Arise Evans
An etching of Rhys 'Arise' Evans
Bornca. 1607
Llangelynnin, Gwynedd
Diedca. 1660
Newgate Prison?
Other namesRhys/Rice Evans
Occupation(s)Tailor and Christ impersonator

Arise Evans (or Rhys or Rice Evans; 1607–c.1660) was a Welsh prophet and fanatic.

Personal history

Evans was born about 1607 in Llangelynin parish and was apprenticed to a tailor at Wrexham. While living in Wales he had seen visions and prophetic dreams which were accentuated when he went to London in 1629. In London he made vain efforts to warn King Charles I of perceived dangers, but succeeded in telling the Earl of Essex to his face of his future promotions.[1] Evans became interested in the multifarious sects that flourished under the new liberty of Charles I's reign, opposing most of them, especially the tenets of the Fifth Monarchist.[1] He took particular offence towards Christopher Feake and William Aspinwall.[1]

He was arrested and imprisoned in ~1650 at Newgate Prison for impersonating Christ.[2]

Death

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Richards, Thomas (1959). "Biography of Arise Evans". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. ↑ https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0308-253 - (British museum #1851,0308.253)

"Evans, Arise" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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