- Parr, Rev. Henry
[E] Parr, Rev. Henry, clergyman and mu-
sician, born at Lythwood Hall, Shropshire,
August 16, 1815. He was educated at Oxford,
and ordained in 1845. Vicar of Taunton,
1849-1858 ; Curate of Tunbridge, 1859-1861 ;
Perpetual curate of Ash Church, Gloucester-
shire, 1861-62 ; Curate-in-Cbarge of Yoxford,
Suffolk, 1867 ; and vicar at Yoxford, Suffolk,
1872. Compiler of "Church of England
Psalmody : Psalm tunes. Chants, with re-
sponses, etc., with memoirs of the composers
and histories of the pieces," London, 8 edit-
ions to 1880 ; and composer of chants.entry id: 309-R-27
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