Biography of Thomas Parr 1407-1464

Paternal Family Tree: Parr

1459 Battle of Ludford Bridge

1460 Battle of Wakefield

Around 16 May 1380 [his grandmother] Elizabeth Ros (age 24) died.

On 19 May 1382 [his grandfather] Thomas Crophull (age 47) died.

On 04 Oct 1405 [his grandfather] William Parr (age 53) died at Kendal Castle, Westmoreland.

In or before 1407 [his father] John Parr (age 26) and [his mother] Agnes Crophull (age 35) were married.

In 1407 Thomas Parr was born to John Parr (age 26) and Agnes Crophull (age 35).

In 1413 Thomas Parr (age 6) and Alice Tunstall (age 8) were married.

In 1429 [his daughter] Margaret Parr was born to Thomas Parr (age 22) and [his wife] Alice Tunstall (age 24).

In 1434 [his son] William Parr was born to Thomas Parr (age 27) and [his wife] Alice Tunstall (age 29).

In or after 1435 [his son] John Parr was born to Thomas Parr (age 28) and [his wife] Alice Tunstall (age 30).

Before 1443 [his daughter] Agnes Parr was born to Thomas Parr (age 35) and [his wife] Alice Tunstall (age 37).

Battle of Ludford Bridge

                    On 12 Oct 1459 the Battle of Ludford Bridge nearly took place at Ludlow [Map]. In the event a large number of the Calais garrison led by Andrew Trollope refused to fight against King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 37) who was present.
                
                    The Yorkist Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 48), the future King Edward IV of England (age 17), Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland (age 16), Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 30), Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 59) left overnight before the battle.
                
                    John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 26) and Thomas Parr (age 52) were present.
                
                    The Lancastrian army included Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) and William Fitzalan 16th Earl of Arundel (age 41).
                
                    Richard Grey 3rd Earl Tankerville (age 22) was present on the Yorkist side for which he was subsequently attainted. Earl Tankerville forfeit.

After 12 Oct 1459 Thomas Parr (age 52) fled to Calais [Map].

Battle of Wakefield

                    On 30 Dec 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton during the Battle of Wakefield at Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30), Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 24) and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39), and included John Courtenay 15th Earl Devon (age 25) and William Gascoigne XIII (age 30), both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 40), John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25), John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 50), Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 33), Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger (age 20).
                
                    The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
                
                    Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 49) was killed. His son King Edward IV of England (age 18) succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York, 9th Earl Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 9th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore.
                
                    Thomas Neville (age 30),  and Edward Bourchier were killed.
                
                    Father and son Thomas Harrington (age 60) and John Harrington (age 36) were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
                
                    William Bonville 6th Baron Harington (age 18) was killed. His daughter Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
                
                    Thomas Parr (age 53) fought in the Yorkist army.
                
                    Following the battle Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 60) was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville (age 40) was executed.
                
                    Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland (age 17) was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford by which he gained his sobriquet "Butcher". Earl of Rutland extinct.