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  • 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
  • teulu PRYCE Newtown Hall, baronet, son of the above, assisted the process of squandering the estates and died in the King's Bench prison for debtors in 1776. He is said to have lost his sight through the mistaken medical zeal of his wife. The title and the family became extinct with his son, Sir EDWARD MANLEY PRYCE, 7th baronet, who was found dead, in a state of destitution, in a field at Pangbourne, near Reading, 28 June 1791
  • PRYCE, JOHN (1828 - 1903), dean of Bangor historical researcher, who published many papers in antiquarian journals, e.g., ' The Register of Benedict, bishop of Bangor 1408-17 ' (Archæologia Cambrensis, June 1922), ' Westminster School and its connection with North Wales ' (Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club, 1932), and 'Records of the Diocesan Registry in Bangor' (Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1929). Better
  • PRYCE, THOMAS MALDWYN (1949 - 1977), racing driver session was held in the wet, and Pryce posted the fastest time; however, in the qualifying session his Shadow could only manage 15th place. At the start of the race, for reasons that will never be known, Pryce slipped back to the rear of the field, but he then proceeded to charge through the back-markers and was challenging for 11th place at the end of the 22nd lap. A young under-trained fire marshal
  • 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
  • PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer , and (2) to Jane, daughter of Hugh Gwynn of Berth-ddu and Bodysgallen. He had three children by the first wife, and ten by his second. After his father's death Thomas Prys held the manor of Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, with the livings held by his father; in 1599 he was sheriff of Denbighshire. He fought in the wars of the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century under Sir Robert Dudley, earl of
  • PRYSE, JOHN ROBERT (1840 - 1862), poet - gweler PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN