Lydney Parish Registers or BTs (Parish Records)
Greetings
I have strong reasons to believe that one of my 6x gr-grandfathers was a curate at the Lydney parish church in 1710-1712. Rev Howell POWELL (and his wife Anne) was from Radnorshire and he was next appointed to Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire from 1713 and Llangattock juxta Usk in 1716.
It appears from the FoD parish records that he baptised two of his daughters and buried one at Lydney:
Anna baptised 7 Mar 1710/11 (father's name is incorrectly transcribed **)
Elizabeth baptised 1 Nov 1712
Elizabeth died 6 March 1712/13 (from Memorial Inscription)
Elizabeth buried 11 Mar 1712/13
If he wrote up the parish register, his handwriting could confirm whether the Lydney Rev Howell POWELL is "mine". Are the FoD records taken from the Lydney registers or from the Bishop's Transcripts?
I am very grateful to the FoD transcribers without whom I would not have identified the Lydney Rev Howell as (probably) mine!
Koromo
(** cf. Clergy of the Church of England database, Howell POWELL, Lydney, curate, 1711, Person ID: 161262)
POWELL - Lydney
by MPGriffiths 
, Thursday, July 10, 2014, 12:08 (3822 days ago) @ Koromo
needs a more more research….. Not sure if Howell/Henry/Howard are the same Curate? because in 1710 - Howard/Howell POWELL keeps 'popping up'
By using the % sign in the surname (this covers all surnames) and looking at the Baptisms in Lydney….
Howard POWELL was the Curate and conducting baptisms in 1708 and 1709 i.e.
24 May - Anne LEWIS, parents John & Elizabeth - How(ard) POWELL Curate
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There are a couple of Henry Powell's in 1707/1708 - Curate
POWELL - Lydney
Ah, thanks for the tip about using the % sign.
I don't know exactly when Howell POWELL was appointed at Lydney — it would seem to be at least from 1708.
It's likely that the entries for How[ard] should really be for How[ell]. A comparison with the Llangattock-juxta-Usk registers is not totally satisfactory because there is a gap after 1716 but by 1727 he usually signed the parish register as H: Powell.
Do you know if the images for the Lydney register (not the BTs) exist anywhere?
POWELL - Lydney
by MPGriffiths , Thursday, July 10, 2014, 12:47 (3822 days ago) @ Koromo
There is a Help and Support form - see headings….
Am sure Admin would give you the answer to your question.
? Lydney Parish Church would probably have records of all their past Curates.
The Advance Search can't be used for searching by Curate name - My x Great Uncle was a Rev in the Forest about a hundred years later - and he did 'pop off' to other churches to conduct a few marriages etc - This may be the case of your Howell Powell?
As you say, Anna POWELL's baptism 7 March 1710 - father How[ard] POWELL, Clerk
Lydney Parish Registers or BTs
by grahamdavison , Thursday, July 10, 2014, 13:31 (3822 days ago) @ Koromo
I have copies of the Lydney registers for this period. If you write to me offline I can let you have copies.