Welsh Journals

LLANWNOG CHURCH. MONUMENT TO MATTHEW PRYCE OF PARK PENPRICE. HERE lieth interr'd the Body of Matthew Pryce of Park Penprice in the County of Montgomery Esqr who was the eldest son of John Pryce of Park aforesaid Esqr (by Mary Daughter of William Read of Castle Bromshall in the County of Gloucester Esq) who was only son of Matthew Pryce of Park Esq by Catherine eldest daughter of Lewis Gwynne of Llanidloes Esqr (who was second son of John Pryce of Newtown Hall in ye County of Montgomery Esqr. As he had the happiness to be descended from an Antient Worshipfull Family so he took care to improve ye Advantage of his birth and fortune that he might be able to distinguish himself no less by his own personal worth & merits then by the dignity & lustre of his Ancestors. His known Abilities & Integrity recomended him to ye service of his Prince & Country in several honourable Imployments and important Trusts. At y* Bar he appeared an able and learned Councellur. On ye Bench an Upright & Vigilant Justice of y Peace. In ye Militia a loyall & Active Deputy Livetenant & Captain of ye County Troop And in Parliament he had ye honour to serve as Burgess of Montgomery in ye two last Parliaments of King Charles ye Second's reign. He shewed himself a good Patriot & True lover of his country. In all these honourable Trusts he acquitted himself with Inviolable Fidelity to his Prince & with eminent care & zeal for the good & prosperity of his country & with a singular duty and observance to his Mother ye Church of England of which he always approved himself a true and obedient son & a zealous & steady Defender of her Rights and Constitution. Nor was he less exemplary in ye Vertues that adorn a private life; in respect of which He worthily sustained the character of a wise & truly Honest Man, and of A Sincere & Hearty Christian. He married Hester Thelwall, ye twelth daughter of John Thelwall of Bathhavarn Park in ye the County of Denbigh Esq* who surviving Him, & desirous to transmitt His deserved Charecter to Posterity, at her Sole Charge Erected this