[1] Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to the Legitimate Issue of Kings. Reproduced from recognized authorities, from privately printed family histories, and information supplied in manuscript pedigrees, By Charles H. Browning, Member of the American Historical Association. Second Edition. Philadelphia: Porter and Coates. 1891. https://books.google.com/books?id=p4wsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=John+Parr+of+Kirby&source=bl&ots=m24D-DLND9&sig=UCQs2HKMkNdCrMyiAd9gKHwz5V8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifqaKTjOnLAhUM0GMKHZo-AwAQ6AEINTAG#v=onepage&q=John%20Parr%20of%20Kirby&f=false
Note (Jody Gray): the book begins with [pg 5] Pedigree I. 1. William the Conqueror, King of England, had by his wife, Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V., Count of Flanders: 2. Princess Gundred, 5th daughter… married William de Warren, Earl of Surrey… and had: 3. William de Warren, second Earl of Warren… However, there has been much research since 1891 that discredits William and Matilda as the parents of Gundred; indeed, the parentage of Gundred is unknown (unverifiable). William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, did marry a Gundred, and, the rest of the lineage is verifiable. I have chosen to use geni.com for my Woodhull lineage; I find it to be the best Familly Tree resource, with several historians, genealogist and references. I have been able to link all my progenitor entries in sequence.
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| the Tower of London, the White Tower |
Children: 1. Matilda de Normandie. 2. Robert III ‘Curthose’, 8th Due de Normandie. 3. Richard of Bernay, Duke of Bernay. 4. Cecilia de Normandie. 5. Adeliza de Normandie. 6. William II ‘Rufus’, King of England. 7. Constance de Normandie. 8. Adela de Normandie. 9. Agatha de Normandie. 10. Henry I ‘Beauclerc’, King of England. The central keep of the Tower of London, the White Tower. These fortifications allowed Normans to retreat into safety when threatened with rebellion and allowed garrisons to be protected while they occupied the countryside. The early castles were simple earth and timber constructions, later replaced with stone structures.
English feudal barony
In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony") under which the landholder owed the service of being one of the king's barons. The duties owed by and the privileges granted to feudal barons cannot now be defined exactly, but they involved the duty of providing soldiers to the royal feudal army on demand by the king, and the privilege of attendance at the king's feudal court, the precursor of parliament.
If the estate-in-land held by barony contained a significant castle as its caput and if it was especially large – consisting of more than about 20 knight's fees (each loosely equivalent to a manor) – then it was termed an "honour".
2. Gundred, married William de Warren, Earl of Surrey. Since her marriage to William de Warren is the only verifiable information, I’m using his geni.com link to her. https://www.geni.com/people/Gundred-de-St-Omer/6000000000424570082?through=6000000005406630017 Gundred, Countess of Surrey. b. ca. 1063, France d. 5/27/1085, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. Buried: Cluniac Priory at Southover, adjoining Lewes, England. Parents: unknown. Notes: a lot of research has been done as to her parentage and links are included in this website. The fact that she is not included in the Peerage of William I, King of England and his wife Matihilde de Flanders is just cause for not listing them as her parents. In one of the links: The tombstone of Gundred disappeared, in 1774 William Burrell, Esq., an antiquary, discovered it and had it removed on 10/2/1775 to St John’s Church, Southover, the nearest place to its original site… with a very fine inscription detailing its origins: “Within this Pew stands the Tombstone of Gundred, daughter of William the Conqueror, and wife of William, the Earl of Warren. [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I8838]… removed to this place at the expense of William Burrell, Esq. A.D. 1775. In 1847 a Norman Chapel was erected by public subscription… Prior to re-interring the remains in this chapel, both cysts were opened to ascertain if there were any contents, which was found to be the case. New cysts were made and used, and the ancient ones preserved and placed in two recessed arches in the southern wall. Gundred’s remains in a good state of preservation…
William de Warenne I, 1st Earl of Surrey, b. Ca 1036, Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 6/24/1088, Lewes, Sussex, England. Buried: Southover, Sussex, England with his wife at St. John's Church. Notes: was a Norman nobleman who was created Earl of Surrey under William II 'Rufus'. He was one of the few who was documented to have been with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. At the Domesday Survey he held extensive lands in thirteen counties including the Rape of Lewes in Sussex (now East Sussex).
Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. Founded soon after the Norman Conquest by William de Warenne, the first Earl of Surrey. At its heyday, Castle Acre played an important role in the affairs of the State, with many visits from royalty. Castle Acre itself was once a fortified town… was once of the finest examples of Norman town planning in the country… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Acre
Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Originally was sited within the walls of Castle Acre Castle… was relocated to the present site… The priory is now in the care of English Heritage, along with the Castle Acre Castle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Acre_Priory
3. William de Warren married (1118) Isabel (Elizabeth) de Vermandois
https://www.geni.com/people/William-de-Warenne-2nd-Earl-Of-Surrey/6000000001210528003?through=6000000005406630017 William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey b. Ca 1071, Lewes, Sussex, England d. 5/11/1138, Chapter House, Priory Lewes, Sussex, England. Buried: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England
Elisabeth de Vermandois, dame de Crepy b. 2/13/1085, Oise, Picardie, France d. 2/13/1131, Oise, France. Buried: Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England. 3rd daughter of Hugh Magnus of France, 5th Count de Vermandois, son of Henry I., King of France…
As the daughter of Hugh Magnus and Adelaide of Vermandois represented both the Capetian line of her paternal grandfather Henry I of France, and the Carolingian ancestry of her maternal grandfather Herbert IV of Vermandois. As the wife of two Anglo-Norman magnates, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, she is the ancestress of hundreds of well-known families down to the present time. Refer to Blog Post: Noble Family - House of Capet, also called the House of France, ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328. They were sometimes called “the third race of kings”, the Merovingians being the first, and the Carolingians being the second. The name is derived from the nickname of Hugh, the first Capetian King. The direct succession of French kings, father to son, from 987 to 1316, of thirteen generations in almost 330 years, was unparallelled in recorded history.
4. Lady Gundred de Warren, married-2 William de Lancaster https://www.geni.com/people/Gundred-de-Warenne-Countess-of-Warwick/6000000004828308499?through=6000000001210528003 Gundred de Warenne, Countess of Warwick b. Ca 1120, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d. After 1166, Warwick, Warwickshire, England
https://www.geni.com/people/William-l-de-Lancaster/6000000002603662038?through=6000000004828308499 William FitzGilbert de Lancaster Governor of Lancaster Castle, who ascended from the old feudal barons of Kendal. b. Between ca 1095 and 1109, probably, Kendal, Westmorland, England d. ca 1170, probably, Kendal, Westmorland, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Lancaster_I William de Lancaster I or William Fitz Gilbert, was a nobleman of the 12th century in Northwest England. He is the first person of whom there is any record to bear the name of Lancaster and pass it on to his descendants as a family name. Despite his surname, William and his relatives appear in contemporary documents relating mainly to what is now the modern county of Cumbria, not Lancashire, especially Copeland in western Cumberland, Furness in the Lake District. The Barony of Kendal, which became part of Westmorland, and various areas such as Barton between Kendal and Ullswater, also in Westmorland.
5. William II de Lancaster, married Lady Heloise de Stuteville https://www.geni.com/people/William-de-Lancaster-Baron-of-Kendal/6000000009440143485?through=6000000004828308499 William II de Lancaster, Baron of Kendal, b. Ca 1150, Kendal Castle, Westmorland, England d. 1184, Westmorland, England. Buried: Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, England
https://www.geni.com/people/Helewise-de-Stuteville/6000000000796852054?through=6000000009440143485 Heloise de Stuteville b. Ca 1155, Lazonby, Cumberland, England d. Ca 1226, Barony Cottingham, Yorkshire, England.
6. Helewyse de Lancaster, married Gilbert fitz Roger Fitz Reinfred https://www.geni.com/people/Helewyse-de-Lancaster/6000000004533944932?through=6000000009440143485 Helewyse de Lancaster b. ca 1169, Kendal, Westmorland, England d. 9/26/1226, Kendal, Westmorland, England. Note (Jody Gray): Variations in Records for Helewyse de Lancaster and Hawise de Lancaster, Margaret de Brus. I created a separate Post by this title to explain edits I made.
https://www.geni.com/people/Gilbert-fitz-Reinfrid/6000000004453207002?through=6000000004533944932 Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfrid, Lord of Kendal b. C 1162, Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, England d. 5/5/1220, Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_fitz_Roger_fitz_Reinfried Was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron whose administrative career in England began in the time Henry II (1154-1189), for whom his father Roger fitzReinfrid had been steward, and continued during the reigns of Richard I, King John, and Henry III. Henry II married Gilbert to Hawise, the heiress (of Kendal) of the de Lancaster family of Cumbria, grand-daughter of William de Lancaster I, who had first been under the custody of the famous knight, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Her family’s title to Kendal passed to Gilbert’s control, and it was the Lancaster surname which was passed on to his children. It appears to be during Gilbert’s time that the Barony of Kendal was brought into existence by King Richard as a truly independent district directly answerable to the King, rather than to the lord of North Westmorland. Gilbert’s Barony not only included the Barony of Kendale as it was later defined, but also at least the main parts of the North Westmorland parishes of Barton and Morland. He was given control of the royal forest of not only “Kentdale” but also Furness and North Westmorland, in the same way, says the charter, as William de Lancaster I had control. Gilbert’s Lancaster rights in Furness were however subject to dispute versus the powerful Abbey of Furness. After the death of William de Lancaster III, the Barony de Kendal was split into different parts, in possession of the husbands of his sisters...
7. Hawise de Lancaster married Peter de Brus II https://www.geni.com/people/Hawise-de-Lancaster/6000000000796845955?through=6000000004533944932 Hawise de Lancaster, Heiress of Kendal, b. abt 1205, Kendal Castle, Westmorland, England d. 9/1226, Westmorland, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_fitz_Roger_fitz_Reinfried Married Peter de Brus II. They were the ancestors of the possessors of the Marquis Fee part of the Barony of Kendal, long possessed by the de Ros family, and then by the Parr family. https://www.geni.com/people/Peter-ll-de-Brus-of-Skelton-and-Danby/6000000000796842004?through=6000000000796845955 Peter II de Brus of Skelton and Danby b. Ca. 1185, Skelton, Yorkshire, England d. 9/7/1241 -on crusade, Marseilles, (Present Department Bouches-du-Rhone), Provence, France. Buried: Guisborough Priory, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. Baron of Skelton. Proprietor of Skelton Castle in Yorkshire (see below).
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8. Margaret de Brus married Robert de Roos
Margaret de Brus, Heiress of Kendal b. bef 1226, Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England d. bef. 1/30/1307, Kendal, Westmorland, England.
https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-de-Ros/6000000031142326459?through=6000000004451796002 Robert de Ros, Lord of Wark b. Ca 1237, Wark, Northcumberland, England d. Before 4/20/1274, ?Skelton Castle. The castle was built of stone by Robert de Brus in 1140. It had two lookout towers, dungeons and a moat with a drawbridge and portcullis. In 1265 it was surrendered to King Henry III. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelton_Castle
William Roos of Downham married Elizabeth https://www.geni.com/people/William-Roos/6000000026692338190?through=6000000004451796002 William Roos (de Ros) of Downham b. Ca 1272, Kendal, Cumbria, England d. Before 5/9/1310, Kendal Castle, Kendal, Cumbria, England
https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-de-Roos/6000000023096397840?through=6000000026692338190 Elizabeth (parentage unknown) b. Estimated between 1242 and 1302 d. Unknown
11. Thomas de Ros, Baron Kendal married Margaret Kempe https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-de-Ros-Baron-Kendal/6000000003828204373?through=6000000026692338190
Thomas de Ros, Baron of Kendal b. 1307, Kendal, Westmorland, England d. 1/1390, Kendal Castle, Westmorland, England
https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Kempe/6000000002339899137?through=6000000003828204373 Margaret Kempe b. 1308, Kendal, Westmorland, England d. 1348, ?
John de Ros married Katherine le Latimer https://www.geni.com/people/John-de-Ros/6000000002248232847?through=6000000003828204373 John de Ros b. 1332, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. Ca 1358, Kendal, Westmorland, England
https://www.geni.com/people/Katherine-le-Latimer/6000000002349355504?through=6000000002248232847 Katherine le Latimer b. Ca. 1330, Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 1358, ?
13. Elizabeth de Roos, Baroness Zouche married William Parr https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-de-Ros-Baroness-Zouche/6000000002134999272?through=6000000006444086989 Lady Elizabeth de Roos, b. 1356, Probably Kendal, Westmoreland, England. d. aft 1383, Kendal Castle, Harringworth, Northampton, England. Daughter of John de Ros and Katherine le Latimer. Married Sir William Parr, https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-William-Parr/6000000006444086989?through=6000000006444777366 Sir William de Parre (Knight), ca 1352, Kendal, Westmorland, England. D. 10/4/1405. Kendal Castle, Westmorland, England. (son of Sir John Parr and Matilda/Maud de Leyborne). Through his marriage William acquired by right of his wife, a fourth part of the manor of Kirby in Kendal, Kendal Castle, and one-fourth part of the barony of Kendal, which continued in the family till after the death of his grandson, William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, when the Marquess’s widow surrendered it to Queen Elizabeth I.…
Kendal Castle, Westmorland, England
The castle was probably built in the late 12th century as the home of the Lancaster family who were Barons of Kendal. The best known family associated with the castle was the Parr family; including Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England. Her family had lived at Kendal since her ancestor Sir William Parr married the heiress of Kendal, Elizabeth de Roos, during the reign of Edward III of England. By the time Catherine Parr was born, the family had long deserted the castle which was already falling into disrepair. Catherine's father preferred to live in the centre of court in London. Sir Thomas's father seems to be the last of the Parr's to have lived at Kendal Castle.
14. John Parr of Kirby https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Parr-Lord-of-Kendal/6000000006444777366?through=6000000006444086989 John Parr, Lord of Kendal, b. Ca. 1383, Kendal, Cumbria, England. D. 8/4/1408 or 10/6/1407, Kendal, Westmorland, England. Buried: Bodenham, Herefordshire, England. Married: Agnes Crophill b. Ca 1371, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. D. ca 2/3/1436, Woebley, Herefordshire, England. Daughter of Sir Thomas de Crophull and Sybilla de la Bere https://www.geni.com/people/Agnes/6000000003649670676?through=6000000006444777366
15. Sir Thomas Parr https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Parr-Kt-of-Kendall/6000000003827878229?through=6000000003649670676 Thomas Parr, Knight of Kendall, b. Between 1404 and 1411 or 10/7/1406, Kirby-Kendal, Westmoreland, England or Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. D. 12/4/1461 or 11/24/1464, Parr, Prescot, Lancashire, England. Ca 1430, m: Alice Tunstall, of Thurland and Lancaster, b. Ca 1415, Thurland Castle, Yorkshire, England. D. 1435, England. Daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall, Knight, Justice of the Peace for Westmorland and Isabella Harrington. https://www.geni.com/people/Alice-Tunstall-of-Thurland-and-Lancaster/6000000006444209646?through=6000000003827878229
More: Sir Thomas Parr was an English landowner and elected Member of Parliament six times between 1435 and 1459. He was great-grandfather of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII. Sir Thomas was the son of Sir John Parr and Agnes Crophull (or Crophill). His father died before 6 October 1407 and when his mother remarried to John Merbury, Esq. he was made the ward of Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Sometime around 1413 he married Alice Tunstall, the daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall. Within a year of his coming of age Thomas was escheator of Cumberland and Westmorland, and was knighted about the same time. He was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland five times (in 1435, 1449, 1450, 1455 and 1459) and once for Cumberland (1445). He was actively involved in local administration and law enforcement, and became very influential. In 1435 he acted as the Under-sheriff for Thomas, 8th Baron Clifford, the hereditary sheriff of Westmorland. He became involved in a long-running feud with Sir Henry Bellingham, another local landowner, which came to a head in 1445 when he was attacked in London by Bellingham's men when attending Parliament, which caused a Parliamentary outcry. By the time of the War of the Roses, Parr had formed close links with leading Yorkist Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and when hostilities began joined him at the Battle of Ludford Bridge near Ludlow in 1459. After a Yorkists were defeated, he was forced to flee to Calais with Salisbury and was attainted in Parliament, but returned to fight at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.
He died in 1461. He left three sons and six daughters. His eldest son, William Parr became elevated as Baron Parr and married a granddaughter of the Earl of Salisbury, Hon. Elizabeth FitzHugh, and by her was grandfather of Queen Catherine, wife of Henry VIII; his second son, Sir John Parr was made sheriff of Westmorland for life in 1462. His third son, Thomas, was killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. His daughters all married members of prominent northern families. Mabel married Humphrey Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre; thus becoming the first female Parr to marry into the peerage and be given a title. The accession of the Yorkist King Edward IV in 1461 had saved most of Sir Thomas's estates from confiscation.
Through his son William Parr, the family continued in favor with the culmination of his granddaughter, Catherine, becoming Queen consort of England and Ireland to King Henry VIII in 1543. His other grandchildren and the siblings of Queen Catherine would be raised by being created Marquess of Northampton and Earl of Essex; while a granddaughter, Anne, would become Countess of Pembroke as the wife of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke of the 1551 creation. Anne's descendants to this day hold the title of Earl of Pembroke among other prominent titles.
Children: 1. William Parr of Kendal (Sir Knight). 2. Mabel. 3. Agnes. 4. John (Sir Sheriff of Westmoreland). 5. Thomas. 6. Margaret. 7. Anne. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Eleanor.
References:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PARR1.htm#Thomas PARR of Kendal (Sir Knight) -Peerage Chart
http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1121.htm#i33675 Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins
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| Coat of Arms of Sir William Parr, 1st Baron of Kendal, Knight |
16. Sir William Parr married Elizabeth FitzHugh
https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-William-Parr-1st-Baron-Parr-of-Kendal/6000000000172105987?through=6000000006444209646 William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendall, b. Ca 1434, Kendall, Westmorland, England. D. 2/26/1484, Prescot, Lancashire, England. m: Elizabeth FitzHugh, b. Ca 1451, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. D. bef 1/29/1508, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England. Daughter of Sir Henry Fitzhugh, 5th Baron of Fitzhugh of Ravensworth and Alice Neville.
**confusing** Elizabeth m: Nicholas Vaux, see, below: Married 2nd: Elizabeth FitzHugh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parr,_1st_Baron_Parr_of_Kendal William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal (1434-1484) was an English courtier and soldier. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Parr (1405-1461) and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland. Parr sat as knight of the shire for Westmorland in 1467 and 1473, was High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1473 and invested Knight of the Garter in 1474. He was sent to the Kingdom of Scotland to arrange about the breaches of the truce probably in 1479. He was exempted from the act of apparel in 1482, was chief commissioner for exercising the office of constable of England in 1483, and took part in the funeral of Edward IV.
m: 2nd wife, Elizabeth FitzHugh daughter of Henry, 5th Baron FitzHugh and Lady Alice Neville. Note: the FitzHughs were closely related to the royal family. Children: Thomas Parr who married Maud Green, parents of Catherine Parr who married King Henry VIII, King of England. William II Parr, Baron of Horton, married Mary Alice Salisbury, parents of Elizabeth Parr who married Nicholas Woodhull. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_FitzHugh Elizabeth FitzHugh Age of 12 m: William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal, 28 yrs her senior. **confusing. Says he died 1483… their children: Anne c. 1476. Sir Thomas b. 1483; William 1st Baron Parr of Horton c. 1483-1647. John b. ? d. 1508… says she married Sir Nicholas Vaux c. 1483 or 1484, that he was 14 and she was 18… Married, Nicholas Vaux: bef 1489… Source: before the birth of their first daughter, Katherine (c. 1490) note: he would have been 30 not 14 as Wikipedia information for Elizabeth states. https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Vaux/6000000001803419298?through=6000000000172105987
[Elizabeth's] Mother, Alice Neville - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Neville
*grandmother of Queen consort Catherine Parr -Queen of England and Ireland (1543-1547)
Father, Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh of Ravensworth -Ravensworth Castle, home of the Lord FitzHugh’s until it was transferred to Alice and Henry’s descendants.
There may have been a castle at Ravensworth from Norman times, although the remaining parts date from the late 14th century, when it belonged to Henry, 1sr Baron FitzHugh. In 1391 he enclosed 200 acres around the castle, creating a park. The castle started to be pulled down in the 16th century, and the stone was used for other buildings in the area. *it is now a Grade I listed building (2/4/1969)... designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
17. (Sir) William Lord Parr II married Mary (Alice) Salisbury, https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-William-Parr-II-1st-Baron-Parr-of-Horton/6000000000172247003?through=6000000000172105987 Sir William Parr, II, 1st Baron Parr of Horton, b. Bef 1484, Kendall, Westmoreland, England. d. 9/10/1547, Horton, Northamptonshire, England. Buried: St. Mary Magdalene Church, Horton, Northamptonshire, England. Knighted 9/25/1513. Created Baron of Parr of Horton 12/23/1543. m: Mary (Alice) Salisbury, b. Ca 1485, Warkworth, Northamptonshire, England. D. 7/10/1555, Horton, Northamptonshire, England. Buried: St. Mary Magdalene Church, Horton, Northamptonshire, England. Daughter of and coheir of Sir William Salisbury and Elizabeth Wylde. https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Parr/6000000006444777561?through=6000000000172247003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parr,_1st_Baron_Parr_of_Horton William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton Sir William was Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1518, 1522, 1534 and 1538. He was also Esquire of the Body to Henry VII and Henry VIII. In addition to this, he was a third cousin to King Henry VIII through his mother. William was appointed Chamberlain to his niece Queen Catherine and when she became Queen regent during Henry's time in France, Catherine appointed William part of her council. Although he was too ill to attend meetings, the appointment shows her confidence in her uncle. Parr was knighted by King Henry VIII after the siege of Tournai in October 1513. He was elected to parliament as knight of the shire for Northamptonshire in 1529 and 1539. He was made a peer of the realm as 1st Baron Parr of Horton, Northamptonshire on 23 December 1543. Upon his death in 1547 he was buried at Horton, where the inscription on his monument wrongly gives his year of death as 1546. With no male heirs, the barony became extinct.
He married Mary Salisbury, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Salisbury; who brought as her dowry the manor of Horton. It was a happy marriage which produced four daughters who survived infancy. ***father of Elizabeth Parr m: Sir Nicholas Woodhull
18. Lady Elizabeth Parr m: Sir Nicholas Woodhall https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Woodhull/6000000006936420527?through=6000000000172247003 Elizabeth Parr, b. Ca 1510, Horton, Northamptonshire, England. d. 5/5/1531, Thenford, Northamptonshire, England. Daughter of Sir William Parr II and Mary Salisbury. m: Sir Nicholas Woodhull, Knight, b. Circa 1482, Warkworth, Northamptonshire, England. d. 5/5/1551, Warkworth, Northamptonshire, England. Children: Nicholas m1: Mary Raleigh, daughter of Richard Raleigh, Esq.: Anthony, Barbara, Joyce. m2: Elizabeth Parr) daughter of Sir William Parr II.: Fulk, Thomas, Lawrence, Mary, Jane, Anne. AN ALLIANCE OF NOTE: Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir William Parr, of Horton, who was uncle and Chamberlain to Queen Katherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII. Sir William Parr was created Lord Parr 1539, Marquis of Northampton 1547, styled Lord Marmion and Lord St. Quentin 1550. Elizabeth Parr brought quarterings 8 to 18 by inheritance from her father, her grandfather, and her mother. She was also a descendant of Edward I., and William the Lion of Scotland. Nicholas Woodhull, by will dated 22nd March, in the 22nd year of the reign of Henry VIII. (1531) “bequeathed his body to be buried in the Chapel of our Lady, in church of Warkwortth, and directed his executors to provide an honest priest of good conversation with a yearly salary of 8 marks to say and sing masses for his soul and the souls of his father and mother for 12 years. [pg 17] He also bequeathed (10) toward rebuilding the steeple, a gown of black satin to make a cope thereof, and his wife’s apparel to be made into vestments and other ornaments to honor the God and said church. He died in May falling seized of the Manor of Warkworth, held by Bishop of Lincoln, as of his Manor of Banbury, leaving Anthony Wodhull his son and heir aged 14, after whose decease it returned to the family of Agnes, daughter and heir, with Richard Chetwode, Esq. https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Nicholas-Wodhull-Kt/6000000006936420400?through=6000000006936420527
19: Fulk Woodhull married Alice Coles https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Fulk-Woodhull-Knight-and-Nobleman/6000000000172013683?through=6000000008882105917 Fulk Woodhull, Knight b. Circa 1530, Thenford Manor, Thenford, Northamptonshire, England. d. 11/24/1613, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Married: Alice (Coles) m: Alice Coles, b. Abt 1534, Lye, Worcestershire, England. d. 7/25/1607, Thenford Manor, Northamptonshire, England. Daughter of William Colles and Margaret. https://www.geni.com/people/Alice-Wodhull-Coles/6000000010788077480?through=6000000000172013683
20: Lawrence Woodhull married Mary Robbins https://www.geni.com/people/Lawrence-Woodhull/4562871309680075874?through=4554688680630024085 Lawrence Woodhull, b. 1570, Thenford, Northamptonshire, England. d. 4/13/1620, England. Married: (2 wives). Alice Crewe, b. 1540-1600. Mary Robbins, b. Ca 1603, Thenford, Northamptonshire, England. d. Brookhaven, Suffolk Co, NY. Daughter of John Robbins. https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Woodhull/6000000012388712423 Mother of Richard Woodhull… m: Deborah Crewe, b. Abt 1620, parents of Richard Woodall II m: Temperance Fordham, parents of Dorothy Woodhull b. 2/13/1687 or 88, Suffolk, Long Island…
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rtegen&id=I01440 Disagreement on father of Richard Woodhull I
S.R. Durand: "Richard Woodhull, the emigrant ancestor of this family to America, was born in Thenford, Northamptonshire, England, September 13, 1620. His father was Lawrence Woodhull of Thenford, whose ancestry has been traced back through his parents, Fulke Woodhull and his wife, daughter of William Coles of Leigh, and his grandparents, Sir Nicholas Woodhull, Knight and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Parr. This ancestry and the Parr ancestry is shown on chart #12 traced back several more generations. In fact, on page 253 of the book "Americans of Royal Descent," by C. H. Browning, this ancestral line is traced back eleven more generations to William the Conqueror.
M: Lawrence Woodhull; mother of Richard Woodhull I -I’m using *based on “Peerage to William I…
[1] [pg 23] Pedigree showing the connection of the De Vescis’ and Wohulls’, from Pedigree LV., page 167, “Magna Charta Barons and Their Descendants” by Charles Browning. Fulk Wodhull, of Thenford, Northampton, who had Lawrence Wodhull of Thenford, who had Richard Wodhull, born at Thenford, Northampton, Sept 13, 1620, came to America in 1648, and died in 1690.
[1] [pg 253] NOTE A. -AMERICANS OF ROYAL DESCENT
Nineteenth. Fulke Woodhull, married Alice, daughter of William Coles of Leigh, and had
Twentieth. Lawrence Woodhull of Thenford, who had
21. Richard Woodhull, The Emigrant to America, who dying in 1691 left issue. I. Deborah Woodhull
More References - Websites for 20th Generation: Lawrence Woodhull
Book: Woodhull genealogy: the Woodhull family in England and America. Brigham Young Library, Provo, Utah. University. *Lawrence Wodhull of Thenford, who had Richard Wodhull, born at Thenford,
Smith Official DNA and One Name Study - Lawrence Edmund Woodhull, Esq. b. 1554, Thenford… son of Fulk and Alice (Coles) Woodhull. Son, Hon Richard Woodhull I
21st: Richard Woodull *refer to Media/Blog: [1] Descendants of Woodhull-Helme
[1] [pg 253] NOTE A. -AMERICANS OF ROYAL DESCENT
Generation
Note (Jody Gray): the book begins with [pg 5] Pedigree I. 1. William the Conqueror, King of England, had by his wife, Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V., Count of Flanders: 2. Princess Gundred, 5th daughter… married William de Warren, Earl of Surrey… and had: 3. William de Warren, second Earl of Warren… However, there has been much research since 1891 that discredits William and Matilda as the parents of Gundred; indeed, the parentage of Gundred is unknown (unverifiable). William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, did marry a Gundred, and, the rest of the lineage is verifiable. I have chosen to use geni.com for my Woodhull lineage; I find it to be the best Familly Tree resource, with several historians, genealogist and references. I have been able to link all my progenitor entries in sequence.
Third. William de Warren, second Earl of Surrey, m: Lady Isabell de Vermandois, third daugher of Hugh Magnus, son of Henry I., King of France
Fourth. Lady Gundred de Warren, m: William de Lancaster, Lancaster Castle
Fifth. William de Lancaster, m: Lady Heloise de Stuteville
Sixth. Lady Heloise de Lancaster, m: Fitz Reinfred
Seventh. Lady Heloise Fitz Reinfred
Eighth. Lady Margaret de Brus, m: Robert de Roos
(Generation 9 and 10 omitted in original)
Eleventh. Sir Thomas de Roos of Kendal
(12th Generation omitted in the original)
Thirteenth. Lady Elizabeth de Roos, m: Sir William Parr, Knight Kirby Kendal
Fourteenth. John Parr of Kirby
Fifteenth. Sir Thomas Parr
Sixteenth. Sir William Parr
Seventeenth. William Lord Parr, of Horton
Eighteenth. Lady Elizabeth Parr, married Sir Nicholas Woodhull, Knight
Nineteenth. Fulke Woodhull
Twentieth. Lawrence Woodhull of Thenford
Twenty-first. Richard Woodhull, The Emigrant to America, who dying in 1691 left issue. 1. Deborah Woodhull married William Helme...
Parr Family Legacy: The Parr family originally came from Parr, Lancashire. A family whose power increased through marriage (Noble Alliances).
The first of the Parr family in our “bloodline” is 17th Great-Grandfather, William Parr, son of Sir John Parr and Matilda/Maud de Leyborne; William married Elizabeth de Roos, Heiress of Kendal, daughter of John de Roos and Katherine le Latimer. Kendal Castle and Acres of Land around Kendal was given to Sir William Parr when he married Elizabeth de Ros. The castle was probably built in the late 12th century as the home of the Lancaster family who were Barons of Kendal.… Their son, John Parr, Lord of Kendal married Agnes Crophill, daughter of Sir Thomas de Crophull and Sybilla de la Bere… Their son, Thomas Parr, was 3-years-old when his father died, he was made the ward of Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle, Lancashire and Justice of the Peace for Westmorland; Thomas married the daughter of his guardian, Alice Tunstall; (her mother, Isabella Harrington)... Their son, William I Parr, Baron of Kendal married Elizabeth FitzHugh, daughter of Sir Henry Fitzhugh, 5th Baron of Fitzhugh of Ravensworth and Alice Neville -the FitzHughs were closely related to the Royal Family… William became the 1st Baron of Kendal ***Coat of Arms*** Their son, William II Parr, Baron of Horton married Mary (Alice) Salisbury, daughter of and coheir of Sir William Salisbury and Elizabeth Wylde -she brought as her dowry the manor of Horton, thus, William II, became the 1st Baron Parr of Horton…. William was knighted by King Henry VIII after the siege of Tournai in October 1513; he was Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1518, 1522, 1534 and 1538… he was elected to parliament as knight of the shire for Northamptonshire in 1539 and 1539… He was made a peer of the realm as 1st Baron Parr of Horton, Northamptonshire on 12/23/1543. He was appointed Chamberlain to his niece Queen Catherine and when she became Queen regent during Henry’s time in France, Catherine appointed William part of her council… Their daughter, Elizabeth Parr married Nicholas Woodhull -here begins the connection of the Parr Family to the Woodhull Family…
Resources, Parr Family - http://www.eparrs.com/ProudParr/pdfs/TheParrFamilyofKendal.pdf -The Parr Family of Kendal, With Pedigrees leading to King Edward III of England and King William “The Lion” of Scotland. Includes, Pedigree Chart for Ros (Roos) and Parr (Parre).
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