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Rhuddlan Castle

The Marsh of Rhuddlan Lyrics

The ancient cognomen of the Price Family was styled Ap-Rhys being the  prefix meaning "son of" which in the course of time was changed to Ap-Ryce,Apryce, Pryceand finally Anglicized Price. At Rhylas, Wales, the descendants still live and spell their name Pryce. The Prices are a very ancient family and are descended in a direct line from Marchwesthian, a famous Prince and Chieftain of the House ofAp-Rhys,of Rhylas, North Wales, who served with great distinction with Gryffyd Ap-Cynam at the beginning of the Eleventh Century. The ancient home and country seat of the family known as Rhuddlan Castle has been in the possession of the family and has been the home of the Chieftains of the family from a remote period.  In later times many of the descendants of this princely house distinguished themselves both in the State and upon the field. Sir Robert Pryce, Baronet and Knight, it appears by the old records, was crossbearer to Cardinal Wolsey, and was fifth in descent from Cedric Vaughn, of the line of Edward III, King of England. Various members of this family served in the office of High Sheriff Marshall of England, and Governor of the Tower, Master of the Horse, and many of the members espoused heiresses from among nobility, making the family rich and powerful.  Sir Edward Vivian Price fought with the Crusaders under the gallant Richard Cour Le Lion in the Holy Land, and was knighted by him on the field of battle for bravery. Sir Henry Tudor Price fought at the Battle of Agincourt in the war with France.  Many other members of the family distinguished themselves in the field of battle. They inter-married with the noble houses of Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Wylly Lenox Cardigan and the Ap-Roberts of Glynn du Wydd a son of whom, Sir Percival Glendale Price, became Baron of the Exchequer, and espoused to the beautiful Countess of Montrose. The family has always been distinguished for their high sense of honor, which they have always jealously guarded. The Castle of Goderddan is very ancient and situated near Aberystwith, near Cardiganshire, Wales, and has been in the possession of the family for several hundred years, and their descendants who still dwell in the castle are a branch of the House of Ap-Rhys of Rhuddlan Castle, Rhylas, North Wales. Representatives of the Price Family can be found involved in most events shaping the settlement of the New World.