Dictionary of Welsh Biography

POWELL, EDWARD (1478? - 1540), Roman Catholic theologian Born in Wales c. 1478 and educated at Oxford, where he graduated M.A., becoming a Fellow of Oriel College in 1495. In 1501 he was appointed rector of Bleadon in Somerset and later held livings at Salisbury, Carlton-cum-Thurlby, Lyme Regis, Bedminster, Bristol, and Sutton le Marsh. After Henry VIII's accession to the throne he preached a number of times at court. When Luther's doctrines spread to
POWELL, RICE (fl. 1641-1665), colonel in the Parliamentary army . Fagans (11 May 1648), where Laugharne arrived to take over the command, Horton won a decisive victory. Escaping to Pembrokeshire, Powell held out against Horton at Tenby until 31 May, when he surrendered unconditionally. He was tried by court martial and condemned to death. On 7 May 1649 he was pardoned. After the Restoration he appealed, in 1665, to Charles II for help to meet debts he had contracted
POWELL, THOMAS, chartist 18 July 1840, without finding sureties. Powell then became shopman to Hetherington in London, and figured in Hetherington's trial in 1841 for the sale of literature which was considered to be blasphemous. Hugh Williams advanced money for Powell to buy Hetherington's business, whereupon Hetherington repaid Williams and went penniless into Court, so that his goods could not be distrained upon in the
POWELL, VAVASOR (1617 - 1670), diwinydd Piwritanaidd State Papers, Domestic Series, 1667-8, 318-9) ac ymwelodd eto â Maldwyn (G. Lyon Turner, Original Records, i, 4). Fe'i cymerwyd i'r ddalfa eto yn Hydref 1668, ar ôl pregethu ym Merthyr Tydfil. Fe'i croesholwyd ddwywaith yn y Bontfaen (Life, 135-41, 177-82) ac yna yn neuadd y dref, Caerdydd, 13 Ionawr 1669 (Life, 182-8). Symudwyd ei achos i'r Court of Common Pleas, ac ymddangosodd yno 22 Mai. Ar 24 Mai
POWELL, VAVASOR (1617 - 1670), Puritan divine . Dom., 1667-8, 318-9), and revived his Montgomeryshire associations (G. Lyon Turner, Original Records, i, 4). He was arrested in October 1668, after preaching at Merthyr Tydfil, and twice examined at Cowbridge (Life, 135-41, 177-82), and finally at Cardiff Town Hall, 13 January 1669 (Life, 182-8). His case was moved to the Court of Common Pleas, before which he appeared on 22 May and was committed to
PRICE family Rhiwlas, one of the chaplains at the court of Henry VII, continuing to serve in that capacity under Henry VIII. After the dissolution of the monasteries he acquired much land (Dôl Gynwal) in Ysbyty Ifan. According to letters from him to Henry VIII he also held much land in the parish of Llanfor. Sir Robert's wife was Mared (Margaret), daughter of Rhys (Rhydderch ?) Llwyd, Gydros, Llanfor; their numerous
PRICE, CHARLES (d. 1646) Pilleth,, soldier and politician went to Ireland as captain of the Radnorshire and Brecknockshire Militia, but returned in time to sit for Radnor in Charles I's first three Parliaments, where he was equally critical of the court (which may account for his citation before the council on 22 October 1626); but he interested himself also in the army and in Welsh measures. On 18 July 1627 he took out recruits to Sir Charles Morgan for
PRICE, ROBERT (1655 - 1733), judge , The Life of Robert Price … one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, was published by E. Curll in London, 1734, and as Price figures also in the D.N.B., this notice will be brief. His legal career may be said to begin when he became attorney-general for South Wales, 1682. He was appointed recorder of Radnor in 1683 and he held various posts until he became judge of the Brecknock
PRICE, ROBERT (1655 - 1733), barnwr Life of … Robert Price … One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, gan E. Curll, Llundain, yn 1734, a cheir manylion ei yrfa yn y D.N.B.; rhaid, felly, fodloni ar fraslun byr yma. Dechreuodd ei yrfa gyfreithiol pan ddewiswyd ef yn ' Attorney-general for South Wales,' 1682. Daeth yn gofiadur Maesyfed yn 1683, a bu'n dal amryw swyddi hyd nes y daeth yn farnwr cylchdaith Brycheiniog yn
PRICE, WILLIAM (1800 - 1893), eccentric orthodox religion, despised the law and its administrators, and was a Chartist leader, but did not participate in the Chartist march on Newport. After the march on Newport in 1839, he escaped to France disguised as a woman. His last visit to Paris was in 1860, and he visited Boulogne in 1861. He was involved in innumerable lawsuits; in court he would refer to his young daughter, whom he styled 'Iarlles
PRICHARD, WILLIAM (1702 - 1773), early North Wales Nonconformist not surprising when it is remembered that chancellor John Owen (1698 - 1755) had on more than one occasion summoned him to the bishop's court at Bangor for daring to express the opinion as he came out of church that his sermon was unscriptural. After discussing the moral state of the district with the Rev. Lewis Rees at Pwllheli, he heard of Jenkin Morgan, a schoolmaster and preacher, who was at
PROGER family eang yn Virginia, na chafodd erioed afael arnynt), eto, ar ben ei gyflog o £500 fel gwas ystafell, yr oedd yn geidwad Hampton Court (a thŷ iddo yno), yn fforestwr Bushey Park, yn geidwad y plas brenhinol yng Nghaerefrog, etc. Nid oedd er hynny'n fawr ei barch, oblegid y mae'n weddol eglur mai ei brif orchwyl oedd porthi chwantau'r brenin; cyfeiria Grammont (Memoirs, arg. Bullen, ii, 37) ato fel ' the

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