LEWIS, JOHN (fl. 1646-1656), of Glasgrug, Cardiganshire, 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 (died 1665), 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.

Author

• Reverend Principal Robert Tudur Jones, (1921 - 1998)

Sources

• The Parliament explained to Wales (1907) (Cymdeithas Llên Cymru), 1907, 3-4
• Wales, a National Magazine for the English speaking parts of Wales, 1896, 121-4
• T. Richards, A History of the Puritan Movement in Wales (1920) and Religious Developments in Wales, 1654–1662 (1923), passim

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733533

Published date: 1959

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