Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548)

Biographical Overview

Other Last Names

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 8
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Other Last Names

Borough, Neville, Tudor, Seymour

Born / Died

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

Siblings

Male

Parr, William (1513 - 1571) (patron)

Female

Parr, Anne (1514 - 1551/2)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Seymour, Thomas (1508 - 1548/9)

  1. Female offspring: Seymour, Mary (1548 - 1550)

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 Properties

Residence

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance Regulations 1544-1544 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Queen's Minstrels
Performance 1544-1544 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Queen's Minstrels
Performance 1544-1545 Queens' College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Queen's Performers
Performance 1543-1544 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Queen's Players
Performance 1546-1546 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Queen's Players
Performance 1546-1546 Common Hall, Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Queen's Players
Performance 1547-1548 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Queen's Players
Performance 1547-1547 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Queen's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Queen's Minstrels Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Queen's Performers Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Queen's Players Parr, Catherine (1512 - 1548) Players 5

Bibliographic Sources

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Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)