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Parr, William (1513 - 1571)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1513
Death Date: 1571-10-28

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower for attempting to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne 26 July 1553; arraigned for treason and stripped of lands and titles 18 Aug. 1553; released 31 Dec. 1553; pardoned 13 Jan. 1553/4; briefly reimprisoned during Wyatt's rebellion; released 24 March; restored in blood but not honours 5 May 1554

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Bourchier, Anne (1517 - 1570/1)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1527-2-9
    Union ended: 1542
    Note: Marriage license date. Bourchier left Parr and eloped with another man in 1541; in 1541-2 Parr had obtained a legal separation
  2. Brooke, Elizabeth (1526 - 1565)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1548
    Union ended: 1565
  3. Snakenborg, Helena ( - 1635)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1571-5
    Union ended: 1580

Siblings

Primary Title

  • 1st Marquess of Northampton

Titles

  • Baron Parr
    Assumed: 1538/9-03-09
    Vacated: 1553-08-18 (date attainted)
  • 17th Earl of Essex
    Assumed: 1543-12-23
    Vacated: 1553-08-18 (date attainted)
  • 1st Marquess of Northampton
    Assumed: 1546/7-02-16
    Vacated: 1553-08-18 (date attainted)
  • 1st Marquess of Northampton
    Assumed: 1558/9-01-13 (date restored to title)
    Vacated: 1571-10-28
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1538
    Vacated: 1571-10-28
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1543-04-23 (date elected)
    Vacated: 1553-08-18 (date attainted)

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 20 June 1535; stripped of lands 18 Aug. 1553; granted back some Northamptonshire lands Jan. 1554/5; more estates restored over the next 3 years

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Northamptonshire 1539 -12 -16 Held jointly
Keeper, Northamptonshire 1541
Steward, Essex 1541 -9 -25
Keeper, Essex 1543 -5 -25
Member, Council of the North, England 1543 -4
Steward, Essex 1543 -5 -25
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1543 -4 1543 -10
Privy Councillor, England 1545 -5 1547/8 -01 -28 date attainted Expelled due to clandestine marriage to Elizabeth Brooke
JP, Essex 1547
Lord Lieut, Northamptonshire 1549 -7
Lord Lieut, Norfolk 1549 -7
Lord Lieut, Bedfordshire 1549 -7
Lord Lieut, Cambridgeshire 1549 -7
Lord Lieut, Huntingdonshire 1549 -7
Lord Great Chamberlain, England 1549/50 -2 -14 1553 -08 -18 date attainted For life
Constable, Berkshire 1550 1553
Master Forester, Buckinghamshire 1550 -7 -12 1553 -08 -18 date attainted For life; Whittlewood Forest also in Northamptonshire
Lord Lieut, Surrey 1551
Lord Lieut, Berkshire 1552
Lord Lieut, Oxfordshire 1552
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1553
Lord Lieut, Hertfordshire 1553
Privy Councillor, England 1558 -12 -25
Steward, Northamptonshire 1559 -6 -11 1571 -10 -28 For life
JP, Northamptonshire 1561/2
JP, Cambridgeshire 1564
JP, Northamptonshire 1564

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire: Sudeley Castle
    Acquired: 1549/50-02-14
    Granted
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Rutland
  • Surrey
  • Wales
  • Westmorland
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Marquess of Northampton's Players Parr, William (1513 - 1571) Players 1
Marquess of Northampton's Players Parr, William (1513 - 1571) Players 1
Marquess of Northampton's Players Parr, William (1513 - 1571) Players 1
Marquess of Northampton's Players Parr, William (1513 - 1571) Players 1
Marquess of Northampton's Players Parr, William (1513 - 1571) Players 1
Lord Parr's Players Parr, William (1513 - 1571) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Kendal Castle Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • James, Susan E. 'Queen Kateryn Parr (1512--1548).'. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society ns 88 (1988): 107--19.
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.