Background
Bodvel was the son of Sir John Bodvel (died 1631) and his wife Elizabeth Wynn, daughter of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir.
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Education
He attended King Charles" Oxford Parliament in January 1644 and was awarded the degree of Doctorate.C.L. from Oxford University.
Career
He was a colonel in the Royalist army in the English Civil War. He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1633. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Anglesey for the Long Parliament in November 1640.
However by May 1643 Bodvel had become a commissioner of array for Caernarvonshire and a Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey.
When the Oxford Parliament adjourned in July 1644, Bodvel went with his family to Caerfryn and became governor of Caernarvon Castle from March 1646. As colonel and commissioner of array he helped in both the defence of the island of Anglesey and in the negotiations for its surrender in July 1646.
His estates were sequestered in November 1647 and was further fined for supporting the Royalist rising of 1648 in Anglesey. After the execution of the King, he fled abroad, and when he retuened his name was listed in the Acting of 1651 for the sale of delinquents’ estates.
These sales were cancelled in 1652 and he was finally cleared of delinquency in April 1655.
Bodvel married Ann Russell, daughter of Sir William Russell of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire in September 1638 but there was no male heir. The marriage was without Bodvel"s consent and he refused to recognize the match.
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On 2 August 1642 he was given leave of absence by the House of Commons and provided with a stock of arms with which to defend his home in Wales.’.
Membership
Short Parliament]
Bodvel"s grandfather had acquired by marriage the estate of Caerfryn on Anglesey and in April 1640, Bodvel was elected Member of Parliament for Anglesey in the Short Parliament.
