First Name:

Walter

Last Name:

Powell

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Inscription:

I.H.S. T.P. [JUN]II 19 1611 ... M POS ... WALTER POWELL OF PENROS WAS ... 14TH FEBRUARY [16]55

[NB not all this is now legible and a transcript in Sir Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire vol. 1 part 1: The Hundred of Skenfrith (London, 1907) has been used to complete the inscription ]

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

The design of the slab is clear but the inscription is much damaged

Memorial Notes:

Walter Powell was deputy steward and receiver to the Earl of Worcester, one of Charles I's most loyal supporters. His own allegiance is complex: he was, for some reason, imprisoned in Raglan Castle at the beginning of the siege but was eventually allowed out through the besieging forces. His diary can be accessed at https://archive.org/details/diaryofwalterpow00powerich/mode/2up. It is a key source for the impact of the Civil War in Monmouthshire.