Background
He was the son of Harry ap Robert. He married Dorothy the daughter of John Wynn Panton.
He was the son of Harry ap Robert. He married Dorothy the daughter of John Wynn Panton.
His patron was Sir John Salusbury, the local leader of a group of poets dedicated to mystical and acrostic verse. Parry"s nephew later married Sir John"s daughter Oriana. His diary has survived, providing useful information about Elizabethan culture and politics in Wales.
lieutenant also indicates that he travelled widely.
He was regularly in London and in 1600 he went to Italy where he stayed for six months.
Parry was a member of the local gentry of Denbighshire, Wales.