES, WILLIAM (d. 1691), cleric and translator,
son (says Ashton) of a cleric called John Foulkes; he went to Jesus College, Oxford, in 1650 (his age at that time is not given), and graduated in 1653. He was sinecure rector of Cwm (near Rhuddlan) in 1660-1, rector of Llanfyllin (and also of Llanbrynmair) 1661-91 — together with Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa after 1680 — and canon of S. Asaph from 1662. He d. at Llanfyllin at the beginning of 1691, and was buried on 9 Jan. In 1685, he prepared for press Gweddi'r Arglwydd wedi ei hegluro, an exposition of the Lord's Prayer, by bishop George Griffith (q.v.), and in 1688 published a Welsh translation of bishop Ken's Practice of Divine Love.
Bibliography:
- Foster, Alumni Oxon.;
- H. Llen. Gymr. (Ashton), 85-6;
- Thomas, S. Asaph, i, 360, ii, 230, 234.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
He had a son, WILLIAM FOULKES, who graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1699 (B.C.L. 1705, D.C.L. 1707). The name ‘Gul. Fowkes LL.D. e coll. Iesu’ appears at the foot of a composition in verse in the appendix to Cardiff MS. 26.
Bibliography:
- Foster, Alumni Oxon.;
- Evans, R.W.M.. ii, 224.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
