William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton 1483-1547

Paternal Family Tree: William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton

Maternal Family Tree: William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton

1511 Birth and Death of Prince Henry

1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold

1528 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

1543 Parr Family Ennobled

William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton and Mary Salisbury were married.

William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland.

Before 1476 [his father] William Parr [aged 41] and [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1483 William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was born to William Parr [aged 49] and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In February 1484 [his father] William Parr [aged 50] died.

Before 1490 [his step-father] Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 29] and [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden.

Around 1500 [his daughter] Mary Parr was born to William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 17] and Mary Salisbury [aged 27]. She married in or before 1520 her fourth cousin once removed Thomas Tresham and had issue.

Around 1505 [his daughter] Elizabeth Parr was born to William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 22] and Mary Salisbury [aged 32]. She married 1527 Nicholas Woodhull.

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After 1508 [his son-in-law] John Digby and [his daughter] Anne Parr were married.

On 29th January 1508 [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden died.

Birth and Death of Prince Henry

In February 1511 Henry VIII [aged 19] celebrated the birth of his son by holding a magnificent tournament at Westminster [Map]. The challengers included Henry VIII who fought as Cuere Loyall, Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 15] as Bon Vouloir, Edward Neville [aged 40] as Joyeulx Penser, Thomas Knyvet [aged 26] as Valiant Desyr and Thomas Tyrrell.

On Day 1 of the tournament the Answerers included: William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 28], Henry Grey 4th Earl Kent [aged 16], Thomas Cheney [aged 26], Richard Blount and Robert Morton.

On Day 2 of the tournament the Answerers included: Richard Tempest of Bracewell [aged 31], Thomas Lucy, Henry Guildford [aged 22], Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 27], Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 34], Richard Grey, Leonard Grey 1st Viscount Grane [aged 32], Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 38], Edmund Howard [aged 33] and Henry Stafford 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 32].

In or before 1520 [his son-in-law] Thomas Tresham [aged 20] and [his daughter] Mary Parr [aged 19] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1520 [his daughter] Margaret Parr was born to William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 37] and Mary Salisbury [aged 47]. She married 5th July 1551 Richard Perry.

Field of the Cloth of Gold

        
                    In June 1520 Henry VIII [aged 28] hosted Field of the Cloth of Gold at Balinghem [Map].
                
                    Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 42] carried the Sword of State.
                
                    Bishop John Stokesley [aged 45] attended as Henry VIII's chaplain.
                
                    Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye [aged 36], Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth [aged 42], Anthony Poyntz [aged 40], William Coffin [aged 25], William "Great" Courtenay [aged 43], Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 37], William Paston [aged 41], William Denys [aged 50], Richard Cecil [aged 25], William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 37], Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 22], John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 40], Henry Guildford [aged 31], Marmaduke Constable [aged 40], William Compton [aged 38], William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy [aged 42], Thomas Cheney [aged 35], Henry Willoughby [aged 69], John Rodney [aged 59], John Marney 2nd Baron Marney [aged 36], William Sidney [aged 38], John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford [aged 20], John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 49], Edmund Walsingham [aged 40], William Skeffington [aged 55] and Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 63] attended.
                
                    William Carey [aged 20] jousted.
                
                    William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne [aged 50] organised.
                
                    Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford [aged 15] attended.
                
                    Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 50], Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer [aged 48], Anthony Wingfield [aged 33], William Scott [aged 61], Thomas Wriothesley [aged 32], Bishop Thomas Ruthall [aged 48], Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin [aged 20] and Edward Chamberlayne [aged 36] were present.

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In 1527 [his son-in-law] Nicholas Woodhull [aged 45] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Parr [aged 22] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

1528 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

                    Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1528. 22nd July 1528. R. O. 4547. Magnus to Wolsey.
                
                    The King has written to my lord of Richmond for two stewardships in the Duke's gift by the death of Sir William Compton [deceased];—the one of Canforde and Corffe, and my Lord's lands in Dorsetshire, fee 100s.; the other of my Lord's lands in Somersetshire, fee £6 13s. 4d.;—which he wishes given to Sir Giles Strangwisshe [aged 42] and Sir Edw. Seymour [aged 28]. The King's letters mention only the first office, which cannot well be given to two persons. Sir Edw. Seymour writes that both are intended for him. My Lord, however, had already given the stewardship of Canford and Corffe to Sir Will. Parre [aged 45], his chamberlain, and of the Somersetshire lands to George Cotton of Combermere [aged 23]. Encloses copy of my Lord's letter. The sweating sickness is bad in these parts, and has carried off two of Mr. Holgill's company, the surveyor of Wolsey's lands, who was at Beverley. The Duke [aged 9] has removed hither from Pontefract. Sheriff Hutton [Map], 22 July. Signed.
                
                    P. 1. Add.: To my lord Legate. Endd.

In 1531 [his daughter] Elizabeth Parr [aged 26] died.

Parr Family Ennobled

On 23rd December 1543 Henry VIII [aged 52] enobled his new wife's [aged 31] brother [aged 31] and uncle [aged 60] at ceremony in the Presence Chamber, Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 26] and Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 34] were present. Christopher Barker read the Patents.

William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton 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 was created 1st Earl Essex. His estranged wife Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier [aged 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.

On 10th September 1547 William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 64] died. He was buried at Horton, Northamptonshire. Baron Parr of Horton extinct.

[his daughter] Anne Parr was born to William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton and Mary Salisbury. She married after 1508 John Digby.

[his daughter] Maud Parr was born to William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton and Mary Salisbury. She married Ralph Lane and had issue.

Ancestors of William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton 1483-1547

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Parr

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Parr 6 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 2nd Baron Ros Kendal 3 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ros 4 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Latimer 12 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

GrandFather: Thomas Parr 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crophull

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Crophull 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun 5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Verdun Baroness Hussey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: William Parr 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Tunstall

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Tunstall

GrandMother: Alice Tunstall

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harrington 1st Baron Harington

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harrington of Farleton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Barlingham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Harrington of Hornby

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Banastre

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Harrington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel English

William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Fitzhugh

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Fitzhugh 2nd Baron Fitzhugh

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh 5 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham 3 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Scrope Baroness Fitzhugh 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fitzhugh 4th Baron Fitzhugh 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 1st Baron Grey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Grey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Avice Marmion Baroness Grey Rotherfield 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Fitzhugh 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Ufford Baroness Willoughby of Eresby

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Harringworth 5 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Zouche Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Zouche Harringworth 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Strange 4th Baron Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 6 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ightham Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Mother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 6 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster

GrandMother: Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer 11 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Francis

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton 1483-1547