Results for '"Pryse Family"' across our collections
… the Peniarth Collection now in the National Library at Aberystwyth, and may possibly have given rise to a legend still whispered in the neighbourhood…
… the Peniarth Collection now in the National Library at Aberystwyth, and may possibly have given rise to a legend still whispered in the neighbourhood that some ardent Jacobite member of the family once concealed Bonnie Prince Charlie in a secret chamber of the old mansion. The later history of the Pryse family is more or less well-known to all who have studied the monuments in Llanbadarn Church, and…
… landing and selling fish in the town the rights of the Crown had to be acknowledged. The original arrangement was to render five score…
… landing and selling fish in the town the rights of the Crown had to be acknowledged. The original arrangement was to render five score of herrings for the privilege. This was afterwards commuted into an annual payment of £ 1 1os. A Member of the Pryse family held a lease of this Crown…
… succeeded in establishing its right to the Mill. Since then it was called Our Lady's Mill," or The Mill of our Lady Queen Elizabeth."…
… succeeded in establishing its right to the Mill. Since then it was called Our Lady's Mill," or The Mill of our Lady Queen Elizabeth." Thirteen years after the lawsuit the Crown leased the Mill with all its rights to a member of the Pryse family for 40 years, at the annual rent of £ 3. This transaction was the first of the many ties between the Gogerddan family and the town. After the Lease, Mr. Pryse's…
… elections for the Boroughs. In 1640 a member from this neighbourhood was for the first time elected, viz., John Vaughan, of Trawscoed, afterwards Chief…
… elections for the Boroughs. In 1640 a member from this neighbourhood was for the first time elected, viz., John Vaughan, of Trawscoed, afterwards Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, an eminent lawyer and an eloquent advocate. He also took a prominent part with the Parliament forces in taking Aberystwyth Castle in 1647. In the year 1741, a member of the Pryse family was elected, and a member or a…
… premier landowner in the county.13 Below the Lisburnes in rank came a group of great landowners, four in number, who were commoners owning at…
… premier landowner in the county.13 Below the Lisburnes in rank came a group of great landowners, four in number, who were commoners owning at least 3,000 acres with a rental of at least £ 3,000. At the head of these was the Pryse family of Gogerddan with estates totalling 26,684 acres and an income of £ 10,634, the lands covering much of the northern part of the county and bordering on those of…
… David Jenkins, 'The Pryse Family of Gogerddan', National Library of Wales Journal, III (1953-4). There is an engaging and informative account in H. M.…
… David Jenkins, 'The Pryse Family of Gogerddan', National Library of Wales Journal, III (1953-4). There is an engaging and informative account in H. M. Vaughan, The South Wales Squires (London, 1926). Also helpful is Francis Jones, The Old Families of South-West Wales', Ceredigion, IV (1960), pp. iff. 26. Edmund Gosse, Algernon Charles Swinburne (London, 1917), p. 158. Also see H. M. Vaughan, op. cit…
… age in 1737. Various members of the Pryse family now sought to make use of the Gogerddan interest for their own purposes, and other…
… age in 1737. Various members of the Pryse family now sought to make use of the Gogerddan interest for their own purposes, and other Cardiganshire families, Whig and Tory alike, sought to capture the borough seat in the period of Gogerddan weakness. The first of three borough contests within a decade came after the death of the sitting member, Stephen Parry, on 15 December 1724. Thomas Powell of…
… supply over 500 voters at the by-election for the Gogerddan candidate, Richard Lloyd of Mabws.8 Lloyd was a kinsman of the Pryse family, and…
… supply over 500 voters at the by-election for the Gogerddan candidate, Richard Lloyd of Mabws.8 Lloyd was a kinsman of the Pryse family, and the fact that he was a Whig who supported Sir Robert Walpole's ministry illustrates the divorce of local rivalries from national politics. The by-election poll began on i May 1729, and lasted several days. The only information as to what happened then comes from…
… Post, i 1 June 1741. 14. Commons Journals, XXIV, 31-2, 348, 492, 697 XXV, 13, 39. 15. Gogerddan MSS. Quoted by David Jenkins, The…
… Post, i 1 June 1741. 14. Commons Journals, XXIV, 31-2, 348, 492, 697 XXV, 13, 39. 15. Gogerddan MSS. Quoted by David Jenkins, The Pryse Family of Gogerddan', The National Library of Wales Journal, VIII, 17". 16. Gogerddan MSS. Thomas Lloyd to John Symmons, 16 Dec. 1752. 17. Pryse MSS. (Berkshire County Record Office), J. Lloyd to T. Lloyd, 16 March 1753. 18. Pryse MSS., J. Lloyd to T. Lloyd, 23 March…
… letters patent dated 10th July, 27 Elizabeth, being a grant from the Crown of the aforesaid Mill for forty years to Richard Pryse, the…
… letters patent dated 10th July, 27 Elizabeth, being a grant from the Crown of the aforesaid Mill for forty years to Richard Pryse, the son of John Pryse, Esq., deceased, on condition of performing service in the Chapel of Aberystwyth and under 6os. rent with suit of Mill,8 the Queen recognised the right of the Pryse family to the Mill "from…
…', Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies, 5 (1983), tt. 37-66; ibid., 7 (1984), tt. 91-120; idem., 'Welsh Law in Carmarthenshire', The Carmarthenshire Antiquary, 16-18 (1982), tt.…
…', Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies, 5 (1983), tt. 37-66; ibid., 7 (1984), tt. 91-120; idem., 'Welsh Law in Carmarthenshire', The Carmarthenshire Antiquary, 16-18 (1982), tt. 17-27. 22 David Jenkins, 'The Pryse Family of Gogerddan', CLl.G.C VIII (1935), tt. 81-96; T. Jones Pierce, Medieval Welsh Society, gol. J. Beverley Smith (Caerdydd, 1972), tt. 369-89. 23 T. Parry, 'Statud Gruffudd ap Cynan', Bwletin, V…
…, how- ever, of some of the Aberystwyth people with interests in the lead mining industry. Among these were Atwood, the Bonsalls, Lord Lisburne, the…
…, how- ever, of some of the Aberystwyth people with interests in the lead mining industry. Among these were Atwood, the Bonsalls, Lord Lisburne, the Pryse family, the irrespressible Job Sheldon, George Fossett (who came originally from London), Absalom Francis, James Green, Matthew Francis, Capt. James Raw, the Powells of Nanteos, Henry Francis, Lewis Pugh, Capt. Henry Ridge, Samuel Hughes, and others.…