'Howel', (c1594-1666), 1830. Lawrence Howell (c1664-1722) British clergyman and author educated at Jesus College, Oxford. Schoolmaster ordained priest in 1712, Circulated pamphlets critical of George I and the Church of England. Arrested and found guilty, sentenced and imprisoned to three years without bail, he died in Newgate Prison. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]