Richard Parry (bishop)

Richard Parry (1560–1623) was a Bishop of St Asaph and translator of the Bible to the Welsh language.^[1]

Parry was born in 1560, the son of John ap Harri, from Pwllhalog, Cwm, Flintshire, and Ruthin, and his wife, Elen ferch Dafydd ap John, a lady from Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, near Ruthin, North Wales. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.^[2]

He was ordained a deacon in 1584, and in May was instituted to a comportion of the tithes of Llanelidan and the endowment of Ruthin Free School where he became headmaster. His brother-in-law was the lexicologist, John Davies, who assisted him with the revision of the Welsh Bible and Book of Common Prayer

^ Former Literature Director Meic Stephens; Welsh Academy (1986). The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.
^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Pace-Payton

[Stephens-1] Former Literature Director Meic Stephens; Welsh Academy (1986). The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. Oxford University Press. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-19-211586-7.

[2] Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Pace-Payton

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