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John Powell (1645–1713)
John
Powell
, of
Gloucester
, was an
English politician
and
lawyer
.
He was
elected
as
Member of the Parliament
of
England
for Gloucester in
1685
.
Legal
career
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
. He was the
judge
at one of
England's
last
witchcraft trials
, that of
Jane Wenham
in 1712.
