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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Member of the Parliament of England for Gloucester
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1645
Death:
1713
The details
Biography
Introduction
John Powell (1645–1713), of Gloucester, was an English politician and lawyer.
He was elected as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester in 1685.
Legal career
He was appointed as a Baron of the Exchequer in 1691, and transferredto Common Pleas in 1695 and then to Queen's Bench in 1702. He was the judge at one of England's last witchcraft trials, that of Jane Wenham in 1712.