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Parry, John (1654-1683)

Parry, John

Chirk, Denbighshire, Wales; turner (fl. 1654-83)

In 1654 John Parry supplied ‘one dozen of Turned sickamoore Trenchers’ and ‘3 dozen of Tumblers’ for the wedding of Richard Wynn and Sarah Myddleton at Chirk Castle. In 1674 he supplied another batch of round and square trenchers, the latter ‘whith hollowe in the middle’, and in 1683 a further thirteen dozen bowls.

Source: Bebb, Welsh Furniture (2007), I, p. 255.