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Family and Education
b. 13 Apr. 1619, 1st s. of John Price of Rhiwlas and Eleanor, da. of Sir William Jones† of Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern.J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 247; N. Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price of Rhiwlas’, Jnl. Merion. Hist. Soc. v. 7. educ. L. Inn 28 Apr. 1636; Christ Church, Oxf. 27 May 1636.LI Admiss, 230. m. 1641 (prenup. settlement 2 June 1641), Mary (d.1671), da. and coh. of David Holland of Kinmel, St. George, Denb. 8s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 7da.Bangor Univ. Lib. Kinmel mss 696; Lloyd, Hist. Powys Fadog, vi. 422. suc. fa. 1629.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 247; Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, 7. d. 31 Oct. 1691.Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, 7.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Denb., Merion. 10 Feb. 1642 – ?45, by Oct. 1660 – Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; Flint by Oct. 1660 – Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 48, 51, 74, 79; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. array (roy.), Merion. 10 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. assessment, Merion. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 90; Flint 1 June 1660, 1672, 1679, 1689 – 90; Denb. 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 90; Caern. 1689–90;An Ordinance …for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, Denb., Flint, Merion. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Merion. c. Aug. 1660 – Feb. 1688, 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 120. subsidy, Denb., Merion. 1663.SR. Col. militia, Merion. c.1663-at least 1684.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) ?1642–6.Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, 7.

Parlimentarian
PRICE, William (1619-91), of Rhiwlas, Merion.
: of Rhiwlas, Llanfor, Merion.
Likenesses

Portrait: half-length in armour, once at Rhiwlas.Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, frontispiece; portrait not noted in Steegman, Portraits in Welsh Houses (N. Wales).

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PRICE, William (1619-91), of Rhiwlas, Llanfor, Merion.

Will
25 Jan. 1690, pr. 11 Feb. 1692.PROB11/409, f. 42v.
Estates
in 1632 inherited townships of Rhedynogfelen and Gest, Caern. from uncle Charles Jones*;NLW, Brogyntyn L2/74. at marriage inherited £350 p.a. in right of his wife, but her estate encumbered with debts of £2,509.Symonds, Diary, 260; Bangor Univ. Lib. Special Collections, Kinmel ms 696. His estate said to be worth £1,500 p.a. in the 1660s.Burke Commoners, i. 694.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
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