PRISE, Herbert (c.1605-78), of The Priory, Brecon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1605, 2nd s. of Thomas Price of The Priory and Anne, da. of William Rudhall of Rudhall, Herefs.; bro. of John Prise†. educ. M. Temple 12 Oct. 1622;L. Inn Admiss. i. 113. travelled abroad (?Low Countries)CSP Dom. 1627-8, p. 287; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, ed. L. Pearsall Smith (2 vols. Oxford 1907) ii. 342-3. m. 12 Nov. 1638, Goditha, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Arden of Park Hall, Aston, Warws., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. cr. bt. c.Oct. 1657.T. Jones, Hist. Brec. ii. 139; Duncumb, Collections, iii. 165. d. 14 Jan. 1678.HP Commons 1660-90, ‘Sir Herbert Price’.

Offices Held

Military: ?capt. of ft. royal army, 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 287. maj. of horse, 1639;CSP Dom. 1639, pp. 207–8. ?lt.-col. 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 303. Col. of ft. and capt. of horse (roy.), c.Oct. 1642–6.List of the Officers Claiming the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), 108–9. Acting-gov. Hereford Apr. 1643; gov. Brecon May 1644-Aug. 1645.Newman, Royalist Officers, 305; R. Hutton, Royalist War Effort (2nd edn., 1999), 57, 140, 185.

Court: sewer to Henrietta Maria, 1632 – 44, May 1660–1. Master of the household, 6 July 1660–65, 1666–d.Bodl. Carte 59, f. 6v; CSP Dom. 1666–7, pp. 254, 277.

Local: j.p. Brec. 30 Mar. 1641 – bef.Aug. 1647, by 10 Sept. July 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 270–1, 275–80. Commr. defence of Brec. (roy.) 16 June 1643; defence of Rad. (roy.) 22 Nov. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 48, 102. impressment (roy.), Brec. 12 Dec. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 113. poll tax, 1660; assessment, Brec., Warws. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677.SR. Dep. lt. Brec. ?1661–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Herbert Price’. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster, Warws., Brec. 1662;SR. oyer and terminer, the Verge 10 Apr. 1662-aft. Nov. 1668;C181/7, pp. 141, 457. subsidy, Brec. 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian

PRICE, Sir Herbert, 1st Bt. (c.1605-78), of The Priory, Brecon and Whitehall.

: of The Priory, Brecon.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PRISE, Herbert (c.1605-78), of The Priory, Brecon.

Will

not found.

Estates

inherited lands in ‘Llanvihangel’, Brec.; on m. acquired lordship of Pedmore, Worcs., and manor of Park Hall and other lands in Aston par., Warws. on m.CCC, 2042-3; Birmingham Reference Lib. 917/1789.

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