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Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548)

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Borough, Neville, Tudor, Seymour

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1512 (probably born in Aug. of this year)
Death Date: 1548-09-05

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Borough, Edward (1508 - 1533)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1529-5
    Union ended: exactly
  2. Neville, John (1493 - 1542/3)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1534
    Union ended: exactly
  3. Tudor, Henry (1491 - 1547)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1543-7-12
    Union ended: exactly 1547-1-28
  4. Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1548/9)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1547-6
    Union ended: exactly

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Queen of England

Titles

  • Lady Latimer
    Assumed: 1533 (date of 2nd marriage)
    Vacated: 1543-07-12 (date of 3rd marriage)
  • Queen of England
    Assumed: 1543-07-12 (date of 3rd marriage)
    Vacated: 1546/7-01-28 (date of Henry VIII's death)
  • Queen Dowager
    Assumed: 1546/7-01-28 (date of Edward VI's accession)
    Vacated: 1548-09-05

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1530-10
    Divested: 1533-04
    Residence during 1st marriage
  • Snape Castle, Yorkshire: North Riding
    Acquired: 1534
    Divested: 1537
    Residence of 2nd husband
  • Wick by Pershore Manor, Worcestershire
    Acquired: 1537
    Residence of 2nd husband

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance Regulations - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Queen's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Queen's Minstrels
Performance - Queens' College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Queen's Performers
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Queen's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Queen's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Queen's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Queen's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Queen's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Queen's Performers Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Queen's Players Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Players 1
Queen's Players Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Players 1
Queen's Players Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Players 1
Queen's Players Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Players 1
Queen's Players Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Players 1
Queen's Minstrels Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Queen's Minstrels Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996
  • James, Susan E. 'Queen Kateryn Parr (1512--1548).'. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society ns 88 (1988): 107--19.
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.