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WALES
BASSETT
First found in the county of Glamorgan, Wales, where they had been granted lands by King William after the Norman Conquest
in 1066.
HOWEL
First found in Monmouthshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest
and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
PRICE
First found in Merionethshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest
and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
WELSH
PRICE (British). Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Luachain".
The Prices are a very ancient family and are descended in a direct line from from Marchwesthian, a famous Prince and Chieftain
of the House of "Ap-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.
Maybery - brought to Wales with a Worcestershire family. Mayberry.
PRICE (British). Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Luachain".
Price - from ap Rhys or ap Rees "son of Rhys".
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