Henry Perry (writer)

In between obtaining his MA (1583) and his BTh (1597), he travelled overseas and got married, before returning to north Wales as the chaplain to Sir Richard Bulkeley, a prominent landowner from near Beaumaris, Anglesey.

He then obtained various parish positions on Anglesey, in Rhoscolyn, Trefdraeth and Llanfachraeth, also becoming a canon and prebendary of Bangor Cathedral.

[1] In addition to his parish work, Perry was a skilled linguist; he was highly regarded by the lexicographer John Davies.

He was said by Davies to have worked on the compilation of a Welsh language dictionary, although his sole publication was a book on rhetoric Egluryn ffraethineb ("The elucidator of eloquence", 1595).

It was the first book of its kind in Welsh, and drew upon the works of contemporary writers in English.