| Authorised form of name | Powle; Henry (1630 - 1692) |
| Dates | 1630 - 1692 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c. October 1630 |
| Place of death | England, Europe |
| Date of death | 21 November 1692 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, England, Europe (18 October 1630)
Burial:
Quenington Church, Gloucestershire, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1646); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1647)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1654); Bencher of Lincoln's Inn (1659); Colonel of Militia for Gloucestershire (1660-1670); Commissioner for Assessment for Gloucestershire (1660-1680); Westminster (1679-1680), New Windsor and Westminster (1689), Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Middlesex (1689-1690); Deputy-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (1660); MP for Cirencester (1660, 1671-1681, 1690), East Grinsted (1681), New Windsor (1689-1690); Commissioner for Corporations (1662-1663); Commissioner for Loyal and Indigent Officers (1662); Commissioner for Recusants (1675); Speaker of the House of Commons (1689-1690); Privy Councillor (1679, 1689); Master of the Rolls (1689-1692)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 22 July 1685 (due to lack of payment) |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Powle and Katherine Herbert
Siblings: Sir Richard Powle (FRS 1663)
Married: 1) Hon. Elizabeth Newport 2) Frances Cranfield (widow of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (FRS 1665)) |
| OtherInfo | One of Powle's more noteworthy speeches showed his early sympathy for a broader church as he opposed the established religion according to the 'Thirty-Nine Articles'. He was well-known as an opposition speaker in parliament, e.g. speaking out against the king's declaration of indulgence in 1673 and promoting the Test Act. He also had contacts abroad, in particular in The Hague with William III. The collections of precedents, journals and manuscripts was split up across a variety of organisations, with the Landsdowne collection and Bodleian Library holding them. Generally, his legal and historical knowledge was highly respected amongst his peers. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Henning; ODNB
Notes:
The election date is Powle's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously mentioned as a member on 3 July 1661.
Powle's activity within the Society decreased with monetary contributions reducing, possibly in part due to lack of meetings and centralised organisation of the Society during the Plague. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/12651892 |
| Code | NA6139 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/P1/69 | Letter, from Henry Powle to Henry Oldenburg | nd |
| RBC/1/58 | 'Mr Henry Powle His Account of the Whispering Place at Gloucester' | 29 October 1662 |
| RBC/2/73 | 'The History of Iron or An Account of the manner of its Preparation in the fforest of Dean Brought in by Mr Henry Powle' | 1666 |
| CLP/9i/17 | Paper, 'A History of Iron or an Account of the manner of it's Preparation in the Forest of Deane' by Henry Powle | [1666] |
| EL/P1/68 | Extract of a letter, from Henry Powle to Paul Neile | nd |
| CLP/2/33/2 | Diagrams, whispering place in Gloucester Cathedral by [William Henry Powle] | [1662] |
| CLP/9i/17/2 | Drawing, design of a furnace for ironworks in the Forest of Dean by Henry Powle | [1666] |
| EL/P1/70 | Letter, from Henry Powle to Henry Oldenburg | nd |
| EL/O1/34 | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Henry Powle | 12 September 1666 |
| CLP/2/33/1 | Manuscript, 'Account of the whispering place at Gloucester [Cathedral]' by [William] Henry Powle | [1662] |
| CLP/9i/17/1 | Manuscript, 'A History of Iron or an Account of the manner of it's Preparation in the Forest of Deane' by Henry Powle | [1666] |
| CLP/2/33 | Paper, 'Account of the whispering place at Gloucester [Cathedral]' by [William] Henry Powle | [1662] |
| CLP/9ii/3 | Paper, 'Mr Powle's account of Mr Phillippes' paper concerning the variation of needle' by Henry Powle | [1666] |
| RBO/3/34 | 'The History of Iron or An Account of the Manner of its Preparation In the Forrest of Dean Brought in by Mr Henry Powle' | 1666 |