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.
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