About Humphrey Foulkes
Lived 1673 – 1737 (aged 63–64). Humphrey Foulkes was a cleric and antiquarian.
Humphrey Foulkes (1673–1737) was a Welsh priest and antiquarian.
Life Foulkes was the son of David Foulkes from Llannefydd in Denbighshire, North Wales. Foulkes studied at Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1695 and his Master of Arts in 1698; he later obtained a Doctorate of Divinity (1720). Ordained in 1700, he held the living of St George in Denbighshire in 1702, later becoming prebend of Llanfair at St Asaph Cathedral (1705). In 1709, he became rector of Marchwiel, Denbighshire, and sinecure rector of Llanfor, Merionethshire in 1713. In addition to his church duties, he wrote on life in Wales in the Middle Ages and corresponded with Edward Lhuyd on various topics of mutual interest.
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Who was Humphrey Foulkes?
British priest and antiquarian
When was Humphrey Foulkes born?
Humphrey Foulkes was born in 1673 in Llannefydd.
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Humphrey Foulkes died in 1737.
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Humphrey Foulkes was a cleric and antiquarian.
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