Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRICE, CHRISTOPHER (d. 1697), apothecary, preacher, free-communion Baptist He lived at Abergavenny in the High Street, one of the chief officials of the corporation, and, according to Sir Joseph Bradney, of the family of the Prices of Llanffoist. He supported John Tombes in the great Baptism debate at Abergavenny, 1653; after the Restoration he is reported as preaching in 'conventicles,' 1668-9, and in 1672 he secured a licence to preach in his own house under the
PRICE, DILYS MARGARET (1932 - 2020), educationalist and skydiver after Dilys's birth they returned to Aberdare. In 1934, influenced by intercessor Rees Howells, the family moved to the Bible College in Swansea where her father took on the role of gardener at the Italianate gardens on the Derwen Fawr estate, following in the footsteps of his own father, a gardener at Powis Castle. Dilys Price was educated at the boarding school at Derwen Fawr established by Rees
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 Little is known of his early years. He was the son of Rhys ap Gwilym ap Llywelyn ap Rhys Llwyd ab Adam, of Brecknock, and his wife Gwenllian, daughter of Howel Madoc. He was, therefore, of the same family as the Welsh poet Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd, and in the midst of the bustle of his comparatively short life he maintained a close contact with the Welsh bardic tradition. It is
PRICE, JOHN (1857 - 1930), musician Born 5 March 1857 at Llangamarch, Brecknock, the son of Dafydd and Ann Price. The family moved to Beulah, near Garth, in the same county, and it was here that John Price spent the rest of his life. As a child he was taught the Hullah system of music. He joined a Tonic Sol-fa class, held by D. Buallt Jones; he also received lessons from D. W. Lewis, Brynaman, and took the diplomas of G. and
PRICE, JOSEPH TREGELLES (1784 - 1854), Quaker and ironmaster Born 17 January 1784, in Cornwall, the son of Peter Price (1739 - 1821), and his wife, Anna (née Tregelles) Price (1759 - 1846). The family moved to Neath in 1799 when the father became the manager of the Neath Abbey Iron Works in which they were interested with other Quaker families. The father was a faithful member of the Society of Friends, noted for acts of charity, relieving the poor and
PRICE, PETER (1864 - 1940), Independent minister named Tabor. The whole family was associated with Tabor and they claimed that they were from the same lineage as Edmwnd Prys. Peter Price, Dewisbren-isaf was heavily influenced by the Quakers. His parents moved to Plas-y-Brithdir when Thomas Price opened a business selling flour in Dolgellau. For a short time before leaving to help his father, Peter Price was educated at Dolgellau Grammar School, the
PRICE, RHYS (1807 - 1869), Congregational minister Born 27 February 1807 in Penrhiw-llwyn-fynwent, Llangamarch, Brecknock, of a family that was prominent in religious circles, and which moved to Llanwrtyd when Price was quite young. He received only three days of schooling. A weaver by trade, he devoted his leisure to reading and became a model of a self-taught man. He possessed much natural ability but he was considered remarkable by reason of
PRICE, THOMAS (Carnhuanawc; 1787 - 1848), historian and antiquary various schools in the village and a school at Llanafan vicarage, two miles away. From 1800, when the family removed to Builth, he was for five years at a 'classical school' conducted by the curate of that parish. He early showed his deep love for all that is beautiful and his aptitude for skilled work. In 1805 he entered Brecon grammar school and lodged in the town. Whilst there he was a constant
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 SEBASTIAN (d. 1704), antiquary and popish recusant He was probably a member of the Price family of Eglwysegl and Llanfyllin. It is said that the Prices, who resided in a black-and-white house at Llanfyllin, built in 1599, and called ' The Hall,' were Roman Catholics. Thomas Price is included as one of seven popish recusants in Llanfyllin in the population 'notitia' of S. Asaph (1681?). He is said to have been frequently presented at the Great
PRICE, WATKIN WILLIAM (1873 - 1967), schoolmaster, researcher Born 4 September 1873 at 261 Cardiff Road, Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, son of Watkin and Sarah Price, a Welsh -speaking family from Breconshire. The father was a collier; apparently the family had moved to Aberdare by 1866. ' W.W. ' was educated at Blaen-gwawr elementary school until 1886 when he went to work in the office of Tarian y Gweithiwr in Aberdare. Then he became a pupil-teacher
PRICHARD, CARADOG (1904 - 1980), novelist and poet strike. Caradog was only five months old when his father was killed in an accident at the quarry on 6 April 1905. The loss of the family breadwinner inevitably meant that Caradog and his brothers grew up in poverty, and their mother's subsequent mental illness cast a further shadow over their lives. These circumstances forced Caradog to leave Bethesda County School in 1922 and find work. He worked as a

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