William Parr (1513 - 1571)

Born 14 Aug 1513 in Blackfriars, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Brooke) Parr — married Jan 1547 (to 1565) in England

Died 28 Oct 1571 at age 58 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Sawbridgeworth Manor

"Elizabeth Lady Say died without issue in 1399. Heron, who was summoned to Parliament as Lord Heron from 1393, and is generally considered to have been styled Lord Say, (fn. 34) obtained many of his wife's estates, including Sawbridgeworth. Maud Bosenho, daughter of Elizabeth de Alden, one of the co-heirs of Elizabeth de Say, quitclaimed her right in the manor to him in 1401. (fn. 35) He died seised in 1404, (fn. 36) his nephew John, son of his brother John, being his heir. The extent taken at his death mentions that the capital messuage was then ruinous. Sir John Heron died in 1420 and was succeeded by his son John, (fn. 37) who in 1460–1 settled Sawbridgeworth on himself and his wife Agnes in tail with contingent remainder to Brian Rowcliff and other feoffees. (fn. 38) John Heron died in 1468 without issue. (fn. 39) A few months afterwards the feoffees conveyed the manor to Sir John Say, who died seised of it in 1478. (fn. 40) His son Sir William Say died in 1529, leaving two daughters, of whom Mary wife of Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, inherited Sawbridgeworth. (fn. 41) Their daughter and heir Anne, wife of William Lord Parr, had livery of Sawbridgeworth on her father's death in March 1539–40. (fn. 42) Lord Parr, who was created Earl of Essex in 1543 and Marquess of Northampton in 1547, was attainted in 1553 (fn. 43) and Sawbridgeworth came to the Crown."^[1]

Baas Manor

"Ten years later it was conveyed to John Say by John Edward and Joan his wife, (fn. 68) brother and sister-in-law of Thomas Gloucester. Sir John Say died seised of Baas in 1478 and was succeeded by his son William, (fn. 69) after whose death in 1529 it passed to his daughter Mary and her husband Henry Earl of Essex, (fn. 70) and thence to their daughter Anne, the wife of William Lord Parr, created Marquess of Northampton in 1547. (fn. 71) The marquess was attainted in 1553 and his lands forfeited. (fn. 72) Queen Mary granted the manor to the Earl of Arundel and others in 1553, to hold during pleasure, apparently to the use of Anne Marchioness of Northampton. (fn. 73) Elizabeth granted it in 1569 to Sir William Cecil, (fn. 74) who also obtained releases of title from Anne Parr (fn. 75) and other heirs of Sir William Say. (fn. 76)"^[2]

Research Notes

William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton did not have any children. His 1st wife Anne had a son (John Hunt or Huntley) by her lover John Lyngfield, the prior of St James' Church. On 17 April 1543 the marriage was annulled by an Act of Parliament and her children were declared bastards. Parr married 2nd in 1548 Elizabeth Brooke. The marriage was later invalidated in 1553, and then declared valid in 1558. She d. in 1565 & they had no children. I have removed her son John Parr.^[3]

Lord Parr, Baron Kendal, was a well known nobleman, in the north of England, in the reign of Henry VIII.

The arms of their family are to be seen in the Parr Chapel of Kendal Church, Westmorland.

The eldest son of this nobleman emigrated, and or was relocated by reigning royalty, to Ireland.

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Sources

1. ↑ 'Parishes: Sawbridgeworth', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 332-347 [1]
2. ↑ 'Parishes: Broxbourne with Hoddesdon,' in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1912), 430-440, accessed March 14, 2016, [2]
3. ↑ Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier Wikipedia

• Wikipedia [3]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #9046: Burial: St. Mary's Church, Warwick.
• Surrey Archaeological Collections (Lovell Reeve & Co., London, 1869) Vol. 4, Page 10: The Marquis Northampton is named as one of the Commissioners for Surrey.
• www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/henry-hallam-parr/recollections-and-correspondence. (Book by Henry Hallam Parr).

• Nova Scotia Historical Society-Memoir of Governor John Parr by James S. MacDonald.