Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PARRY, THOMAS (d. 1709), minister with the Particular Baptists friendship with Vavasor Powell, but they do not rest on very good evidence. He is said also to have acted as pastor of the Baptists of north Breeknock and western Radnor, but it must be remembered that most of them were Arminians, and that Parry was a strict Calvinist. He is hardly ever referred to without a tag of verse comparing him most favourably as a preacher with Alexander Griffith, vicar of Glasbury.
PARRY, WILLIAM (1719 - 1775?), civil servant, secretary of the first Cymmrodorion Society Born in 1719, fourth son of John Parry of Gwredog, Anglesey (of the family of Pen-dref, Rhodogeidio, near Llannerch-y-medd - see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 346), and his wife, Elizabeth (Thomas), of Trefor in Llansadwrn. The Morris brothers call him 'kinsman' (câr); proof of such relationship has not been found, but it is odd how closely Parry's fortunes (in the period during which we know
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar Oerddwr, high above the Aberglaslyn pass in Snowdonia, at the home of his cousin, the poet, William Francis Hughes ('Wil Oerddwr', 1879-1966). The post of Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth had been vacant since the untimely death of Edward Anwyl in 1914, and when steps were taken to fill the chair after the war a vociferous campaign was mounted opposing the appointment of Parry-Williams on account of
PAYNE, FRANCIS GEORGE (1900 - 1992), scholar and literary figure sons, Ifan and Ceri. He moved first to Rhiwbina, Cardiff, and then to a flat in St Fagans Castle when the Folk Museum was opened in 1948. During World War II he was seconded to the Art Department of the National Museum where he became familiar with the paintings of Welsh artists such as Hugh Hughes and was the first to draw attention to the work of Thomas Jones, Pencerrig, Radnorshire, in an article
PENNANT family Penrhyn, Llandygâi new proprietor of Penrhyn, and would have it that these Pennants were distantly related to the ancient holders of the Llandygái lands (see Griffith family of Penrhyn), the three chamberlains and Pirs Griffith the sea-rover, through the marriage of one of them, far back, c. 1475-80, with Angharad, daughter of Gwilym ap Griffith ap Gwilym of Penrhyn; but all this does not accord very well with the
PENNANT, THOMAS (1726 - 1798), naturalist, antiquary, traveller : the Morris brothers of Anglesey (Richard, William, and Lewis), Hugh Davies, the author of Welsh Botanology, John Lloyd (1733 - 1793), rector of Caerwys, who accompanied him on all his Welsh travels ('To his great skill in the language and antiquities of our country I am myself much indebted'), Moses Griffith, a native of Bryncroes, Llyn, his faithful servant and self-taught draughtsman who travelled
PENNY, ANNE (fl. 1729-1780), author The entry in the Bangor (Caernarfonshire) parish register recording her christening under 6 January 1728/9, describes her as daughter of Bulkeley Hughes (died 1740?), cleric, and Mary his wife; the father became vicar of Bangor, 2 June 1713, and was instituted to the living of Edern on 17 January 1722/3. She married Penny, and lived in London (Bloomsbury Square), where all her works were
PENRY, DAVID (1660? - 1721?) apparently a member of the ancient family of Plas Llanedy, situated at the north end of the parish of Llanedy, Carmarthenshire. Intended for the Anglican ministry, he was converted under the preaching of Stephen Hughes at a conventicle, was trained by him, and eventually ordained in 1688. He was given the oversight of the Dissenters in the parishes of Llanedy, Llan-nonn, Llangennech, and the
PERROT family Haroldston, the county from 1586 to 1590. In 1586 Perrot resumed his parliamentary career when he was returned as the member for Cardiganshire in place of Griffith Lloyd of Llanllŷr whose death led to a by-election. Perrot's failure to secure the post of master of the ordnance in Ireland under his father in 1587 ensured his attention was devoted to the defence of Pembrokeshire in the event of an anticipated
PERROTT, THOMAS (d. 1733), Presbyterian minister, and academy tutor preliminary school rather than to the Academy proper. But it is perfectly certain that Perrot was at Abergavenny under Roger Griffith, and afterwards at Shrewsbury under James Owen. He was ordained minister at Knutsford, 6 August 1706, by Matthew Henry. He was afterwards at Trelawnyd ('Newmarket,' Flintshire), as minister and as master of the school set up by John Wynne (1650 - 1714); the dates are
PETTS, RONALD JOHN (1914 - 1991), artist producing a wider range of commercial material. The Press was supplemented by a variety of commissions for illustrations for books such as Alun Lewis' In the Green Tree (1949), Cledwyn Hughes' A Wanderer in North Wales (1949) and Gwyn Williams' Against Women (1953) and In Defence of Women (1960). He also experimented with book publishing, and published Susanna and the Elders, (1948), and Sauna (1949). His
PHILIPPS family Cwmgwili, Claiming descent from the same stock as Philipps family of Picton and Kilsant, the Cwmgwili family played a prominent part in Carmarthenshire affairs in the 18th and 19th cents. GRISMOND PHILIPPS (died 1740) inherited Cwmgwili from his great-uncle Gruffydd Lloyd who died in 1713 and was high sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1715. His son, GRIFFITH PHILIPPS (c. 1720 - 1781), was called to the Bar at

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