John Pryse

Personal and Family Information

John was born about 1532 in Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of unknown parents.

He died on 15 MAY 1584 in Cardiganshire, Wales.

His wife was Bridget ferch James. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their three known children were Thomas (1550-1597), Richard (c1562-1623) and James (c1571-1642).

Events

Notes

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Born about 1532 [uncertain] in Montgomeryshire, Wales

Died 15 May 1584 at about age 52 in Cardiganshire, Wales

John Pryse aka ap Rhys, of the Inner Temple, Gogerddan

Son of Richard Pryse and [mother unknown]

[sibling unknown]

Husband of Elizabeth Pryse — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Husband of Bridget ferch James ap Pryse — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Thomas Pryse, Richard Pryse and James Pryse

Biography

JOHN PRYSE, grandson of Rhys ap David Lloyd and barrister at law, was a member of the Council of the Marches, and represented Cardiganshire in Parliament at various times between 1553 and 1572. His will was proved on 7 December 1584. He had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot, of Haroldston, Pembrokeshire - see ‘Cywydd i Siôn Prys o Gogerddan’ by Owain Gwynedd in Cwrtmawr MS. 12 — and by her was the father of Sir RICHARD PRYSE , who had been admitted to the Inner Temple, November 1584. [1]

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John Pryse Esq of Gogerddan was recorded as father of Thomas Pryse of Glanfraed who was father of Walter Pryse of Tynohir[2]

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John Pryse[3] "of the Inner Temple, London and Gogerddan," Cardiganshire, first son of Sir Richard ap Rhys of Gogerthan and Ellen, daughter of William ap Jenkin ap Iorweth,[3] was born by 1532.[4]

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"When he was first elected to Parliament John Price was entered on the return under his patronymic John ap Richard ap Rhys Dafydd Lloyd, but he was usually called Price."[5]

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John married twice. His first wife Elizabeth Perrot was the daughter of Thomas Perrot of Islington, Middlesex and Haroldston, Pembrokeshire and step-sister of Sir John Perrot. They had two sons, Richard and Thomas, and a daughter.[5]

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Sir John Pryce married Bridget Price, daughter of James Price of Monaughty, Radnorshire. They had one son:[5] James Pryse .

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He died 15 May 1584,[4] having made his will "on 13 May 1584, two days before his death.... The will was proved on 7 December 1584".[5]

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PRICE, John I , of the Inner Temple, London and Gogerddan, Card. _ History of Parliament Online.pdf [1]

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PRICE, John I , of the Inner Temple, London and Gogerddan, Card. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 Available from Boydell and Brewer

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Biography Detail Constituency Family & Education Offices Held Biography End Notes Related Resources 1558-1603 Members 1558-1603 Constituencies 1558-1603 Parliaments 1558-1603 Surveys PREVIOUS BIOGRAPHY NEXT BIOGRAPHY ConstituencyDates CARDIGANSHIRE Oct. 1553 CARDIGANSHIRE Apr. 1554 CARDIGANSHIRE 1563 CARDIGANSHIRE 1571 CARDIGANSHIRE 1572 Family and Education b. by 1532, 1st s. of Richard ap Rhys Dafydd Lloyd of Gogerddan by Elliw, da. and coh. of William ap Jenkin ap Iorwerth. educ. I. Temple 1550. m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Perrot of Islington, Mdx. and Haroldston, Pemb., 2s. Thomas and Richard Price II 1da.; Bridget, da. of James Price of Monaughty, Rad., 1s. suc. fa. Sept. 1553 or later.1

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Offices Held Bencher, I. Temple 1568-71.

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J.p. Card. 1555, q. from 1559, Merion. 1573-9, many Welsh and marcher counties from 1579; custos rot. Card. 1559-79; commr. piracy, Card. 1565, armour 1569, musters 1570, victuals 1574, tanneries, Aberystwyth 1574; sheriff, Merion. 1579-80, Card. 1580-1; member, council in the marches of Wales by 1579-81.2

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Biography Price traced his descent directly from the Welsh clan which had established itself in Ceredigion by the eleventh century. His grandfather Rhys , was the first to settle in northern Cardiganshire, and may have built the mansion of Gogerddan. The grandson at first called himself John ap Rhys Dafydd Llwyd, or more briefly John ap Rice, but by 1563 the surname had been fixed as Price or Pryse. The family estates, swollen by acquisitions from the former lands of Cymer Abbey in Merioneth, extended into that county, with some outlying property in Lleyn, Caernarvonshire; and intermarriage with the Pembrokeshire Perrots and the Radnorshire Prices , brought additional prestige, which was enhanced by John Price’s standing as a barrister. In 1574 he acquired from the Crown the lease of a water mill in the neighbouring borough of Aberystwyth, claimed by the burgesses as municipal property; Price therefore drew no profit, and the dispute dragged on into the time of his son Richard. At the musters of 1570 he was assessed, comparatively heavily, at ‘two light horsemen furnished’.3

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In his last Parliament he was a member of the committee of the bill against Catholics, 25 Jan. 1581, and almost certainly the ‘Mr. Price’ who sat on committees considering weights and measures, 23 May 1572; sheriffs, 18 Feb. 1576, and the bill on fines and recoveries, 7 Mar. 1576.4

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Price made his will when ‘sick in body’ on 13 May 1584, two days before his death. He asked to be buried in Llanbadarnfawr church, and made arrangements for the heir Richard and his daughter Elizabeth. James, the son of his second marriage, received most of his Merioneth estates, and went on to establish the family of Price of Ynys y maengwyn, Towyn, Merioneth. The will was proved 7 Dec. 1584. The Gogerddan family remained prominent in county politics and society till the present century.5

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Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 Author: A.H.D. Notes 1.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 44; I.T. Recs. i. 249, 259; Burke, Peerage . 2.CPR, 1560-3, p. 446; Egerton 2345, f. 47; Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 60, 69, 109, 132; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 354-5. 3.Trans. Card. Antiq. Soc. i. 25; PCC 41 Watson; Exchequer, ed. E. G. Jones , 47; Augmentations, ed. Lewis and Davies , 231; Flenley, 74. 4.CJ, i. 97, 106, 111, 120. 5.PCC 41 Watson; C142/208/242; DWB.