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PRYCE, JOHN (1828 - 1903), dean of Bangor Rowland Williams of Ysgeifiog and sister of Dr. Rowland Williams. Their second son was ARTHUR IVOR PRYCE (1867 - 1940), solicitor, registrar of the diocese of Bangor, and chapter clerk. From Friars School, Bangor, he went to Westminster School, and thence to University College, Oxford (1885), graduating in 1889. He bore a striking resemblance to his famous uncle, Rowland Williams. He was a diligent
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet the same collection prove that Morgan Prys was succeeded by ROBERT, Robert by MORGAN, Morgan by ROBERT, and Robert by MORGAN. The last of these Morgan s married in 1710 Katherine, daughter of Jane Wynne of Moelyglo, near Harlech, by whom he had a daughter, JANE, who married Griffith Williams of Islaw'rffordd, Llanddwywe, in 1732. Edmund Prys's eldest son by his second wife was Ffoulk (Ffowc) Prys
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, CATHERINE JANE (1842 - 1909), poet - gweler PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters , Llan-rhyddlad, Gerlan, Llanfairpwll, and Tan-y-fron, Llansannan. He became such a master of the art of weaving the herring-bone pattern that he was asked to supply the mantle material presented to princess Victoria at the Beaumaris eisteddfod, 1832. He married Grace Williams of Ynys-y-gwyddyl, Llanfflewin, 21 November 1828, and from that time on until 1857 lived at Llanrhyddlad, where he kept a shop
teulu PUGH Mathafarn, of the manor of Cyfeiliog. He represented the borough of Montgomery in Parliament from 1708 to 1727. When the male line became extinct, the Mathafarn estate was sold in 1752 to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn.
PUGH, DAVID (1739 - 1816), cleric Born at Dolgelley, the son of Hugh and Jane Pugh. He went to Hertford College, Oxford, 1758, and graduated in 1762. He became rector of S. Mary, Newport, Pembrokeshire, in 1770, and held the living until his death - this living had been offered to Daniel Rowland in 1769. He visited Llwyn-gwair, the home of the Bowen family, frequently; it was there, possibly, that he first met John Wesley. He was
PUGH, FRANCIS (1720 - 1811), early Welsh Methodist and Moravian Born 10 September 1720 'in Brecknockshire ' according to Moravian records; it would be interesting to know precisely where, for it is clear that Pugh was a neighbour and friend of Howel Harris at a very early date - so confidential a friend that Harris used him as a go-between when he was courting Anne Williams. He appears to have been in 1741 teacher of a Griffith Jones school at Trevecka itself
PUGH, JOHN (1744 - 1799), Evangelical cleric Born at Dolgelley, second son of Hugh and Jane Pugh, and brother to David Pugh and Robert Pugh. He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford, 1767, graduating in 1771. He was vicar of Rauceby and Cranwell, Lincs, from 1771 until his death. His friend, Joseph Jane, the Evangelical cleric of Iron Acton (1795), left him the greater part of his wealth; much of this Pugh himself bequeathed to
PUGH, JOHN (Ieuan Awst; 1783 - 1839), lawyer and poet Born August 1783 in Melinfraenen, Llangelynnin, Meironnydd, the fifth child of David and Catherine Pugh. He only received nine months' schooling, but, despite this lack of education, he gained a local reputation for scholarship in his later years. He moved to Dolgelley when he was 13 years old and became a clerk in a solicitor's office. He was later apprenticed to Thomas Williams, a printer at
PUGH, PHILIP (1679 - 1760), Independent minister Llwynpiod chapel at his own cost, and paid Morgan Williams of Rhydlydan out of his own pocket for working as schoolmaster at Llangwyryfon and other places. He supported Daniel Rowland of Llangeitho and the revivalists, and was sent for by Howel Harris and Rowland to prepare the latter's defence against bishop Claggett's accusation that his preaching was irregular. He was grieved to see Arminianism
PUGH, ROBERT (1749 - 1825), cleric Born at Dolgelley in 1749, youngest son of Hugh and Jane Pugh - he was, therefore, brother to David Pugh and John Pugh (1744 - 1799). He was at Dr. Conant's School in Truro, Cornwall, before he went, in 1768, to Exeter College, Oxford; he graduated in 1772. He was curate at Neston and perpetual curate of Lee Brockhurst, Salop, before he became vicar of Donnington, Lincolnshire (1794-1825). He is

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