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Arise Evans
Portrait of One Evins a Welch man was lately comited to New Gate for saying hee was Christ (4670716) (cropped).jpg
An etching of Rhys 'Arise' Evans
Born ca. 1607
Llangelynnin, Gwynedd
Died ca. 1660
Newgate Prison?
Other names Rhys/Rice Evans
Occupation Tailor and Christ impersonator

Arise Evans (or Rhys or Rice Evans) (1607–c.1660), was a Welsh prophet and fanatic.

Personal history

Evans was born about 1607 in Llangelynin parish and was apprenticed to a tailor at Wrexham. While living in Wales he had seen visions and prophetic dreams which were accentuated when he went to London in 1629. In London he made vain efforts to warn King Charles I of perceived dangers, but succeeded in telling the Earl of Essex to his face of his future promotions. Evans became interested in the multifarious sects that flourished under the new liberty of Charles I's reign, opposing most of them, especially the tenets of the Fifth Monarchist. He took particular offence towards Christopher Feake and William Aspinwall.

He was arrested and imprisoned in ~1650 at Newgate Prison for impersonating Christ.

See also

  • List of people claimed to be Jesus
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