| 1. | [[Category:England, Pre-1700 PPPs]][[Category:England, Pre-1700 Managed profile needs work]] {{England}} == Biography == William was born about 1522. The Will of William Rice, of Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England was written in 1588 and proved on the 25th November 1588. <ref>The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 73 Discovery catalogue entry for the ''Will of William Rice of Medmenham'' is [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D924683 here] </ref> <br> To be further completed. Thank you for your patience. ==Research Notes==Note: the birth and death dates and association with Buckinghamshireand Medmenham in particular , imply that this profile is conflated with a William Rice , son of Unknown Rice and Eden Saunders. See Historyof Parliament entry for William Rice freely viewable online [https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/rice-william-1522-88 here ] . Lack of evidence for William being a son of [[Ap_Gruffydd-42|Rhys ap Gruffydd]] and [[Howard-10|Catherine Howard]]: The book written in 1993 [https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/sir-rhys-ap-thomas-and-his-family-hardback/ Sir Rhys ap Thomas and His Family- A Studyin the Wars of the Roses and Early Tudor Politics] (by Ralph A. Griffiths, OBE, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Swansea University, Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, and formerly Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. ) does not refer at all to a William ap Rhys, son ofRhys ap Grufydd. <br> The only mention of a William ap Rhys is as one of the illegitimate sons of [[Ap_Thomas-9|Sir Rhys ap Thomas]] by Gwenllian, sister of theabbott of Talley. That William settled in Sandyhaven, Pembrokeshire.<br>The book draws on many early sources from Libraries and record offices. It also contains a reprint of the 17th century "Life of Sir Rhys apThomas" which is believed to have been written by Henry Rice, a descendant of Rhys ap Thomas. This has no mention of WIlliam ap Rhys. == Sources == <references /> See also: (the following sources need to be assessed individual to see what, if anything they include concerning the individuals on this profile; thank you):* "North American, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for William Rice whichappears to be citing:** page 110, 'Genealogy and History of the Grout and Allied Families:line item 13. William Rice, of Bohmer, born 1522 father of line item 14. Thomas Rice, born 1555, father of line item 15. Edmund Rice, born about 1594, came to New England 1638, settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts (ref.1)."** "(ref.1) [https://archive.org/details/bynameofricehist00riceiala/page/10 By the name of Rice, an Historical Sketch of Deacon Edmund Rice], also Mss. by Charles Elmer Rice, Nos. 12-15, from this source: ** Browning's Magna Carta Barons, pp. 190-227:**'' Americans of Royal Descen''t, by Charles Henry Browning; Published:Porter & Costes, 1891 ''pp. 159-60'';** [https://archive.org/details/thomasbookgivin00thomgoog/page/n9 Thomas, The Thomas Book], also page 20 cites William Ap Rice, of Sandy Haven ( Pembrokeshire ), Sheriff of Pembrokeshire 1557. This was an illegitimate son of [[Ap_Thomas-9|Sir Rhys ap Thomas]] by Gwenllian, sister of the abbott of Talley. See that entry online [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pi9WAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas%2C+The+THomas+Book&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=William+Rice here] See also [https://archive.org/details/thomasbookgivin00thomgoog/page/n64 here] for the descent via Thomasap Rhys, another illegitimate son of [[Ap_Thomas-9|Sir Rhys ap Thomas]] by Gwenllian. NB the pages 471-473 originally cited here as a source do not mention William ap Rhys. The only children of Rhys ap Gruffydd ( Rice ) and Catherine Howard cited here are [[Rhys-123|Griffith Rice]] and[[Reese-1398| Agnes]]. [ Freely viewable online here:[https://archive.org/details/thomasbookgivin00thomgoog/page/n576 Rice of Dynevor]** Burke's Peerage, etc., 1894, p. 474." End page 110. Online record source access thru: [www.Ancestry.com]. * [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24279608&pid=1759262483 Various Ancestry Family Trees] - USE WITH CAUTION ''Do you have information about William Rice? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' |