Background
Price was born in Brecon, in mid-Wales, the son of a butcher named Rhys ap Rhys.
Price was born in Brecon, in mid-Wales, the son of a butcher named Rhys ap Rhys.
In any event he went on to study at the University of Oxford, receiving the degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law (Bachelor of Civil Law), BCnL (Bachelor of Canon Law) and DCnL (Doctor of Canon Law), completing the last of these in 1526.
He began his education either in Brecon or at Osney Abbey near Oxford. He was one of a group of judges who condemned James Bainham to death for heresy in 1532. He was later to become treasurer of Saint David"s Cathedral and prebendary of Rochester Cathedral, receiving both appointments in 1541.
However, he does not seem to have spent much time in either of these locations, retaining a house in Brecon where he was recorded as bailiff in 1572.
In 1571 Price petitioned Elizabeth I to formally establish Jesus College, Oxford. Price provided some funds for work on the college"s construction, though only part of one quadrangle was completed in his lifetime.
On his death he left the college 100 marks and his books A small portrait of Price hangs behind High Table in the hall of Jesus College, and is attributed to the school of Hans Holbein the Younger.