Price, Adam (fl.1706)
Of the Price family of Glanmiheli in Kerry parish, he inherited Bodfach in Llanfyllin through marriage and treated this as his main residence. He was made a Burgess of Llanfyllin and later Recorder of the borough. He was Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1706.
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Price, Arthur (fl.1578)
Arthur Price "of Vaenor" was the second son of Matthew Price of Newtown who was Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1548. Arthur was MP for the Montgomeryshire boroughs in 1571, and bailiff of Newtown. He was a long-standing magistrate and commissioner of taxes for the county. He served as sheriff in 1578.
[W.V. Lloyd - The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
[W.V. Lloyd - The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
Price, Major David (1762-1835)
Born in Merthyr Cynog in 1762, the son of the curate of the parish. He was brought up by his grandfather after his father's appointment to Llabadarn Fawr parish soon after. He was educated at Christ's College, Brecon at the expense of David Griffith master of the college and his father's former Rector. After one term at Jesus College, Cambridge he moved to London, living an increasingly dissipated life until he secured a commission in the army of the East India Company and sailed for the subcontinent. He served there for 24 years, seeing much action, being severely wounded and rising to the rank of Major, before returning to Brecon in 1807 with his share of the spoils of Seringapatam. He married and settled at Watton House. He became involved in town life and local affairs becoming a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant and serving two terms as Mayor in 1820 and 1827.
During these years he began publishing works which reflect his time in India. Among his best known were A Mohammedan History and Memoirs of the Early Life and Service of a Field Officer on the retired list of the Indian Army. He also translated many works from the languages of the subcontinent and was widely known as David Price "the Orientalist." He was a founder member of the Cambrian Society of Gwent which was formed in Brecon in 1821 and devoted to promoting the literature and culture of Wales and was involved in organising the society's first Eisteddfod. He bequeathed his collection of about seventy oriental manuscripts to the Royal Asiatic Society.
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During these years he began publishing works which reflect his time in India. Among his best known were A Mohammedan History and Memoirs of the Early Life and Service of a Field Officer on the retired list of the Indian Army. He also translated many works from the languages of the subcontinent and was widely known as David Price "the Orientalist." He was a founder member of the Cambrian Society of Gwent which was formed in Brecon in 1821 and devoted to promoting the literature and culture of Wales and was involved in organising the society's first Eisteddfod. He bequeathed his collection of about seventy oriental manuscripts to the Royal Asiatic Society.
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Price, Edward (fl.1614)
The son of Richard ap John ap Meredith of Glanmeheli in the parish of Kerry, a junior branch of the Price (or Pryce) family of Newtown. He served as a juror and was appointed a magistrate in 1610. He served as Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1614 with his son Adam Price as his deputy.
[W.V. Lloyd - The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
[W.V. Lloyd - The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
Price, Edward (fl.1615)
Son of John Price, or Pryce (below) of Newtown. He served as deputy during his father's term as Sheriff in 1586. He also served as bailiff of Newtown, magistrate and Sheriff in his own right. (1615).
[W.V. Lloyd - The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
[W.V. Lloyd - The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire]
Price, Gregory (b.1535)
Son and heir of Sir John Price of Brecon (below). M.P. for Herefordshire 1557-58 and for the city 1572, 1584-97. Sheriff of Herefordshire 1567, 1576, 1596; sheriff of Breconshire 1588, 1595.
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Price, Hugh (?1495-1574)
Born around 1495 in Brecon, he was the son of Rhys ap Rhys or "Rhys Cigwr", a local butcher. While the older son John followed his father in trade, Hugh was sent to the University of Oxford. There is no record of him at any of the Colleges but he may well have resided at one of the halls reserved for students of civil and canon law like himself. He finally graduated as a Doctor of Canon Law in 1526. He was one of the panel of divines and lawyers who condemned James Bainham to be burned at the stake for embracing the Protestant heresy in 1532. He may well have been ordained during the 1530's. He collected the ecclesiastical benefices of parishes in Kent and London as well as Llanfaes in Brecon. He became the Treasurer of the Diocese of St David's around 1541 but was seldom in residence in the Cathedral close. He was appointed, at about that time, the first prebendary of the new Chapter of Rochester Cathedral, set up at the dissolution of the Benedictine priory. It was here he spent most of his time. He held these two posts in widely spaced dioceses through times of tremendous change for the church: the royal supremacy of Henry VIII; the Protestant changes of Edward VI; the Catholic restoration of Mary Tudor; and the Anglican settlement under Elizabeth in 1559. Both dioceses saw dissention and strife with Bishop Ferrar of St David's being burnt at the stake.
Price weathered these storms reading and attesting the 39 Articles in St David's in 1571. In the same year he petitioned the Queen for permission to found a new college in Oxford. This was allowed as long as she was named as the founder, and Hugh Price became the "First Benefactor" of Jesus College, the first protestant college to be founded in the university. He died in 1574 and was buried in the Priory at Brecon.
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Price weathered these storms reading and attesting the 39 Articles in St David's in 1571. In the same year he petitioned the Queen for permission to found a new college in Oxford. This was allowed as long as she was named as the founder, and Hugh Price became the "First Benefactor" of Jesus College, the first protestant college to be founded in the university. He died in 1574 and was buried in the Priory at Brecon.
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Price, Hugh (fl.1654)
Of Gwernygo, Kerry in Montgomeryshire. He was appointed Bailiff of the Hundred of Llanidloes in 1633 and was a Justice of the Peace. He was a relative of Lewis Price of Pertheirin in Llanwnog parish and the two may have been brothers. Hugh Price served as a Colonel in the Parliamentary army and had a successful military career. He was governor of Powis Castle after its capture. He was appointed Sheriff of the county in 1654 with Lewis Price as his deputy.
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