Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PROGER family for the king in 1644 (J. R. Phillips, Civil War in Wales, ii, 217); he was at Court in 1673. He should not be confused with the Charles Proger named under B below. His great-grandson WILLIAM PROGER, who sold Wern-ddu and died c. 1780, brings this line to a close - he left only a daughter, who became a nun. B. THE GWERN -VALE BRANCH, more interesting. Gwern-vale was occupied by several successive
PROTHERO, THOMAS (1780 - 1853), solicitor, colliery proprietor, and influential citizen antagonist, John Frost. His residence was, at first, ' The Friars ' and, later, ' Malpas Court,' which long remained in the possession of his family. He was high sheriff of the county in 1846. He died suddenly in London 24 April 1853, age 73. He had been twice married. Two of his grandsons, Sir GEORGE WALTER PROTHERO (1848 - 1922), historian, and ROWLAND EDMUND PROTHERO, baron Ernle (1851 - 1937
PROTHERO, THOMAS (1780 - 1853), cyfreithiwr, perchennog glofeydd, a dinesydd dylanwadol yng Nghasnewydd, Mynwy angenrheidiol ar gyfer yr elusen honno. Gyda Thomas Powell yr oedd yn un o'r allforwyr glo pwysicaf yng Nghasnewydd, ac fe'u cyhuddwyd o geisio ffurfio monopoli yn y maes hwnnw. Ar un adeg yr oedd yn is-siryf, a llwyddodd i gael ei bobl ei hun ar yr uchel reithgor er mwyn sicrhau dedfryd yn erbyn John Frost. Trigai yn ' The Friars ' i ddechrau, ac yna ym ' Malpas Court ': parhaodd y lle hwnnw'n eiddo i'w
PRYDDERCH, RHYS (1620? - 1699), Independent minister and schoolmaster Born at Ystradwallter, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. It is known that he had children in 1650 and it may be surmized that he was born c.1620. Ystradwallter was the homestead of his ancestors, and it was there that he began his well-known school, which was kept up for forty years. It is not known where he was educated. On 4 December 1662 he was fined in the archdeacon's court at Carmarthen for
PRYDYDD BYCHAN, Y (fl. 1220-1270) South Wales, a poet Over twenty series of englynion of his work are to be found in the Hendregadredd manuscript and The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales. Most of these poems are in praise of descendants of the 'lord' Rhys, and minor rulers and court officials in Dyfed, Ystrad Tywi, and Ceredigion. References are made to fighting, particularly in Roose and around Pembroke. There is also a series of englynion to Owain
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet Llanenddwyn, about eight miles away from Maentwrog in the direction of Barmouth. This was probably the explanation of the tradition that his home was at Gerddi Bluog, Harlech. He was made a canon of St Asaph, 8 October 1602. Little is known about his life. We hear of him in suits before the Court of Star Chamber, and we know that he assisted bishop William Morgan in the work of translating the Bible. The
PUGH, WILLIAM JOHN (1892 - 1974), Cyfarwyddwr Arolwg Daearegol Prydain Fawr gwnaed ef yn farchog yn 1956. Priododd yn Llundain yn ystod haf 1919, Manon Clayton Davies Bryan (a fu farw 1973), ail ferch Joseph Davies Bryan, Alexandria, Yr Aifft; bu iddynt bedwar mab. Bu ef farw ar 18 Mawrth 1974 yn 171 Oakwood Court, Kensington, Llundain.
PUGH, WILLIAM JOHN (1892 - 1974), Director of Geological Survey of Great Britain contributions to the advancement, teaching and organization of geological sciences he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1951, and knighted in 1956. He married in London during summer 1919 Manon Clayton Davies Bryan (died 1973), second daughter of Joseph Davies Bryan, Alexandria, Egypt; they had four sons. He died 18 March 1974 at 171 Oakwood Court, Kensington, London.
PUGHE, ELIZABETH ('Eliza') (1826 - 1847), deaf illustrator , Esgynnodd i lys gwiwner. (A talented, delicate, gentle girl, She faded at the height of her splendour. From the din of the world the pure sweet maid Ascended to the court of the loving Lord.)
RANDALL, HENRY JOHN (1877 - 1964), lawyer and historian become a member of its Art and Archaeology Committee in 1925, then a member of the Court of Governors in 1937 and of the Council in 1938. He was treasurer of the Museum, 1952-62, and in that period made, perhaps, his greatest contribution in founding the ' Friends of the National Museum of Wales ', of which he was chairman, 1954-64. His services to his native county and country were recognised by the
RAVENSCROFT family Ravenscroft, of George, born at Bretton, went to Brasenose College, Oxford, and to Lincoln's Inn, of which he became a Bencher; he was ' Clerk of the Petty Bag ' in the court of Chancery. He was Member of Parliament for Flintshire in 1586-7 and 1601, for Old Sarum in 1601-11, and for Flint Boroughs in 1620-2, 1624, 1625, and 1628, died unmarried in 1628, and was buried at Hawarden. (3) ROGER RAVENSCROFT, a
RECORDE, ROBERT (c. 1512 - 1558), mathematician and physician money without the king's sanction. Pembroke, one of the most powerful men in England and Wales, was furious and accused him of treason. The closure of the Bristol and Durham House mints swiftly followed. It is often repeated that Recorde was punished for the Bristol incident by being confined to court for sixty days. This was probably nothing more than Lord Protector Somerset keeping Recorde close by

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