Foster: fellow Magdalen Coll. 1564, B.A. 17 April, 1564, M.A. 21 Oct., 1569, B.D. 9 July, 1577, D.D. 14 July, 1585, prælector of theology at St. Paul's 1578; perhaps rector of Reading St. Mary 1571-93, prebendary of Wedmore (4) in Wells 1576, rector of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, 1578-85, canon residentiary of Wells 1583, archdeacon of Bath 1584; died 12 March, 1612, buried in the choir of Wells cathedral. See Fasti, i. 232; Lansdowne MS. 913, f. 204.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1570 | Ordi(ordination) | Powell, William | / | deacon | View |
| 1570 | Ordi(ordination) | Powell, William | / | priest | View |
| 1576 | Appt(Collation) | Powell, Willimus | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wedmore Quarta | Prebendary | View |
| 1576 | Subsc | Powell, Wilhelmus | Wells cathedral / Wedmore quarta | Prebendary | View |
| 1578 | Appt(Collation) | Powell, Willimus | London, Omnium Sanctorum in Bredstrete / | Rector | View |
| 1580 | Appt(Presentation) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wedmore 4 | Prebendary | View |
| 1580 | Appt(Institution) | Powell, Willimus | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wedmore Quarta | Prebendary | View |
| 1583 | Appt(Institution) | Powell, Willimus | Wells Cathdral / Prebend of Warmister | Prebendary | View |
| 1583 | Appt(Installation) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wormister | Prebendary | View |
| 1583 | Appt(Presentation) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Worminster | Prebendary | View |
| 1584 | Appt(Installation) | Powell, William | Bath Archdeaconry / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1584 | Appt(Institution) | Powell, Willimus | Wells cathedral / Archdeaconry of Bath | Archdeacon | View |
| 1584 | Appt(Presentation) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Bath | Archdeacon | View |
| 1585 | Vac(resignation) | Powell, William | All Saints, Breadstreet, London / | Rector | View |
| 1591 | Appt(Appointment) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / | canon residentiary | View |
| 1591 | Appt(Appointment) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wormester | Prebendary | View |
| 1591 | Appt(Appointment) | Powell, W[illiam] | Wells Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Bath | Archdeacon | View |
| 1606 | Libc | Powell, Willimus | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Warmister | Prebendary | View |
| 1606 | Libc | Powell, Willimus | Wells Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Bath | Archdeacon | View |
| 1614 | Vac(Death) | Powell, William | Bath Archdeaconry / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1614 | Vac(Death) | Powell, William | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Wormister | Prebendary | View |