Sir Richard Pryse (died 7 February 1623) was a

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politician who sat in the

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from 1584.Welsh Biography on line ''PRYSE family, of Gogerddan, Cards''
/ref> Pryse was the eldest son of John Pryse of

Gogerddan __NOTOC__ Gogerddan, or in English, Gogarthen, was an estate near to Trefeurig and the most important in what was then the county of Cardiganshire, Wales. Owned since at least the fifteenth century by the Pryse family, the main house, called Pla ...

. He became a student of the

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in November 1583. In 1584, he was elected

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for

Cardiganshire Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

. He was

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in 1585. In 1589 he was elected MP for Cardiganshire again. He was elected MP for Cardiganshire again in 1593 and in 1601. On 7 July 1602, he was appointed a member of the Council of Marches. He was knighted in July 1603. In 1604 he was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire again and on 17 April 1604, the House of Commons ordered him to be sent for by their Serjeant to answer his proceedings as Sheriff of the county at the Cardigan election. He was elected MP for Cardiganshire again in 1614 and 1621.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Pryse died in 1623, and was buried in Llanbadarnfawr Church. Pryse married Gwenllian Pryse daughter of Thomas Pryse ap Morris ap Owain ap Evan Blaney or Blaen of Aberbychan, Montgomeryshire. His grandson

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was created a

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Year of birth missing 1623 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales 16th-century births High Sheriffs of Cardiganshire English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1589 English MPs 1593 English MPs 1601 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub