Thomas Bowles
1696–1773Thomas Bowles paid a translation, read Welsh liturgy, and secured a deposition claiming a fluent Welsh service.
Particulars
Under cross‑examination, Williams said that in October 1768 Bowles paid Hugh Hughes half a guinea to translate a sermon into Welsh, but Bowles never attempted to preach it to the congregation.
Williams said that in April 1769 Bowles read the Collect, Lord’s Prayer, Ten Commandments, Epistle and Gospel in Welsh, that only parishioners with Welsh Prayer Books could follow him, and that Bowles had tricked Williams and Hugh Williams into signing a deposition stating Bowles had conducted a Welsh service with fluent delivery; the deposition was also signed by Rev. Arthur Lewis, Bowles’s son‑in‑law.
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