Davies, Richard (1)

Davies, Richard (1)

a Welsh minister of the Society of Friends, was born at Welshpool in 1635. He was educated in the Church of England; in 1667 became a Friend, and was more than once imprisoned. He frequently made missionary tours through different parts of Great Britain; in 1674 was brought into intimate relations with George Fox, and died January 22, 1707. See Friends' Library, 13:1. (J.C.S.).