Richard Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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in 1653. He fought in the

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army in the

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. Price was the son of Edward Pryce of Gunley,

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. In 1639, he was

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. He was commissioned as lieutenant by the Committee of both Houses on 23 September 1645 to take charge of some recruits at

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. He fought as a captain at

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in 1646 and was appointed with others on 15 June 1649 to demolish

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. He was a county commissioner for the Advance of Money for Montgomeryshire,

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, and

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in 1649. He was appointed a Commissioner of Sequestration for North Wales on 18 February 1650. He had a commission from the

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as captain of a troop of Horse for North Wales on 13 August 1650. The Commissioners for Sequestration in

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wrote to him and Edward Vaughan on 9 September 1650 " We commend your diligence, go on in seizing estates" and he was mentioned on 24 October 1650 as the " Treasurer of the moneys got in". In 1652 he was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire again. He was assigned official lodgings on 15 June 1653.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> In 1653, Price was nominated one of the representatives for Wales in the

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. On the

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, he was considered a specially active and dangerous character. The Secretary of State issued an order from

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on 18 July 1660 " that Richard Price of Aberbechan, co. Montgomery, be taken into safe custody," and in 1665 a warrant was issued to Sir Richard Ottley to apprehend him and others. Price married firstly in July 1640 Mary Trotman daughter of John Trotman of Peers Court, Gloucestershire, His second wife was Rosamond.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Richard Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales High Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire 17th-century Welsh politicians Roundheads English MPs 1653 (Barebones) 17th-century Welsh military personnel