Richard Thomas (10 December 1753 – 1780) was a Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian.
Thomas, who was the younger brother of the priest and antiquarian John Thomas, was born on 10 December 1753 in Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, north Wales.
[1] Like his elder brother, he studied at the Friars School and Jesus College, Oxford before being ordained.
[1] Thomas obtained his BA degree in 1775 and was curate in Llanegryn, Merionethshire, in late 1777, where he was also the schoolmaster.
From there, he was able to reach the library at Peniarth, which contained a number of important manuscripts; he said in a letter to the antiquarian Owen Jones in 1778 that he had been asked to make a catalogue of the contents of the library.