PRICE, Ellis (by 1514-94), of Plas Iolyn and Ysbyty Ifan, Denb.

Visitor to monasteries, Wales 1535; chancellor, dioceses of St. Asaph c. 1537 – 38, Bangor 1560; commissary gen. St. Asaph in 1538; j.p.q. Merion. 1543, 1555 – d., Denb. 1555 – d., Caern. 1561 – d., Anglesey, Mont. 1564, most Welsh counties by 1575, all Welsh counties and Mon. by 1579; sheriff, Denb. 1548 – 49, 1556 – 57, 1568 – 69, 1572 – 73, Merion. 1551 – 52, 1555 – 56, 1563 – 64, 1567 – 68, 1573 – 74, 1578 – 79, 1583 – 84, Caern. 1558 – 59, Anglesey 1577 – 78, 1585 – 86; commr. for visitation of St. David’s diocese 1549, relief, Merion. 1550, eisteddfod, Caerwys, Flints. 1568, musters, Denb., Merion. 1570, 1580; custos rot. Merion. 1558/59–77 or later; member, council in the marches of Wales 1560 – d.; steward, Earl of Leicester’s Denbigh lordship from c. 1564; master in Chancery extraordinary. LP Hen. VIII, ix; C1/789/30; 193/12/1; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 323; Cal. Wynn (of Gwydir), Pprs. 1515–1690, p. 339; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 586; 1581–90, pp. 586, 657; CPR, 1553, p. 363; 1563–6, pp. 30–31; Strype, Cranmer, i. 274; HMC Welsh, i(1), 291; R. Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 69, 109, 125, 127, 132, 135, 146, 179, 200, 212; E. G. Jones, Cymru a’r Hen Ffydd, 13–14; NLW 9080 E, f. 17; SP11/5/6; 12/93/6.