PRICE, WILLIAM (1597-1646), cleric;
a native of Denbighshire. He matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, on 16 Oct. 1616, at the age of 19 (M.A. 21 June 1619, B.D. 14 June 1628). On 26 Sept. 1621 he was elected the first reader in moral philosophy in the lecture founded by Thomas White at Oxford; he held this office till 1630. On the death of Thomas White in April 1624, Price delivered his funeral oration which was published as Oratio funebris habita Oxoniae 22 April 1624 in laudem Doctoris White … Price joined with others to make a protest to the king against the appointment of bishop Laud as chancellor of Oxford in 1630. On 10 Feb. 1631/2 he was instituted to the rectory of Dolgelley, Mer. He m. Margaret, daughter of Robert Vaughan (q.v.) of Hengwrt, the eminent antiquary. Price d. at Dolgelley, and was buried [25 Oct.] in his church.
Bibliography:
- D.N.B. gives other references;
- T. P. Ellis, Dolgelley and Llanelltyd, 94;
- episcopal register, Church in Wales Records (in N.L.W.).
Author:
Hywel David Emanuel, M.A., (1921-70), Aberystwyth
