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My direct ancestor, Sir Thomas Pryce was the Sheriff of Montgomeryshire, Wales about 1540.
Here he is -
PRYCE family, of Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire
This family, which supplied seven sheriffs of Montgomeryshire, and was for long prominent in the affairs of the county, claimed descent from Elstan Glodrydd, founder of the 'Fourth Royal Tribe of Wales' and bore the arms attributed to that prince, 'gules, a lion rampant regardant or.'
The first member of the family to be described as of Newtown Hall was DAVID AB EINION (of Mochdre and Kerry), whose son DAVID was the subject of an ode and an elegy by Lewis Glyn Cothi, and whose grandson RHYS was killed, 'pro rege Edwardo,'* at Banbury in 1469. The first to hold the shrievalty of the county was Rhys's grandson, MATTHEW GOCH AP THOMAS, who was sheriff in 1548.
The family name Pryce/Price/Preese/Prees is and Anglicised version of the Welsh 'Ap Rhys' - meaning 'son of Rhys'. The same goes for Pritchard - the 'P' is the p in Ap, so he was Ap Richard - son of Richard and so on.
Means, fighting for the king. The Battle of Banbury [actually Edgecote - Banbury is six miles away] was one of the last fought in the Wars of the Roses.
The Battle of Edgecote Moor took place on 26 July 1469, during the Wars of the Roses. It was fought between a Royal army, commanded by the earls of Pembroke and Devon, and a rebel force led by supporters of the Earl of Warwick.
The battle took place 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Banbury in Northamptonshire; while it resulted in a rebel victory, it had little impact on the overall political situation. By September, Edward was back in control.
Edgecote is one of the least well-documented battles of the period; accounts diverge in terms of numbers, leaders, casualties, and the course of the fighting. The heavy casualties suffered by Pembroke's Welsh forces made it a popular topic for Welsh poets.
