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PARRY, BLANCHE (1507/8 - 1590), Chief Gentlewoman of Queen Elizabeth's most honourable Privy Chamber and Keeper of Her Majesty's jewels not reciprocate and in fact Dee refers to her only three times - she was godmother (by deputy) of his son, a godson not mentioned by Blanche in either of her Wills; it is clear Dee was canvassing for her influence at Court. Blanche's career was first partly described by C. A. Bradford who dispelled many legends about her; the fully researched biography Mistress Blanche, Queen Elizabeth I's
PARRY, Sir DAVID HUGHES (1893 - 1973), lawyer, jurist, university administrator with his appointment for a term as vice-chancellor of the University of London in 1945. Later, in 1962, he was appointed Chairman of the Court of the University. His most enduring contribution to legal scholarship came through his role as founding director of the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, which was established in 1947 to promote legal scholarship and, in particular
PARRY, HUGH (Cefni; 1826 - 1895), gweinidog gyda'r Bedyddwyr, bardd, llenor, a diwinydd (Ceredigion) (1860–4), Llundain (Tottenham Court Road) (1864–7), a Chaerdydd (1867–70). Ymfudodd i America yn 1870 ac yno y treuliodd y rhan fwyaf o weddill ei oes, yn arbennig yn Dodgeville (Wisconsin) (1885-95), ond dychwelodd droeon i Gymru a bu'n weinidog yn Nhreffynnon yn 1884–5. Bu farw yn Llangefni 18 Mai 1895 a'i gladdu yn Rhos-y-meirch. Priododd (yn 1847, neu yng nghyfnod Rhos-y-bol) Mary Ann
PARRY, HUGH (Cefni; 1826 - 1895), Baptist minister, poet, littérateur, and theologian ), Bangor (1855-7), Brymbo and Moss (1857-60), Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire (1860-4), London (Tottenham Court Road) (1864-7), and Cardiff (1867-70). He emigrated to America in 1870 and spent the greater part of his time there in the pastorate of Dodgeville (Wisconsin) (1885-95), but he returned several times to Wales and was pastor at Holywell in 1884-5. He died at Llangefni, 18 May 1895, and was buried at
PARRY, Sir THOMAS (bu farw 1560), courtier , also of Brecknock, but he migrated to Glamorgan. It was to his distant kinship with the Cecil family, who had married into the Brecknock Vaughans, that Parry probably owed his introduction into the court of Edward VI. He attended princess Elizabeth at Hatfield, and was won over by Thomas, lord Seymour, brother of the protector and uncle to the king, to further his suit with her. When the plot was
PARRY, THOMAS (bu farw 1709), minister with the Particular Baptists of Llanigon and Glasbury in the days of the Restoration and for two decades after the Toleration Act. He signed the minutes of the Abergavenny Association in 1653, and of the Llanwenarth Association in 1705; between those years he had suffered severely from the penal laws, as the records of the Brecon Consistory court prove. He lived at Wenallt, near Llanigon. There are traditions about his
PARRY, Syr THOMAS (bu farw 1560), gŵr llys gynt, yn ceisio ennyn ei ddiddordeb yn ei gynlluniau ef i geisio ailgymodi'r Pabyddion yn Lloegr. Ar 30 Rhagfyr 1607 fe'i gwnaethpwyd yn aelod o'r Cyfrin Gyngor, yn ' Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,' ac yn ' Master of the Court of Wards ' - ac am tua naw mis yn 1610/11 bu gofal Arabella Stuart arno. Eithr dug y modd y gweithredodd ym mater etholiad Stockbridge yn yr ' Addled Parliament ' (1614
PARRY-WILLIAMS, Sir THOMAS HERBERT (1887 - 1975), author and scholar University in 1937. He married Emiah Jane Thomas, or 'Amy' (1910-1988), a former student of his, in August 1942. After his retirement he became a popular broadcaster on radio and telvision, and a prominent figure in Welsh national life. He held the Presidencies of the National Library of Wales, the Court of the National Eisteddfod and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and was also made Chairman of
PEATE, IORWERTH CYFEILIOG (1901 - 1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948-1971, scholar and poet post in the National Museum at the time as a result of a dispute following an unofficial enquiry he had made on behalf of a colleague concerning the reserved status of museum posts during the war. He recorded with pride in his autobiography Rhwng Dau Fyd (1976) how he was reinstated in his post with the active support of leading Members of Parliament at a meeting of the Museum Court. He received many
PENRY, JOHN (1563 - 1593), Puritan author , which was presented to Parliament in the session lasting from 15 February to 23 March 1587 by Edward Dunn Lee and Job Throckmorton. Penry was arrested in consequence of Whitgift's opposition to the book and he appeared before the Court of High Commission, but was later released. On 5 September 1588 he married Eleanor Godley of Northampton. In the beginning of 1588 Penry became interested in Robert
teulu PERROT Haroldston, died before he could grant it, whereas Edward VI valued him and dubbed him a Knight Bachelor in 1549. Although he was not yet twenty Perrot replaced the recently deceased Richard Devereux as Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire in Edward VI's first parliament in 1547. Backed by his courtier step-father Sir Thomas Jones and Lord Treasurer Paulet Perrot's Court career prospered during the reign of
teulu PERROT Haroldston, incident, and the uneventfulness of the expedition, to discredit him at Court. He was able, nevertheless, to clear himself completely. A little later, in 1580, one Wyrriott, a justice of the peace and former yeoman of the guard, preferred a bill of slanderous charges against him, which he exhibited before the Privy Council. The latter deemed them to be slanderous libels and Wyrriott was imprisoned in the

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