Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Parry, Benjamin (1)
Parry, Benjamin, cler. fil. Jesus Coll., matric. 20 March, 1650-1, B.A. 10 Feb., 1651-2; Greek reader and fellow Corpus Christi Coll., M.A. 30 May, 1654, B.D. 12 July, 1662, D.D. 9 July, 1670; admitted to Trinity Coll., Dublin, 5 Dec., 1648 (s. Edward, bishop of Killaloe), canon of York 1664-73, sinecure rector of Hope, Flints, 1666-77, and of Llaniestyn 1667, of Godington, Oxon, 1668, and rector of St. Antholin's, London, 1671-4, chaplain to the earl of Essex, lord lieutenant of Ireland; prebendary of Christ Church, Dublin, 1672, dean of Ossory 1674, and of St. Patrick, Dublin, 1675-7, and precentor 1627-8, bishop of Ossory 1678; died same year; brother of John 1651. See Cotton's Fasti Ecc. Hib. ii. 101; Ath. iii. 1172; Burrows, 504; & Foster's Index Eccl.