Dictionary of Welsh Biography

POWELL, PHILIP (1594 - 1646), O.S.B. him to Flanders where he studied, at Fr. Baker's expense, at the University of Louvain, 1614-19. He was ordained priest in 1618 and was professed a monk on 15 August 1619, having studied under Dom Leander Jones, O.S.B.. He was next made cellarer of S. Gregory's monastery, Douai, and was sent on the English mission on 7 March 1622. He lived with Dom Baker for sixteen months in Gray's Inn Lane, London
POWELL, THOMAS (1608? - 1660), cleric from Jenkin Jones of Llanddety, one of the approvers appointed under the Act for the propagation of the Gospel in Wales. It is possible that his exile was due to the fact that he had ignored Jenkin Jones's prohibition. His only Welsh book, Cerbyd Iechydwriaeth, 1657, is tainted with the bitterness of those years. He was restored to his parish in 1660 and was appointed canon of S. Davids. According to
POWELL, WILLIAM (Gwilym Pennant; 1830 - 1902), poet his many successes were silver medals at the national eisteddfod, Llandudno, 1864, the Swansea eisteddfod, 1863, and at the Llangefni eisteddfod. He was fifth for the chair at the Merthyr eisteddfod, 1888. He married (1), Mary Theodore, Llanfair Caereinion, by whom he had five children, and (2), 1895, a Miss Jones of Westminster. He died 16 July 1902, and was buried in London.
POWELL, WILLIAM EIFION (1934 - 2009), minister (Cong.) and college principal family moved a mile or so away to nearby village of Gwaencaegurwen and settled at 6 Colbren Square. His mother died in 1957 at the age of 48. Eifion was brought up and started preaching at the Tabernacl, Cwmgors, under the ministry of the Reverends T. M. Roderick, Emrys Jones and Irfon Samuel. He was educated at Pontardawe Grammar School, and was specially influenced by Eic Davies, one of the teachers
PRICE family Rhiwlas, St Asaph. This John Price was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN PRICE II (died 1629) (ROBERT PRICE, vicar of Towyn, chancellor of Bangor, etc., was a brother to John Price II). The wife of John Price II was Elinor, daughter of Sir William Jones, Castellmarch, Caernarfonshire, and the eldest son of the marriage was WILLIAM PRICE (1619 - 1691), Royalist colonel and Member of Parliament Military
PRICE THOMAS, CLEMENT (1893 - 1973), pioneering surgeon to meetings of the Council, and to degree ceremonies and other events as often as he could and took an active interest in the affairs of the School. Indeed the provost of the time, Alan Trevor Jones, noted in his diary not long after Price Thomas had started his presidency that he 'is very interested, almost too interested in everything'. The fact was that, despite periods of indifferent health
PRICE, BENJAMIN (Cymro Bach; 1792 - 1854), Baptist minister and littérateur (1828-40) (as co-pastor first with John Jones and from 1833 onwards with George Thomas, afterwards of the Pontypool Academy); Dudley (1840-2) (again as co-pastor, with William Rogers, a native of Blaenau Gwent); and, finally, Tredegar (1842-4). He retired in 1844 to become a superintendent for Wales of the Baptist Missionary Society, and in this post performed his most important life's work. He was a
PRICE, ISAAC (1735? - 1805), Congregational minister at Troedrhiwdalar in 1758. Possessed of a strong constitution, he was able to undertake preaching journeys constantly throughout Brecknock and Carmarthenshire as far as Crug-y-bar. He was invited to Crug-y-bar by Dafydd Jones (1711 - 1777) the hymnist, of Caeo, where he preached regularly once a month throughout the period of his ministry. He inherited the spirit of the Methodist revival; he
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 county thrice, 1567, 1576, 1596, and for Brecknock twice, 1588, 1595). One of the daughters, Johan (born 14 November 1542) took as her second husband, Thomas Jones ('Twm Siôn Cati,' c. 1530 - 1609). Sir John Price took an intelligent interest in Welsh history and literature; he was one of the first collectors of manuscripts of Welsh interest; he left his Welsh books to Thomas Vaughan of Glamorgan; his
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, PETER (1864 - 1940), Independent minister Merionethshire in the 17th and 18th centuries. When the Quakers departed from Tyddyn-y-Garreg and the chapel that they had erected nearby, it was Peter Price, Fronolau, who was a deacon at the Independent church at Dolgellau, under the ministry of Cadwaladr Jones (1783 - 1867), who was mainly instrumental in securing that chapel for the Independent denomination. It was rented in 1847, and bought in 1854, and
PRICE, RICHARD (1723 - 1791), philosopher Born 23 February 1723, at Tyn-ton, Llangeinor, Glamorganshire, son of Rees and Catherine Price. He was educated at Pen-twyn (Samuel Jones), Chance-field (Vavasor Griffiths), Moorfields (John Eames), and held pastorates at Newington and Hackney; he was a Presbyterian and an Arian. When only 35, he published Review of the Principal Questions in Morals, 1758, anticipating the essential ethical

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