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PRICE, JOHN (1735 - 1813), Bodley's librarian, Oxford Born on 1 March 1735, son of the Rev. Robert Price vicar of Llandegla from 1731 to 1737, and then of Llangollen until his death in 1771 - he was buried 9 September. John Price was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated 26 March 1754. He graduated B.A. 1757, M.A. 1760, and B.D. 1768. He was appointed janitor of the Bodleian in 1757; sub-librarian, 1765; acting librarian, 1765
PRICE, ROBERT (1655 - 1733), judge , The Life of Robert Price … one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, was published by E. Curll in London, 1734, and as Price figures also in the D.N.B., this notice will be brief. His legal career may be said to begin when he became attorney-general for South Wales, 1682. He was appointed recorder of Radnor in 1683 and he held various posts until he became judge of the Brecknock
PRICE, THOMAS SEBASTIAN (bu farw 1704), antiquary and popish recusant Sessions for recusancy, and is credited with the collection of a large number of manuscripts which he sent to the Vatican. Lord Castlemaine found refuge at The Hall in Llanfyllin after the Revolution of 1688. As an antiquary, Price belonged to the same circle as William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich, Robert Davies of Llannerch, and William Lloyd, bishop of St Asaph. He was a champion of the Geoffrey of
PRICE, WATKIN WILLIAM (1873 - 1967), schoolmaster, researcher . In 1952 the University of Wales conferred on him an hon. M.A. degree, and he was sometimes known as ' Bob Owen of the South ' (see Owen, Robert above). He died 31 December 1967 leaving four sons and a daughter.
PRICE, WILLIAM (1597 - 1646), cleric published as Oratio funebris habita Oxoniae 22 April 1624 in laudem Doctoris White … Price joined with others to make a protest to the king against the appointment of bishop Laud as chancellor of Oxford in 1630. On 10 February 1631/2 he was instituted to the rectory of Dolgelley, Meironethshire. He married Margaret, daughter of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, the eminent antiquary. Price died at Dolgelley, and
PRICHARD, JOHN WILLIAM (1749 - 1829), man of letters correspondent, with a large circle of men of letters: Gwallter Mechain (NLW MS 1808E, no. 6), William Owen Pughe, Richard Llwyd (the author of Beaumaris Bay), Twm o'r Nant, Dewi Wyn, Robert ap Gwilym Ddu (who was a kinsman of his), Robert Roberts the almanac-maker, etc. But he was not on good terms with Dafydd Ddu Eryri, and he abominated Iolo Morganwg, to whom he attributed all W. O. Pughe's literary lapses
PRICHARD, RHYS (Yr Hen Ficer; 1579? - 1644), cleric and poet and he was allowed to hold both appointments by permission of the archbishop, 28 October 1613, confirmed under the great seal on the 29th of the same month. This, in turn, led to his being appointed chaplain to Robert, earl of Essex. On 17 May 1614 the archbishop appointed him prebendary of Christ College, Brecon; he was compelled by Laud to take his M.A. degree and, on the resignation of Richard
PRITCHARD, ROBERT (fl. 1730-1738), poet and master mariner Blodeu-gerdd Cymry contains a long religious poem by ' Robert Pritchard of Pentraeth, Anglesey, 1738.' He was probably the 'Robert Prichard Poet,' master of the small vessel, Blessing, which carried slates from Abercegin, near Bangor, from 1730 to 1733, as recorded in the Penrhyn estate papers.
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
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
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet of Morgan ap Lewis of Pengwern, his first wife's cousin - both being descended from Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Einion, constable of Harlech castle, and, therefore, being of the lineage of Osbwrn Wyddel. His children by his first wife were JOHN PRYS, ROBERT PRYS (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert ap Edward of Maesyneuadd), and JANE PRYS. His children by his second wife were FFOULK PRYS (below
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, Second son of Robert ap Rhys ab Meredydd of Plas Iolyn, Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire. It is said that his grandfather, Rhys ab Meredydd, or Rhys Fawr, fought at Bosworth with Henry VII. His father, Robert ap Rhys, was chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry VIII gave him the lands of Dolgynwal and parts of Penllyn, where his son Cadwaladr founded the family of Price of Rhiwlas (see articles Price of

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