Dictionary of Welsh Biography

POWELL family Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, eccentric Poetry friend of A. C. Swinburne, H. W. Longfellow, etc. Born 10 February 1842. He matriculated 23 May 1861 as of Brasenose College, Oxford, and succeeded to the Nanteos estate in 1878 on the death of his father. He himself died 17 October 1882 and is buried in Llanbadarn-fawr churchyard. He had married, 10 May 1881, Dinah T. Harries, of Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. George E. J. Powell published
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, VAVASOR (1617 - 1670), Puritan divine Born in 1617, at Cnwclas ('Knucklas'), parish of Heyop, Radnorshire, the son of Richard Powell and his wife, Penelope, daughter of William Vavasor of Newtown (Grazebrook and Rylands, Visitation of Shropshire, ii, 324, 407, 468-9; C. B. Northcliffe, Visitation of Yorkshire, 329-31). He spent some time at Clun as schoolmaster (Examen, 16), if not as curate (Life, 124) with his great-uncle Erasmus
PRICE family Rhiwlas, men from 'Y Berfeddwlad' and led it to Bosworth Field (1485) to join men from South Wales under Sir Rhys ap Thomas. By reason of his prowess at Bosworth, he received many favours at the hand of the new king (Henry VII). (Alabaster effigies of 'Rhys Fawr' and his wife, Lowry, are in Ysbyty Ifan church). His son: Sir ROBERT AP RHYS (died c.1534) The 'sir' in this case denotes an ecclesiastic - became
PRICE, DAVID (fl. 1700-1742), Independent minister, and schoolmaster Nothing is known about his early life but it is thought that he was educated at Roger Griffith's Academy at Abergavenny. He was ordained minister of Maesyronnen church, Radnorshire, c. 1700. He lived at Llwyn-llwyd, in the parish of Llaneigon, Brecknock, where he kept a grammar school - Hugh Evans of Bristol and Howel Harris of Trevecka were among his pupils. In 1735 Carmarthen Academy was
PRICE, ISAAC (1735? - 1805), Congregational minister Born at Gellicrugion, near Llanwrtyd, Brecknock, c. 1735. He was brought up in a religious home where itinerant preachers stayed and received what education was available in the neighbourhood. He showed an early inclination for the pulpit and went to Joseph Simmons's school at Neath. He began to preach at Troedrhiwdalar as assistant to the aged and ailing preacher Thomas Morgan. He was ordained
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 (1600? - 1676), classical scholar and divine Born in London, c. 1600, of Welsh parentage. He was educated at Westminster, whence he was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1617, but, being a Roman Catholic, he did not matriculate, and left the University without a degree. He accompanied Thomas Howard, one of the sons of the earl of Arundel, to Italy, where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Laws. After returning to England he went to
PRICE, ROGER (1834 - 1900), missionary under the London Missionary Society, and linguist christened 24 February 1834 at [ Alltarnog ], Merthyr Cynog, Brecknock [son of Roger and Jane Price, who moved to Penbryn-glas, Llandyfaelog, Brecknock, c. 1838 ]; he was a member at Bethania, Merthyr Cynog. He studied at Western College, Plymouth, and was appointed by the L.M.S. in 1858 for the Makololo mission in Africa. Fever and war delayed the expedition, taking from him his wife and child
PRICE, THOMAS (MALDWYN) (1860 - 1933), musician reputation as a contralto. T. M. Price studied music at University College, Aberystwyth, under Joseph Parry, and afterwards at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He became (c. 1885) organist and choir-master in S. Mary's church, Welshpool, and remained there for the rest of his life; he died 9 July 1933, and was buried in S. Mary's churchyard. He composed much sacred music (chants, anthems, and hymn
PRICE, WATKIN WILLIAM (1873 - 1967), schoolmaster, researcher the most important areas in Wales in the 19th c. His labours resulted in valuable essays, records and transcripts in fields varying from monastic to mining. One can but marvel at his feat in copying during 1941-43, in his old age, many hundreds of detailed pages from the complicated mining deeds of the district. He rescued an unique 1827-28 volume of drawings by the nieces of Anthony Bacon II which
PRICHARD, WILLIAM (d. 1713), Particular Baptist (according to Henry Maurice's report in 1675) this new departure caused some uneasiness, if not schism, in the church. Through the loss of the Llandaff consistory records little is known of the fortunes of Prichard as a Nonconformist in the days of the Restoration, but there is plenty of evidence about the visit of William Jones of Rhydwilym (died c. 1700) to eastern Wales, in 1666 or 1667, to be baptized

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