QUARRELL
,
THOMAS
(d.
1709
),
Puritan preacher, free-communion Baptist
.
He was probably of the same family as the first husband of the first wife of
Vavasor
Powell
(
Paul
Quarrell
), as
James
Quarrell
of
Shrewsbury
(q.v.)
, and as the two
Quarrell
s
who appear in the records of the
Llanfyllin
congregation.
At first he was
usher
of the
Puritan school
at
Montgomery
and remained there until the
Restoration
. In
1669
he was living at
Whitchurch
, near
Cardiff
, and breaking the penal laws by
preaching in secret conventicles
at
Eglwysilan
,
Llanedern
,
Marshfield
, and
Bedwas
. In
1670
he (and two others) received a letter from
Vavasor
Powell
a little before his death enclosing a small gift of money. In
1672, on 25 July
, he received a licence to
preach
in the house of
John
Maurice
at
Shirenewton
; in
1675
Henry
Maurice
assigns an important place to
Quarrell
amongst the
Dissenters
of
Monmouthshire
. It is clear from
Maurice
's account that he was a
Baptist
, a
free-communionist
,
pastor
of the flock, once attended by
William
Thomas
(d.
1671
) (q.v.)
before his death in
1671
, with its headquarters at
Llantrisant
.
Quarrell
represented this extensive church in the
London Assembly
of
1689
, an assembly open to all
Baptists
, ‘free’ as well as ‘close.’ He d. in
1709
.
Bibliography:
-
Lambeth Manuscripts
639 (187-8), 972 (67-8);
-
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic
Series
, Record Publication
, Chas. II, E.B. 38A, 209;
-
Reference is made to two editions, by E. B.
Underhill, 1847, and Nathaniel Haycroft, 1865. Reference is
also made to Addenda B (pp. 511–9 in 1847 ed)
, Add. B, 516;
-
Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Nghymru
,
1893–1907
, ii, 399, 445-6;
-
Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru
, i, 260;
-
Jenkins
,
Hanes Cynulleidfa Hen Gapel
Llanuwchllyn
, 1937
, 70-2.
Author:
Thomas Richards, D.Litt., (1878-1962), Bangor
