PARRY, WILLIAM (died 1585), Roman Catholic conspirator
Date of death: 1585
Parent: Henry ap David
Gender: Male
Occupation: Roman Catholic conspirator
Area of activity: Anti Establishment; Politics, Government and Political Movements; Religion
Author: Glanmor Williams
was probably the son of Harry ap David, of Northop, Flintshire. To escape his creditors, he entered Burghley's service as a spy on Roman Catholics, and crossed to the Continent in 1571, 1579, and 1582. He himself became Roman Catholic in sympathy, and was convinced of the need for Elizabeth's assassination. His part in a proposed conspiracy against her life was betrayed by a fellow- conspirator, following Parry's condemnation in the House of Commons in 1584 of a bill against Jesuits. He was found guilty, and executed 2 March 1585. Doubts exist whether he was guilty, and still more whether he had the necessary determination and ability to have executed the plot.
Author
- Sir Glanmor Williams
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- P. Hughes, Rome and the Counter-Reformation in England (London 1942), 222-6
- D. Mathew, The Celtic Peoples and Renaissance Europe. A study of the Celtic and Spanish influences on Elizabethan history (1933), 237-8
- D. Williams, A History of Modern Wales (London 1965), 71
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: William Parry
Further Reading
Published date: 1959
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