Foster: son of Francis of Mickleton, Gloucs., sacerd. (CCED ID 167656); GLOUCESTER HALL matric. 14 Mar. 1622/3 aged 16; BA 20 Nov. 1626; MA 25 June 1629; perhaps R of Weston Turville, Bucks. 1645; exchanged for V of Adderbury, Oxon 1646; brother of John (1627); Add. MSS 15,669-70-71.
SEE OXFORD DNB: Wells, Francis (1606/7–1684x9), Church of England clergyman.
VCH for Oxfordshire describes controversy surrounding this man, described as a puritan, put in as minister at Adderbury, removed at Restoration after Chancery action (accused by parishioners of refusing them the sacrament and profaning it by allowing lay administration - Calamy Rev. 519); he is after that connected with Tewkesbury from which his brother (John) had been ejected 1662 as an Independent; papers in Gloucestershire Record Office (D747) include letter from Francis Welles as curate of Tewkesbury, asking for better remuneration and/or income from annexed chapels; he appears to have been suspended in 1678; records give a birth date of 1606 and death (uncertain) 1689 which tie up with information in Oxford DNB
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1634 | Subsc | Welles, Franciscus | Bodicote / | Curate | View |
| 1634 | Subsc | Welles, Franciscus | Adderbury / | Curate | View |
| 1670 | Subsc | Welles, Francis | Tewkesbury / | not given | View |
| 1677 | Appt(Institution) | Wells, Francis | Tewkesbury / | Vicar | View |
| 1677 | Subsc | Welles, Francis | Tewxbury with all the annexed chapels / | Vicar | View |