View source for Richard Parsons 1641/2-1711

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===[[name::Richard]] [[name::PARSONS]] [[date of birth::1641;1642|1641/2]]-[[date of death::1711]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Birchanger, Essex]], son of [[family::William Parsons]], [[occupation::rector]] there. [[occupation::fellow|Fellow]] of [[organisations::New College, Oxford]] 1659, BCL 1665, DCL 1687. [[occupation::vicar|Vicar]] of [[location::Driffield, Gloucestershire]] 1674, [[occupation::Chancellor]] of the diocese of [[location::Gloucester]] 1677. He acquired a reputation both for corruption, and for the ruthless (and sometimes violent) suppression of religious dissent.

====Books====
Parsons is listed in [[author::Edward Bernard]]'s [[book title::''Catalogi manuscriptorum'']], [[date of publication::1697]], as owning 7 [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]]. He was an active antiquary and his extensive collections of notes on the history of the cathedral and county of [[location::Gloucester]] were used by other writers. The extent of his library is not known. Examples: Fisher Library, Toronto E10/224.

====Characteristic Markings====
The book in the Fisher Library is inscribed on the flyleaf with his name, "Gloucester", and the date of acquisition (1670).

====Sources====
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*Eward, Suzanne. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21472 "Parsons, Richard (1641/2–1711), ecclesiastical judge and antiquary."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. 
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