James Price (of Pilleth)

James Price (1571 – 6 January 1641) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626.

Price was the son of John Price (John ap Rys) of Pileth, an officer in the wars of Queen Elizabeth, and educated at the Middle Temple (1588) and Brasenose College, Oxford (1589).

Price was High Sheriff of Radnorshire in 1601 and 1613.[1] In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Radnorshire. He was re-elected MP for Radnorshire in 1625 and 1626.[2]

He married Elizabeth, the daughter of (?Eustace) Whitney of Whitney, Herefordshire,; they had 6 sons and 4 daughters.

References

  1. ↑ W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
  2. ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
James Price		 Member of Parliament for Radnorshire
1624–1626 		Succeeded by
Richard Jones


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