John Prise
Sir John Prise (also Prys, Price, in Welsh Syr Siôn ap Rhys) (1501/2–1555) was a Welsh
Life
He was son of Rhys ab Gwilym by Gwenllian, daughter of Howel Madoc. He was educated at All Souls College, Oxford,[3] and became a notary public and receiver of the king. From a statement of Rowland Lee, it appears that Prise had been some time in the service of the Earl of Arundel as constable of Cloon Castle in Ireland, and that for his employment he was promoted to be one of Thomas Cromwell's agents.
In May 1532, when the Earls of Westmorland and Cumberland and Sir Thomas Clifford searched
He took part in public affairs, for example in the
He and his son Richard were patrons of Hugh Evans, and are said to have introduced him to Shakespeare; Richard gave Evans the living of Merthyr Cynog, Brecon, in 1572. Evans died in 1581, and made Richard Price the overseer of his will. He married Joan, daughter of John Williams of Southwark, and had a family of five sons and two daughters.
Works
Prise was encouraged as a scholar by
- Historiae Britannicae Defensio, composed about 1553, published by his son Richard in 1573, and dedicated to Lord Burghley; in part a protest against Polydore Vergil. It defended the traditional historical accounts of Brutus of Troy and King Arthur in early British history.[5]
- Description of Cambria, translated and enlarged by Humphrey Lhuyd, and published as part of the Historie of Cambria by David Powel, 1584; other editions 1697, 1702, 1774, and 1812.
- Fides Historian Britannicae, a correction of Polydore Vergil (Brit. Mus. Cotton MS. Titus, F. iii. 17).
- A tract on the restitution of the coinage, written in 1553; dedicated to Queen Mary (MS. New Coll. Oxon. Arch. MS. 317, iii.); in this tract he refers to a larger treatise on the same subject, which is not extant.
He is also said to have translated and published the Lord's Prayer, Creed, and Ten Commandments in Welsh, for the first time, in Yn y lhyvyr hwnn (1546).
Modern editions
- Prise, John (2015). Davies, Ceri (ed.). Historiae Britannicae defensio: A Defence of the British History. Studies and Texts. Vol. 195. Toronto / Oxford: ISBN 9780888441959.
References
- ^ "PRICE, Sir John (1501/2-55), of Brecon and Hereford. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Ludlow. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - The National Library of Wales: 'The Earliest Welsh Printed Book'". Llgc.org.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "The 13th - 16th Centuries - Bodleian Library". www.ouls.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ISBN 978-0744800791
- History of Parliament-Breconshire
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Price, John (d.1573?)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Further reading
- Ker, Neil R. (1955). "Sir John Prise". The Library. 5th ser. 10 (1): 1–24. ISSN 0024-2160.
- Ceri Davies,Two Welsh Renaissance Latinists: Sir John Prise of Brecon and Dr John Davies of Mallwyd. In Burnett, Charles S. F.; Mann, Nicholas (ed.), Britannia Latina : Latin in the culture of Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century (2005).
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