EDWARDS, EDWARD (1741-1820), cleric and antiquary,
son of Samuel Edwards of Mold. He matriculated from All Souls, Oxford, in Oct. 1758, ‘aged 17,’ and graduated in 1762 — Foster gives no indication of the M.A. which is given him in other works of reference. Even before graduating he had been licensed (21 Dec. 1760) curate at Wrexham, and in 1777 he became also vicar of Cilcain, Flints. From 1782 till his death he was vicar of Llanarmon-yn-Iâl — retaining, however, his curacy at Wrexham, where he had m. a widow who lived there. In 1801 he brought out an enlarged (two-volume) edition of Browne Willis's Survey of … St. Asaph. He d. 7 Aug. 1820.
Bibliography:
- Foster, Alumni Oxon.;
- Thomas, S. Asaph, ii, 85, 371.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
