William Parr KG (1434 - 1484)

Born 1434 in Kendal, Westmorland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Trusbut) Parr — married 1460 in Westmorland, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Fitzhugh) Parr — married 1473 in Foxley, Blakesley, Northamptonshire, England

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1484 at about age 50 in Prescot, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Sir William Parr^{[1] [2]} K.G., son and heir of Thomas Parr, Knt.,^[3] and Alice Tunstall, was born about 1434. ^[4]

William married twice: first to Joan (Jane) Trusbut (Trussebot), widow of Thomas Colt and heiress of her grandfather, Lawrence Trusbut. They had no issue and Joan died in August 1473. ^[4]

William married second to Elizabeth FitzHugh, daughter of Sir Henry FitzHugh, 5th Lord FitzHugh and Alice Neville.^[4] They had three sons and two daughters:

• Thomas, Knt. ^[4]
• William, Knt., Lord Parr of Horton ^[4]
• John, Esq. ^[4]
• Anne, wife of Thomas Cheyne, Knt. ^[4]
• Alice ^[4]

William died shortly before 26 February 1484. His widow remarried to Nicholas Vaux, Knt. Elizabeth died after 1501 and before 29 January 1507/8. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Burke's Peerage/Geleanlogical Publishing Co., 1883 p. 418.
2. ↑ Burke, John.The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, With Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects. Vol. I-III. London, England: E. Churton, 1848-1851.
3. ↑ Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. Vol. 1. W. Strahan, 1777. Google Books, pages 42-43.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. IV, pages 306-7, PARR 14.

• Wikipedia: William_Parr_(knight).

• Hoff, Henry B., "Further Clues to Richard Woodhull's Ancestery" in The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI: The American Genealogist, 1976). Vol. 52, Page 15.

• "Kirkby in Kendale: 1453-1530," in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 1, ed. William Farrer and John F Curwen (Kendal: Titus Wilson and Son, 1923), 47-62. British History Online, accessed October 28, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol1/pp47-62.