Oct. 24, 2006

Mimi Price (H63) has offered the following:

The Coat of Arms

Ap Rhys, pryce, or price (of North Wales) – claim descent from Cadivor ap Dyfnwal of Castle Howel a descendant of Rhodri Mawr – King of Wales.

Arms – Sable, three scaling ladders and between the two uppermost a spear’s head argent, its point inmbrued proper – on a chief gules a tower triple towered of the second.

Crest – a lion rampant proper, supporting a scaling ladder argent.

Motto – Heb Dduw heb ddim – Without God we have nothing.

Price – Lloyd – Glangwilly Co Carmarthen, Wales have six quarterings and one of the six is your coat of arms exactly.  I put this simply as an interesting fact. 

Rhodric Mawr, reads Roderick the Great.  He was renowned in the annals of the Cymri as the Egbert of his race – who inherited the several kingdoms of North Wales – South Wales – Rhys became King of all Wales in 843.

Cardivor Ap Dyfnwal ( Lord of Castle Howel) derived from Tudwall Gloff, 5^th son of Rhodric Mawr, King of Wales. The name of Dynwal is used (as in some cases) Dynewal.

Cadway Dynwal captured Cardigan Castle in 1164.  This is where the ladders and towers on the coats of arms are derived.  The lion represents the Royal line.  The descendents as far as I can see are:

1^st The Owens of Glansevern

2^nd The Owens of Llan Dulas

3^rd The Lloyds of of Llanlyr

4^th The Lloyds of Wernwylyg

5^th The Lloyds of Milfield (Barts)

6^th The Lloyds of Foes Bleiddied

7^th The Lloyds of Pound le Devon

There comes in Lloyd Price in another place but I have not had time to put the name where it should show.

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