PARRY, MORRIS (fl. 1661-1683), cleric and bard

Little is known of his early life. He was appointed rector of Llanelian in the county of Denbigh and diocese of St Asaph, 11 March 1660/1, and served that parish for nearly twenty-three years. He was one of the poets of the second half of the 17th century who continued to sing in the old tradition of praising the aristocratic families. Examples of his poems can be seen in NLW MS 3027E and NLW MS 3057D , Wynnstay MS. 6, NLW MS 11993A , and B.M. Add. MSS. 14891, 14892, 14975, and 14994. An elegy composed on his death by Siôn Dafydd of Penllyn is found in NLW MS 3027E . He appears to have been the possessor of a manuscript copy of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir's work, 'The history of the Gwydir family ,' about 1674. He was buried at Llanelian, 26 September 1683.

Author

• Griffith Milwyn Griffiths

Sources

• T. Parry, Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg hyd 1900 (1944)
• Sir John Wynn, The History of the Gwydir Family (1927), 1927 (ed. J. Ballinger)
• St. Asaph Diocesan Records in N.L.W.

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733979

Published date: 1959

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