Venn: Matric. sizar from Trinity, Easter, 1622; Scholar, 1624; B.A. 1625-6; M.A. 1629. Ord. deacon (Peterb.)
Sept. 20; priest, Sept. 21, 1629. Probably V. of Sedgley, Staffs., 1629-56. Died Sept. 12, 1656.
Venn's suggestion is incorrect. Parkes became Vicar of Belton in Leicestershire, and his ordination by Dove in 1629 is recorded in a liber cleri of 1662 (Leicestershire RO, 1 D 41/12/6, fo. 1r).