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teulu PRITCHETT, clerical family Hailing originally from the English side of the Middle March, and claiming descent from John de la Bere, cup-bearer to William the Conqueror - two of the men named in the present note were called ' Delabere.' But the college records of various Pritchetts in Herefordshire and Worcestershire style their fathers 'pleb.', where they are not clerics. RICHARD PRITCHETT, licensed medical practitioner
PROBERT, ARTHUR REGINALD (1909 - 1975), Labour politician of William Taylor of Abercwmboi, Aberdare, and they had two daughters. They lived at Allt Fedw, Abernant, Aberdare. Probert died suddenly at his home on 14 February 1975 and cremated at Llwydcoed Crematorium. He was succeeded by Ioan Evans as the Labour MP for Aberdare.
PROBERT, LEWIS (1837 - 1908), Independent minister and college principal , Portmadoc, as successor to William Ambrose. Here he started another church and in 1877 built a chapel (known as the Memorial chapel) in memory of his predecessor; both these churches were in his charge until 1886, when he returned to Siloh, Pentre. On 20 April 1898 he was elected principal of Bala-Bangor College in succession to E. Herber Evans. For the second time in their history the Independents had
PROBERT, WILLIAM (1790 - 1870), Unitarian minister and author
teulu PROGER . Clark, and Sir Joseph Bradney - they disagree in places, but as Theophilus Jones depended on H. T. Payne, who had a large collection of family documents and deeds, it seems safer to follow him where differences arise. A. THE WERN -DDU BRANCH. We begin here with WILLIAM PROGER, sixth of his line, who was alive in 1483. His sons were JOHN PROGER and Lewis Proger (for whom see B below); and John Proger's
PROTHERO, CLIFFORD (1898 - 1990), organiser of the Labour Party in Wales Cliff Prothero was born 23 September 1898 at 7 Robert Street, Ynysybwl to a Welsh-speaking family, his father William Prothero was a native of Glasbury, Radnorshire and his mother, Alice, came from Pontlottyn in the Rhymney Valley. Educated at the Tre-Robert Boys' School, Ynysybwl, he left school at 13 years of age to work in the colliery. His father and his brother, William Prothero Jnr, worked
teulu PRYCE Newtown Hall, ), whose son DAVID was the subject of an ode and an elegy by Lewis Glyn Cothi, and whose grandson RHYS was killed, 'pro rege Edwardo,' at Banbury in 1469. The first to hold the shrievalty of the county was Rhys's grandson, MATTHEW GOCH AP THOMAS, who was sheriff in 1548. JOHN, son of Matthew Pryce by Joyce verch Evan Gwynn of Mynachdy, Radnorshire, was sheriff of Montgomery, 1566 and 1586, of Cardigan
PRYCE-JONES, Sir PRYCE (1834 - 1920), pioneer of mail order business Born Pryce Jones, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 16 October 1834, second son of William Jones, solicitor, and Mary Ann Goodwin, whose father was a cousin of Robert Owen, the social reformer. After being apprenticed at the age of 12 to a Newtown draper, he established his own business in 1859, in which year he married Eleanor Rowley Morris. He began his mail order business by sending patterns to the
PRYDDERCH, RHYS (1620? - 1699), Independent minister and schoolmaster pupils at the Aberllyfni school numbered between 80 and 100, and he was given a grant of £6 a year from the Common Fund of the 'Happy Union' (1690-2). He became very well known as teacher and preceptor. Among his many pupils was William Evans, Pencader, the first head of the Carmarthen Academy. He published Gemmeu Doethineb, a valuable collection of proverbs and proverbial lore. He died 25 January 1699.
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet Llanenddwyn, about eight miles away from Maentwrog in the direction of Barmouth. This was probably the explanation of the tradition that his home was at Gerddi Bluog, Harlech. He was made a canon of St Asaph, 8 October 1602. Little is known about his life. We hear of him in suits before the Court of Star Chamber, and we know that he assisted bishop William Morgan in the work of translating the Bible. The
PRYS, SION (bu farw 1640?), poet According to some of the manuscripts which contain his work, he was heir to the Caerddinen and Llwyn Ynn estates in Denbighshire. A large number of his poems remain, including cywyddau to Roland Jones of Llanferais, Siôn Wyn Lewys, Siôn Hope, William Wynn of Nercwys, Peter Wynn of Manechdid, a satirical poem to a tavern-keeper of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd. A number of free-metre poems by him also
PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer The eldest son of Elis Prys, of Plas Iolyn, Denbighshire. His date of birth is not known, but he was buried at Ysbyty Ifan, 23 August 1634, and according to his poems he had reached old age when he died. He was born at the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth, and he was engaged in the wars and expeditions of her age. He was twice married (1) to Margaret, daughter of William Griffith of Caernarvon

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1333 - 1344 of 1867 for "William Glyn"