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b. c. 1618, 1st s. of Edward Price of Gunley and Bridget, da. of John ap Richard (otherwise Pritchard) of Hockleton, Chirbury, Salop.Mont. Collns. xviii. 113; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 291. m. (1) 16 July 1640, Mary, da. of John Trotman of Piers Court, Stinchcombe, Glos., s.p.; (2) by 1651, Rosamund (bap. 16 Apr. 1612, d. 1695), da. of Sir Richard Saltonstall of Brymbo Hall, Denb., s.p.Glos. Parish Registers: Marriages II, 79; C. K. Bolton, The Founders: Portraits of Persons born Abroad … III (Boston, Mass. 1926), 809-11. suc. fa. Apr. 1643.Mont. Collns. xviii. 114, xxvii. 180; Glos. Parish Registers: Marriages II, 79. d. 1675.Records of a Church in Broadmead, 517.
Offices Held

j.p. Mont. 12 Dec. 1640 – ?42, by 30 Mar. 1649-Mar. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143–5. Salop by Mar. 1651 – ?52, 6 Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 271. Commr. assessment, Mont. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Caern. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Anglesey, Merion. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. Sheriff, Mont. 12 Nov. 1650–1.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 263. Commr. militia, N. Wales by May 1651, 26 July 1659, ?12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; Herbert Corresp. 137. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. Mont. by 12 Dec. 1655-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 144–5.

capt. (parlian.) army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* (later Thomas Mytton*) by 10 Apr. 1644–?49.SP28/346, pts. 1 and 2. Capt. militia horse, N. Wales 13 Aug. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508. col. 11 Aug. 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 99.

member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
PRICE, Richard (c.1618-75), of Gunley, Forden, Mont.
of Gunley, Forden, Mont.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown.Mont. Collns. xxii. 139, xxx. 281.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PRICE, Richard (c.1618-75), of Gunley, Forden, Mont.

Will
25 Jan. 1672, cod. 20 Feb. 1675, sentence 16 Feb. 1676, pr. 17 Feb. 1676.PROB11/352, f. 1; PROB11/351, f. 170.
Estates
bought former crown properties: Lady Meadow, Bewdley, Worcs. 16 Sept. 1650 for £751 2s.; parcel of Bolingbroke manor, Lincs. 24 Sept. 1650 for £909 12s. 1d.; Bewdley manor, Worcs. 28 Jan. 1651 for £278 9s. 6d ; Duchy House, Strand, Mdx. 30 Apr. 1652 for £1,200.Gentles, ‘Debentures Market and Military Purchases of Crown Land, 1649-1660’, 324.
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