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POWELL, WILLIAM (Gwilym Pennant; 1830 - 1902), poet his many successes were silver medals at the national eisteddfod, Llandudno, 1864, the Swansea eisteddfod, 1863, and at the Llangefni eisteddfod. He was fifth for the chair at the Merthyr eisteddfod, 1888. He married (1), Mary Theodore, Llanfair Caereinion, by whom he had five children, and (2), 1895, a Miss Jones of Westminster. He died 16 July 1902, and was buried in London.
POWYS, JOHN COWPER (1872 - 1963), novelist, poet, literary critic and popular philosopher ). From his mother, Mary Cowper-Johnson, he derived the more literary blood of the poets John Donne and William Cowper. Born 8 October 1872 in Shirley, Derbyshire, his father's first parish, but in 1879 the family moved to Dorchester, Dorset, then, in 1885, to Montacute vicarage, Somerset. He was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and in 1894 drifted into the post of
PRENDERGAST, ANNE (bu farw 1770), heiress - gweler WILLIAMS
teulu PRICE Rhiwlas, PRICE (died 1554) of Rhiwlas, is described as the third son of Sir Robert ap Rhys. He married Jane, daughter of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert of Gwydir. To him came much land which belonged formerly to the abbey of Strata Marcella (Ystrad Marchell), near Welshpool. Cadwaladr held lands in the commote of Penllyn in the time of Philip and Mary. The bard and herald Gruffudd Hiraethog sent him a cywydd (c
PRICE, Sir JOHN (1502? - 1555), notary public, the king's principal registrar in causes ecclesiastical, and secretary of the Council in Wales and the Marches fairly certain that he was the John Pryse who obtained the degree of B.C.L. at Oxford, 29 February 1523/4, and the 'Apprise' who was admitted to the Middle Temple, 5 November 1523. By about 1530 he was one of Thomas Cromwell's officials, and, in that way, came into the employment of the king. He was servitor at the wedding of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. As a notary public and principal registrar of the
PRICE, THOMAS (1852 - 1909), Australian politician Born at Brymbo, Denbighshire, 19 January 1852, son of John and Jane Price. As a boy, he went to Liverpool, where he was for many years a stone-mason. He married (1881) Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Lloyd, a timber-merchant; they had seven children. In 1883 ill-health drove him to Adelaide, South Australia, where in 1891 he became secretary of his trade union. In 1893 he became a labour
PRICE, THOMAS (1820 - 1888), Baptist minister Born 17 April 1820, son of John and Mary Price of Maesycwper, near Ysgethrog, Llanhamlach, Brecknock. He began to earn his living at an early age by assisting a local farmer. Afterwards he became a page boy in the family of Clifton of Tŷ Mawr, Llanfrynach. The Clifton daughters taught him to read English. He saved £21 to pay for his own apprenticeship to Thomas Watkins, The Struet, Brecon
PRICE, THOMAS (Carnhuanawc; 1787 - 1848), historian and antiquary Born 2 October 1787 at Pencaerelin in Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Brecknock, the younger son of Rice Price, vicar of Llanwrthyl in that county from 1789 to his death in 1810, and of Mary Bowen of Pencaerelin, the daughter of a vicar. In his home he heard not only the songs and traditions of the peasantry but also the cywyddau of Dafydd ap Gwilym and occasionally the strains of the harp. He attended
PRICE, WILLIAM (1800 - 1893), eccentric Born 4 March 1800 at Ty'nycoedcae, in the parish of Rudry, Monmouthshire, third son of the Rev. William Price and his wife, Mary. He attended school at Machen, and later became was apprenticed to Evan Edwards, Caerphilly, and became a student at Bart's and at London Hospital, qualifying as a L.S.A. (September 1821) and M.R.C.S. (October 1821). He practised at Nantgarw, Treforest, and Pontypridd
PRITCHARD, EVAN (Ieuan Lleyn; 1769 - 1832), poet His name sometimes occurs as Evan Richards, and his bardic name as Ieuan ap Rhisiart, Ifan Lleyn, and Bardd Bryncroes. He was the son of Richard Thomas, a stonemason, and Mary Charles, daughter of Siarl Marc, Tŷ-mawr, Bryncroes, one of the early Methodist preachers in Llŷn. Mary Charles was well known as a writer of verse. On his parents emigrating to America about 1795, Pritchard made his home
teulu PRITCHETT, clerical family . Records, iii, 304), adding to it in 1782 the vicarage of Castlemartin (op. cit., i, 269); from 1795 to 1796 he was also cursal prebendary at S. Davids (op. cit., v, 221), exchanging that appointment in 1796 (op. cit., v, 195) for the prebend of S. Nicholas, which he held till shortly before his death. His wife was Anne Rogers of Pembrokeshire. He died 9 August 1813 at S. Petrox. His resigned prebend was
teulu PROGER Painter.' He was Member of Parliament for the county of Brecknock from 1662 till 1679. His fortunes waned after Charles's death, and he is found complaining to queen Anne that his salary had not been paid for years; but in 1702 he was granted a pension of £200 as ' the oldest servant of the Crown now alive.' He died 31 December 1713 or 1 January 1714, from ' cutting four new teeth ' at 96. Of his

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