Parker, William (1574 - 1622)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 1
Total events naming patron - 30
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1574 (born between this year and 1575)
Death Date: 1622-07-01

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower for part in Essex's revolt Feb. 1600/1--June 1601; afterwards restricted to a 4 mile radius around the house of cousin Sir John Leventhorpe at Shinglehall, Epping, Essex. This restriction apparently did not last beyond the beginning of James I's reign

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Tresham, Elizabeth (1573 - 1647/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1589
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Tresham, Elizabeth (1573 - 1647/8)

  1. Male offspring: Parker, Henry (1600 - 1655)
  2. Male offspring: Parker, William (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Parker, Charles (n.d.)
  4. Female offspring: Parker, Frances (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Parker, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Parker, Katherine (n.d.)

Primary Title

5th Baron Monteagle

Titles

  • 5th Baron Monteagle
    Assumed 1585-16-12
    Vacated 1622-07-01
  • 13th Baron Morley
    Assumed 1618-04-01
    Vacated 1622-07-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Essex 1603 1621/2
JP, Hertfordshire 1603/4 1621

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Great Hallingbury, Essex
  • Hoxton, Middlesex
  • Hornby Castle, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Inherited via mother
    Acquired: 1618-04-01
    Divested: 1622-07-01

Lands

  • Somerset: Martok Manor
    Acquired: after 1605
    Rewarded manor for exposing the Gunpowder Plot

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1592-1593 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1593-1593 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1593-1593 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1594-1594 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1594-1594 Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Monteagle's Players
Payment for Hall Rental by Troupe 1594-1595 Guildhall, Blandford Forum , Dorset Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1594-1595 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1595-1595 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1596-1597 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1597-1598 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1598-1598 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1599-1599 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1600-1601 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1602-1603 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1606-1607 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1607-1608 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1609-1609 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1609-1610 Shire Hall, Stafford , Staffordshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1609-1610 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1610-1610 Gawthorpe Hall, near Padiham , Lancashire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1611-1611 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1611-1611 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Dismissal 1611-1611 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1611-1611 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1611-1612 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1612-1612 Gawthorpe Hall, near Padiham , Lancashire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1614-1614 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1614-1614 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1614-1614 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1615-1615 Blithfield Manor, Blithfield Hall , Staffordshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1615-1616 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Monteagle's Players
Performance 1615-1615 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Monteagle's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Monteagle's Players Parker, William (1574 - 1622) Players 32

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.
The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)