LEWIS
,
JOHN
(
fl.
1646-1656
), of
Glasgrug, Cards.
,
Puritan author
;
son of
James
Lewis
of
Cwmowen
, and
Mary
his wife, heiress of
Glasgrug
. (
S. R.
Meyrick
,
History and Antiquities … of … Cardigan
,
1907
ed., 308.) As a
Presbyterian
, he advocated acceptance of the Covenant during the
Civil War
, and his report for
Parliament
was acknowledged in his appointment as one of the
Commissioners of
the Act for Propagation
(
1650
). His pamphlet in support of
Parliament
had appeared in
1646
under the title
Contemplations upon these Times
. In his correspondence with
Richard
Baxter
and
Dr.
John
Ellis
(d.
1665
) (q.v.)
,
Dolgelley
, he
advocated the setting up of a national college
in
Wales
for training
ministers
. In
1656
he published
Some Seasonable and Modest Thoughts
. In the same year he was made a
J.P.
for the county of
Cardigan
.
Bibliography:
-
The Parliament explained to Wales
,
Cymdeithas Llên Cymru, 1907
(Cymd. Lien. Cymru),
1907, 3-4
;
-
Wales, a National Magazine for the English
speaking parts of Wales
, 1894–7
,
1896, 121-4
;
-
T. Richards
,
A History of the Puritan Movement in
Wales
, 1920
and
Religious Developments in Wales,
1654–1662
, 1923
,
passim
.
Author:
Rev. Principal Robert Tudur Jones, D.Phil., (1921-98), Bangor
