Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PARRY, RICHARD (1560 - 1623), bishop and biblical translator comportion of Llanelidan, the endowment of Ruthin free school. While master of Ruthin, he proceeded M.A. 4 June 1586, and later, 4 March 1594, became a B.D. On 24 December 1592 he became chancellor of Bangor; 1 January 1593, vicar of Gresford; in 1596, rector of Cilcain; and 11 April 1599, dean of Bangor. Consecrated bishop of St Asaph, 30 December 1604, he retained in commendam the archdeaconry of St
PARRY, ROBERT (fl. 1540?-1612?), author and diarist John Salusbury, appears in Christ Church (Oxford) MS. 184 (facsimile in NLW MS 6496C). By the marriage of his nephew, John Parry, to Oriana, daughter of Sir John Salusbury, another link was forged with the Lleweni family. His unpublished diary (N.L.W. Plas Nantglyn MS. 1), shows that he travelled widely. He paid repeated visits to London; during 1600 he was in Italy for six months. In 1595 he
PARRY, WILLIAM JOHN (1842 - 1927), Labour leader, and author . He died 1 September 1927, at Bethesda.
PASK, ALUN EDWARD ISLWYN (1937 - 1995), rugby player and teacher around the country. He was also a sports producer for BBC TV and worked with both Carwyn James and Peter Walker on their Sunday afternoon telecasts. Alun Pask died of smoke inhalation following a fire at the family home in Lon Pennant, Cwm Gelli, Blackwood, on 1 November 1995. The funeral ceremony was held at St. Augustine's Church, Pontllanfraith, and at the Gwent Crematorium on 8 November.
PECOCK, REGINALD (c. 1390 - c. 1461), bishop that borne by Elen Pecoc. He is called ' presbyter dioecesis Menevensis,' but neither this nor his appointment to a Welsh see is proof of Welsh origin, while there is no sign of Welsh influence in the English dialect which he wrote. Pecock was a Doctor of Divinity of Oxford, Fellow of Oriel College, 1414-25, ordained 1420-1, rector of S. Michael Royal and master of Whittington College, London, 1431
PENRY, JOHN (1563 - 1593), Puritan author King's Bench took place on 21 May but he was returned to prison. He made a hasty appeal to Burghley and obtained an interview with him, but to no effect. His trial at the King's Bench opened on 25 May 1593 when he was indicted under the Act of Uniformity (1 Eliz. cap. 2). His private papers as well as his public writings were used in evidence against him. He was condemned to death and executed at S
PERRI, HENRY (1560/1 - 1617) Maes Glas (Greenfield)
PERROT family Haroldston, 1560-1 he served as mayor of Haverfordwest, and as commissioner for concealed lands, and in 1562 he was appointed vice-admiral of the coast in South Wales. In the following year, he was returned to Parliament as member for Pembrokeshire. He now rapidly became the most powerful personality in the county, but his numerous lawsuits and intense love of litigation as a means of embarrassing his enemies
PERROT family Haroldston, , not the least among whom was Sir Christopher Hatton, whose daughter Elizabeth he had seduced, and who had been stung by Perrot's taunt that he had found his way to royal favour by means of the galliard. In spite of the Act of Attainder under which Perrot was punished, his estates were soon granted to his son, Sir Thomas Perrot. He married (1) Ann, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheyney, by whom he had a son
PERRYN, Sir RICHARD (1723 - 1803), judge Born at Flint in 1723 (christened 16 August), son of Benjamin Perryn, a tradesman there. From Ruthin school (Thomas, A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph, ii, 132) he went up to Queen's College, Oxford, in March 1740/1, but did not graduate. He had in 1740 entered Lincoln's Inn, but migrated to the Inner Temple in 1746, and was called to the Bar in 1747. He acquired great repute as a pleader in
PETERSON, JOHN CHARLES (1911 - 1990), boxer had been due to fight Ben Foord for a second time, but when Foord withdrew because of illness Neusel stepped in. On 1 February 1937 he faced Walter Neusel in the Ring at Harringay. Although he put up a brave fight, his opponent was too strong for him and the contest was stopped in the tenth round. He was advised by a specialist to give up boxing or risk losing his sight. He therefore decided to
PHILIPPS family Picton, . He was sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1576. His son, Sir JOHN PHILIPPS, who was created a baronet on 8 November 1621, married (1) Anne, daughter of Sir John Perrot, who was the mother of all his children, (2) Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Dennys of Bicton, Devon. He was Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire in 1597 and 1601 and promoted the Bill for including the lordship of Llandovery in

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