Ever-present past

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Date posted:  1 Jan 2017
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Ever-present past

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In 1517 Bernard Gilpin was born at Kentmere Hall, Westmorland, into a distinguished family. He became rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham, and became known as ‘the apostle of the North’ for his constant tours, preaching the Reformation gospel.

Vavasor Powell was born in 1617 at Cnwclas, Heyop, Radnorshire and became a leading Welsh Puritan and itinerant preacher. For this, he spent about ten years in prisons and died in London’s Fleet prison in 1670.

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