Baron Parr
Baron Parr is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Baron Parr:
1st. 1539. William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton 1512-1571. Extinct. 1571.
Baron Parr of Kendal (1st Creation)
Baron Parr of Kendal is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
In 1539 William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton (age 27) was created 1st Baron Parr of Kendal.
On 28 Oct 1571 William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton (age 59) died at Warwick Priory [Map]. He was buried in the Chancel of St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. His funeral was paid for by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38). Marquess Northampton and Baron Parr of Kendal extinct.
Baron Parr of Horton (2nd Creation)
Baron Parr of Horton is also in Baronies of England Chronologically.
On 23 Dec 1543 Henry VIII (age 52) enobled his new wife's (age 31) brother (age 31) and uncle (age 60) at ceremony in the Presence Chamber, Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 26) and Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 34) were present. Christopher Barker read the Patents.
William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton (age 60) was created 1st Baron Parr of Horton. William was sixty with five daughters. He died four years later at which time the Barony became extinct.
William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton (age 31) was created 1st Earl Essex. His estranged wife Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier (age 26) was daughter of the last Earl of Essex of the Fifth Creation. A somewhat curious choice given his wife had eloped the year previous year with John Lyngfield, the prior of Tandbridge, Surrey [Map], by whom she had an illegitimate child.