PARRAN, ROBERT, son of John Parran, Wyck Rissington, Gloucs.; bapt. Wyck Rissington 8 Jan 1676 (IGI); adm.; KS 1693; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1698, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1698, aged 19, scholar 28 Apr 1699; 5th in “ordo” 1701/2; BA 1701/2; MA 1705; BD 1712; DD 1728; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1704, Major Fellow 30 Mar 1705, Senior Fellow 1724; a supporter of Richard Bentley, Master of Trinity, in the various college disputes; ordained; Chaplain to Duke of Dorset; Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs.; Vicar of Kemsing, Kent, from 30 Jul 1720; d. 1738.