Biography of William Parr 1434-1483
Paternal Family Tree: Parr
Maternal Family Tree: Isabel English
In 1413 [his father] Thomas Parr (age 6) and [his mother] Alice Tunstall (age 8) were married.
In 1434 William Parr was born to Thomas Parr (age 27) and Alice Tunstall (age 29).
Around 1461 Henry bellingham was attainted for his being a Lancastrian. His estates were passed into the temporary keeping of William Parr (age 27) and [his brother] John Parr (age 25) of Kendal.
On 24 Nov 1464 [his father] Thomas Parr (age 57) died.
On 26 Jul 1469 the Yorkist army suffered a defeat against a Lancastrian army led by Robin of Redesdale at the Battle of Edgecote Moor. The Yorkist army was commanded by John Courtenay 15th Earl Devon (age 34) and William "Black William" Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 46).
Thomas Vaughan (age 69), John Wogan, Henry Neville (age 32), John Conyers (age 36), and brothers John Dudley (age 42) and Oliver Dudley were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon (age 30), John Conyers (age 58) and William Parr (age 35) fought.
Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 64) and John Woodville (age 24) were captured.
On 14 Apr 1471 Edward IV (age 28) commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George (age 21) and Richard (age 18), John Babington (age 48), Wiliam Hastings (age 40) (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys (age 30), William Parr (age 37), John Savage (age 49), William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 41), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh (age 40), John Scott Comptroller (age 48) and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount (age 29), Humphrey Bourchier (age 40), Humphrey Bourchier (age 36), Henry Stafford (age 46) and [his brother] Thomas Parr were killed.
The Lancastrians ...
Warwick the Kingmaker (age 42) was killed. Earl Salisbury forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the Earldom may be in abeyance. Baron Montagu and Baron Montagu abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 19) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14).
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 40) was killed. Marquess Montagu extinct. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 43) was killed. His son Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 40) commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford (age 46) and John Paston (age 27) were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 28) commanded, and John Paston (age 29) and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 33) fought.
Robert Harleston (age 36) was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury (age 62) was killed.
Thomas Tresham (age 51) escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on 06 May 1471.
In 1472 Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh (age 43) died. His son [his future brother-in-law] Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh (age 15) succeeded 6th Baron Fitzhugh.
In 1474 King Edward IV of England (age 31) appointed new Garter Knights:
209th Thomas Fitzalan 17th Earl Arundel (age 24).
211th Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 19).
212th Federico Montefeltro (age 51).
213th Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 25).
Before 1476 William Parr (age 42) and Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1476 [his daughter] Anne Parr was born to William Parr (age 42) and [his wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
Around 1483 [his son] Thomas Parr was born to William Parr (age 49) and [his wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
Around 1483 [his son] William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was born to William Parr (age 49) and [his wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden.
On 17 Apr 1483 the coffin of Edward IV (deceased) was carried to Westminster Abbey [Map] by Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 21), John Savage (age 39), Thomas Wortley (age 50), Thomas Molyneux (age 38), probably John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 33) who had married Edward's daughter Cecily), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 41), Walter Hungerford (age 19), Guy Wolston (age 50), John Sapcote (age 35), Thomas Tyrrell (age 30), John Risley, Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 15), John Norreys, Louis de Bretelles and John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch.
Those in the procession included:
Thomas St Leger (age 43), widow of Edward's sister Anne.
William Stonor (age 33).
Henry Ferrers (age 40).
James Radclyffe (age 43).
George Browne (age 43).
Gilbert Debenham (age 51).
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) walked in front of the coffin with Edward's personal arms.
John Marlow Abbot Bermondsey followed by:
Bishop Thomas Kempe (age 93).
Bishop John Hales (age 83) (Bishop of Chester?).
Bishop Robert Stillington (age 63).
Bishop Edward Story.
Bishop William Dudley (age 58).
Cardinal John Morton (age 63) (as Bishop of Ely).
Bishop Edmund Tuchet (age 40) (as Bishop of Rochester).
Bishop Peter Courtenay, and.
Bishop Lionel Woodville (age 36).
Archbishop Thomas Rotherham (age 59) brought up the rear.
Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65), then Archbishop of Canterbury, took no part due to infirmity.
John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 21); the King's nephew,.
William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 52).
Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset (age 28).
William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 32) (some sources say Earl of Huntingindon?).
William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 57).
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48).
Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 68).
John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley (age 82).
George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny (age 43).
John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 57).
Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 51).
Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle (age 51).
Henry Lovell 9th Baron Marshal 8th Baron Morley (age 7).
Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 30).
John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham (age 35).
Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 50).
Before 1490 Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 30) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden were married. She by marriage Baroness Vaux Harrowden. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 29 Jan 1508 [his former wife] Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden died.
[his son] William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton and Mary Salisbury were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Thomas Cheney and [his daughter] Anne Parr were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
John Fiennes and Alice Fitzhugh were married. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Parr
GrandFather: John Parr
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Kendal
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 2nd Baron Ros Kendal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Devorgilla Galloway Baroness Ros Kendal
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ros
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Latimer 1st Baron Latimer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Latimer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Latimer
Father: Thomas Parr 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Crophull
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Crophull 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 1st Lord Verdun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Bohun Lady Verdun
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Verdun Baroness Hussey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
William Parr 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Tunstall
GrandFather: Thomas Tunstall
Mother: Alice Tunstall
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harrington 1st Baron Harington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Cansfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harrington of Farleton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Barlingham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Harrington of Hornby
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Banastre
GrandMother: Isabella Harrington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel English