PRICE, John (c.1620-88), of Gellihir, Ilston, Glam. and East Barnet, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1620, o.s. of William Price of Gellihir and Elizabeth (d. 1669), da. of Humphrey ap Rees Lloyd of Priscedwyn, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont.NLW, SD/1629/24, SD/1669/37.I; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 85, 210. m. (1) Cecil, da. of Rees Arney of Nash, Mon., 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) by 1657, Mary (d.1702), da. and coh. of William Greene of Mount Pleasant, East Barnet, 7s. (1 ) 5da. (2 ). bur. 7 July 1688.PROB11/392, f. 94v; F. C. Cass, East Barnet (1885-92), 140, 143; Cass, Monken Hadley (1880), 27.

Offices Held

Local: commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 20 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 305 (E.1062.28); CJ vii. 876b. disbanding forces in S. Wales, 18 Feb. 1648;LJ x. 64a. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648.A. and O. Sheriff, Glam. 1648–9.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 257. Commr. sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649.A. and O. ?Dep. collector customs, Port Eynon, Glam. by May 1649.Letter-Bk. of John Byrd ed. S. K. Roberts (S. Wales Rec. Soc. Pbns. xiv), 19. J.p. Glam. by 10 Oct. 1649-bef. Oct. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 301–4. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; treas. S. Wales 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. Commr. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Glam. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Glam. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Mon. 25 Feb. 1659.C181/6, p. 348.

Civic: common councilman, Swansea 26 Feb. 1656–?62.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 33.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

: of Gellihir, Ilston, Glam. and Herts., East Barnet.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PRICE, John (c.1620-88), of Gellihir, Ilston, Glam. and East Barnet, Herts.

Will

3 July 1688, pr. 9 July 1688.PROB11/392, f.94v.

Estates

House and lands at Gellihir, Glam.; messuages and freehold lands called Upper Cross House and Bourden House with other lands in Nash, Mon. Farmed rectory of Abergwili, Carm., 1653-60, at £150 p.a.; at d. ‘manors in Wales and Mon.’; property at East Barnet by 1657 through his 2nd w.NLW, Tredegar (7), 91/108-09; E113/2, answer of John Price; PROB11/392, f. 94v.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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