Email correspondence between the Reverend Brian Reardon of Builth Wells and Maureen Spinks concerning William Seward, Methodist martyr. Includes: (i) William Seward, Christian martyr 1702-1740, buried at St Mary's churchyard, Cusop; (ii) Details found on the tombstone of William Seward in Cusop Churchyard; (iii) Copy of photographs of the tombstone and restoration; (iv) Copy of burial register; (v) Page from a calendar, July 2008, showing St Mary's churchyard; (vi) Copy of pages 24-25 of "Memoirs of the Life and Religious Labours of Howell Harris, Esq, including an authentic account of the Calvinistic Methodists in Wales, 1824; (vii) Copy of pp 130-131 of "Origin and History of Methodism in Wales" by D Young; (viii) Copy of the frontispiece of "Howell Harris and the Dawn of Revival" showing a map of the part of Wales connected with the early life of Howell Harris (Reardon has highlighted in yellow the piece which says "Seward killed by mob 1742").
Note: there are some references to William Seward dying in 1742; he actually died in 1740.