Theophilus Evans (February 1693 – 11 September 1767) was a Welsh clergyman and historian.
Life
Evans' father was from
Pen-y-wenallt
Pen-y-wenallt is a hamlet in Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire), Wales. Pen-y-wenallt lies halfway between Cenarth and Pont Ceri, bordering on Carmarthenshire, and is a constituent of the Llandygwydd, Parish of Llandygwydd.[Llandygwydd
Llandygwydd is a small settlement in Ceredigion, west Wales, between Newcastle Emlyn and the town of Cardigan.
Amenities & History
A small stream runs through the village. There also is a parish church with a small graveyard.
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in
Cardiganshire
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...
in 1693.
Evans served curacies in
Brecknockshire
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and incumbencies in both counties. He is best known for his work ''Drych y Prif Oesoedd'' (Mirror of the Early Centuries) (1716; revised ed. 1740) where with some literary talent but with an absence of critical method (mixing history with legend) he endeavours to justify the independent
origins of British Christianity.
[ Evans was supported by ]Sackville Gwynne Sackville may refer to:
People
*Sackville (surname)
* Sackville (given name)
Places
Australia
*Sackville, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
*Sackville Ward, Melbourne, a residential precinct
Canada
*Sackville Island, Thompson Sound (British C ...
, the squire of Glanbrân. In 1727, Evans became the private chaplain of Marmaduke Gwynne, Sackville's heir, but they eventually parted because of Gwynne's support for Howell Harris and the Methodist cause.''Marmaduke Gwynne (1691–1769) A Methodist Squire''
, llgc.org.uk
Works
*''Drych y Prif Oesoedd'' (1716)
*''A History of Modern Enthusiasm'' (1752)
Bibliography
*''Theophilus Evans: Drych y Prif Oesoedd'' (ed. Garfield H.Hughes, 1961)
Sources
1693 births
1767 deaths
18th-century Welsh Anglican priests
18th-century Welsh historians
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