PARRY, RICHARD, son of John Parry, Pwllhalog, Cwm, Flintshire, and Elen, dau. of Dafyd ap John, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire; b. 1560; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1580, matr. 20 Nov 1580, Westminster Student to c. 1585; BA 5 Feb 1583/4; MA 1586; BD 4 Mar 1593/4; DD 1597; ordained 1 May 1584; Master, Ruthin Free School 1584; Vicar of Gresford, Denbighshire 1 Jan 1592/3; Chancellor of Bangor 24 Dec 1592 – 6 Jan 1594/5; Dean of Bangor 11 Apr 1599 – Dec 1604; consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph 30 Dec 1604; author of a revised edition of the translation of the Bible into Welsh, 1620; m. c. 1588 Gwen, dau. of John ap Rhys ap Wyn, Llwyn Yn, Denbighshire; d. 26 Sep 1623. DNB.

PARRY, RICHARD, son of Hugh Parry, Bury Street, St. James’s, Piccadilly, London, Yeoman of the Scalding Office, Royal Household, and Jane ---; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1734; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1740, matr. 10 Jun 1740, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1740 – void 14 Dec 1758 (expiry year of grace as incumbent Market Harborough from 12 Dec 1757); admonished for disobedience 1 Jun 1742 and disciplined for scandalous behaviour 28 Jun 1742; BA 1744; MA 1747; BD 1754 (incorp. Cambridge 1756); DD 1757; ordained; Curate, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire 1748; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 1748-51; preacher, Market Harborough, Leics., 1754; Rector of Witchampton, Dorset 5 Dec 1757; author, A Harmony of the Four Gospels with a Commentary and Notes, 1765, and other works; m. 31 Dec 1757 Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rear-Adm. John Gascoigne, Royal Navy; d. 9 Apr 1780. DNB.

PARRY, SIMON, son of Thomas Wynn ap John ap Harry, Trwyn, Denbighshire; b.; QS in 1594 (aged 15); of Trewyn, Denbighshire.

PARRYS, WALTER; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-4 (Chapter Muniments).

PARSONS, ANTHONY, son of Rev. Duke Parsons, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London, and Sarah Burd, Little Kerby Street, London; bapt. 17 Mar 1705/6; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1716; Min. Can. 1720; KS (Capt. ) 1721; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1725, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1725, Canoneer Student 3 Aug 1727 – Apr 1739, Faculty Student 25 Apr 1739 – void 3 Apr 1741 (expiry year of grace as V. Marcham from 18 Apr 1740); BA 1728/9; MA 1731; Leyden Univ., adm. 1734; Vicar of Marcham, Berks., from 1740; edited the second volume of Carmina Quadragesimalia, 1748; d. Feb 1778.

PARSONS, JAMES, son of George Parsons, Sherborne, Dorset, and Jane Toogood (IGI); bapt. Sherborne 25 Jan 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1749/50; KS 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1754 – void 17 Aug 1763 (expiry year of grace as R. Templecombe from 9 Oct 1762), Tutor 1761-4 [check]; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1759, priest 1 Jun 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Templecombe, Somerset 1762.

Parsons, John Cairns, son of J.R. Parsons, of Bayswater; b. Dec. 7, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (R); left July 1908; served in Great War I; Capt. 3rd Batt. Suffolk Regt. Sept. 3, 1916, attached M.G. Coy. Sept. 29, 1916; m. Gwenyth Misselbrooke.

PARSONS, JOHN WHITEHILL, son of John Parsons (KS 1756, qv); b. 2 Oct 1785; adm.; KS 1799; Cadet, EICS Madras 1803; Lieut., 8th Native Infantry 21 May 1804; resigned in India 25 Mar 1805; Cornet, 19th Light Dragoons 13 Jun 1807; Lieut., 22nd Light Dragoons 29 Sep 1807; 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 14 Nov 1814; Capt., 21 Sep 1815; Maj., 11 Jul 1826, half-pay, unattached; Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; served at battle of Waterloo; Quartermaster-Gen., Ionian Islands; Resident at Zante; CMG 30 Aug 1839; m. (by 1822) Mary ---; d. at Corfu 20 Apr 1848.

PARSONS, JOHN, son of Maj. John Parsons, Dragoons [which Regt. ?]; b. 1742; adm.; KS 1756; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - Jun 1766, Faculty Student 10 Jun 1766 – void by marriage 25 Jul 1772; BA 1763; MA 1766; MB 1769; MD 1772; studied medicine at Oxford, London and Edinburgh; Lee’s Reader in Anatomy, Christ Church 1766, University Reader in Anatomy 1769; Physician to Radcliffe Infirmary 6 May 1772; first Clinical Professor on Earl of Lichfield’s foundation 1780-5; FRCP 30 Sep 1775, Harveian Orator 1784; m. 23 Jul 1772 Ann Hough; d. 9 Apr 1785. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

Parsons, William Longsdon, son of Ernest Parsons, of London, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Longsdon, of Beighton, co. Derby; b. Sept. 15, 1900; adm. SPpt. 25, 1913 (R); left March 1918; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Easter 1918; farmed in South Rhodesia; 2nd Lieut. R.A.S.C. July 27, 1942; d. 1984.