William Harewell (-1667) was rector of St Mary's, Oldswinford in

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until removed from office during the Puritan revolution. After the ejection of Puritan ministers, he was probably vicar of

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, and a minor canon of

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. William Harewell was a son of Henry Harwell of Coventry being born c. 1616. He was educated at Oriel College,

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, matriculating 31 October 1634 at the age of 18. He was awarded his BA (11 February 1636). Harewell was installed as rector of Oldswinford,

on 2 September 1641. He petitioned a Parliamentary Committee to instruct the county committee to end proceedings against him (July 1646) but was still sequestered after the Civil War. The date of the end of his period as rector is not recorded but his successor was in post by 1648. At the Restoration, Harwell had an association with the church of St Michael's, Worcester He is recorded as conducting a service of thanksgiving for the restoration of King Charles II on 24 May 1660 and a funeral for Dorothea Townshend on 5 June 1660, being the first prayers said for the dead in Worcester since 24 July 1646. Harewell was appointed vicar of St Peter the Great,

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by 1663 (still being in post by 1666) and was described as a minor canon of

in 1664. He died in 1667.

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