Background
Edwards was born at Llanllèchid, near Bangor, Carnarvonshire, in 1652.
Edwards was born at Llanllèchid, near Bangor, Carnarvonshire, in 1652.
He was educated at Saint John"s College, Cambridge, where he took the two degrees in arts, the Bachelor of Arts in 1673, and the Master of Arts
In 1677. In the early part of his life he lived with Doctor Edmund Castell, and in 1685 he was engaged by Doctor John Fell, dean of Christ Church and bishop of Oxford, to assist in the impression of the New Testament in Coptic, almost finished by Doctor Thomas Marshall. At the same time he became chaplain of Christ Church. He was presented to the rectory of Aldwinckle All Saints, Northamptonshire, in 1707, and died in 1721.