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.

He was appointed as a Baron of the Exchequer in 1691, and transferred to Common Pleas in 1695 and then to Queen's Bench in 1702.[1] He was the judge at one of England's last witchcraft trials, that of Jane Wenham in 1712.

He has a memorial in Gloucester Cathedral sculpted by Thomas Green of Camberwell.[2]

References

  1. ↑ POWELL, John (1645-1713), of Gloucester and the Inner Temple.
  2. ↑ "Judge John Powell - Gloucester Cathedral". 6 November 2011.


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