Parker, Edward (1551 - 1618)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 28
Troupes - 3
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1551 (possibly born in this year)
Death Date: 1618-04-01

Notes

Imprisoned in the Fleet probably for recusancy April 1573

Siblings

Female

Parker, Anne ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Stanley, Elizabeth (1558 - 1585)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Denys, Gertrude ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Stanley, Elizabeth (1558 - 1585)

  1. Male offspring: Parker, William (1574 - 1622) (patron)

Primary Title

12th Baron Morley

Titles

  • 12th Baron Morley
    Assumed 1577-10-22
    Vacated 1618-04-01
  • Baron Marshal
    Assumed 1577-10-22
    Vacated 1618-04-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Deputy-Commissioner for the breeding and keeping of horses, Essex 1580-11-6 n.d. Probably held this office
JP, Somerset 1584 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1584 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1584 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1608 n.d.

General Lands Note

Restored to patrimony (taken into the Crown's hands in 1572 due to father's refusal to subscribe to the Act of Uniformity) 6 May 1578

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hallingbury Place, Essex
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1578-05-06
  • Belhouse Manor, Norfolk
    Acquired: 1577/8-03-01
  • Hornby Castle, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired via marriage
    Acquired: after 1581-03-10

Lands

  • Norfolk

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1600-1600 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord Monteagle's Trumpeters
Performance 1583-1583 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Morley's Player/s
Performance 1581-1582 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1581-1582 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1582-1582 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1582-1582 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1583-1584 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1585-1585 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1586-1586 Smithills Hall, near Bolton , Lancashire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1591-1592 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1591-1592 Guildhall, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1591-1592 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1591-1592 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1592-1592 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1593-1593 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1593-1593 Gloucester (Unknown), Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1593-1593 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Morley's Players
Dismissal 1594-1595 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1594-1595 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1594-1595 Guildhall, Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1594-1595 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1597-1598 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1598-1599 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1599-1599 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1600-1600 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1600-1600 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1601-1602 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Morley's Players
Performance 1603-1603 Moot Hall, Carlisle , Cumberland Lord Morley's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Monteagle's Trumpeters Parker, Edward (1551 - 1618) Musicians 1
Lord Morley's Player/s Parker, Edward (1551 - 1618) Players 1
Lord Morley's Players Parker, Edward (1551 - 1618) Players 26

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Hornby Castle Lancashire 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.
Gleason, J.H. The Justices of the Peace in England, 1558 to 1640. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1969.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)