William Parr, Marquess of Northampton
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William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, 1st Baron Parr, 1st Baron Hart Mary I. He was restored by her Protestant half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I. He married thrice but died without issue.
Origins
He was the only son and heir of the courtier
Anne Parr (1515–1552) wife of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
(c.1501–1570).
Career
His father died in 1517 when William was aged 4 and he became a
Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire he was created Baron Parr ("of Kendal"[6]) in 1539. On 23 April 1543, he became a Knight of the Garter. On 23 December 1543, just after his sister had married the king, he was created Earl of Essex, a title held by his late father-in-law Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, who had died without male issue in March 1540.[7] In 1544 he joined the Privy Council attending the first meeting on 5 February 1544.[8]
He was King
Lord Lieutenant in 1549 of five of the eastern counties (Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk), of Surrey in 1551, of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1552 and of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1553. He served as Lord Great Chamberlain from 1550 to 1553, in which role in 1551 he welcomed Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland, to Hampton Court Palace on behalf of the King.[9]
Parr, and especially his wife, were leaders in the attempt to put the Protestant
Elizabeth I, his titles were restored in 1559.[7]
He became a Knight of the Garter again on 24 April 1559.
Marriages
He married thrice but produced no issue:
- Firstly, on 9 February 1527 at the chapel of the manor of Act of Parliament and any of her children "born during esposels between Lord and Lady Parr"[13] were declared bastards. Parr also obtained his ex-wife's lands and was he was created Earl of Essexon 23 December 1543. She predeceased Parr by only 9 months, having been awarded after her divorce a few of her father's former estates by Queen Mary.
- Secondly, in 1548, he married Elisabeth Brooke (1526–1565), a daughter of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham of Cobham Hall in Kent, by his wife Anne Bray. Their marriage was declared valid in 1548, invalid in 1553, and valid again in 1558. They had two sons, Robert Parr (1549) and William Thomas Parr (1552 - 1595) who wedded Lady Margareta Woodfall.
Helena Snakenborg
(d.1635), third wife and widow of William Parr, Marquess of Northampton- Thirdly, in May 1571 (five months before his death), he married Helena Snakenborg (d. 1635), First Lady of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I, who had come to England from Sweden in 1565 in the train of Cecilia, Margravine of Baden. In 1580, she remarried to Sir Thomas Gorges (1536-1610) of Longford Castle in Wiltshire, by whom she had issue, and was buried with her husband in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, where survives their impressive monument with recumbent effigies.[14]
Death and burial
He died on 28 October 1571 at
Elizabeth I paid for his funeral and burial. His surviving ledger stone
is inscribed: William Parr, Marquis of Northampton; Died in Warwick 28 October 1571. [Buried] with the ceremonial due [of a] Knight of the Garter to the Order of Queen Elizabeth who bore the expense of the funeral, 2 December 1571.
See also
References
- ^ with Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, p.674
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, p.671
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., IX, p.672, note (a)
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, p.669, note d
- ^ Styled "of Kendal", but not in patent (G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., IX, p.669, note g)
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 766.
- ^ Moore, Alan G. (1982). The politics and composition of Henry VIII's privy council 1540--1547. Williamsburg, Virginia: William and Mary Scholarly Works.
- ^ "Spelthorne Hundred: Hampton Court Palace, history Pages 327-371 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, General; Ashford, East Bedfont With Hatton, Feltham, Hampton With Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911". British History Online.
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, pp.671-2
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., IX, p.672, note a
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, p.672, note (b)
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, p.672, note (b)
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, n.s., Vol.IX, pp.673-4
- ^ 'Warter – Warwick-Bridge', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 475–482. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51379&strquery=william+parr Date. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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