Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. Kendal 7 Oct. 1406, s. and h. of John Parr (d.1408) by Agnes (c.1371-1436), da. of Thomas Crophill and gdda. and h. of Sir John Crophill (d.1383) of Weobley, Herefs., wid. of Sir Walter Devereux† (d.1402) of Bodenham, Herefs. m. Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Tunstall (d.1415) of Thurland in Lonsdale, Lancs., 3s. inc. Sir William† and Sir John†, 6da. Kntd. by July 1432.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Westmld. 1453.

Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 12 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430.

J.p. Westmld. 8 July 1432 – Nov. 1439, 12 July 1454 – d.

Commr. of array, Westmld. July 1434, Cumb., Westmld. July 1437, Westmld. Nov. 1448, Cumb., Westmld. May 1461, Westmld. Nov. 1461; to assess subsidy Jan. 1436; assign archers Dec. 1457; of inquiry, Cumb., Westmld. Feb. 1458 (lands of Thomas, Lord Dacre); arrest Nov. 1460, ?Westmld. June 1461.

Dep. sheriff, Westmld. 22 Nov. or 1 Dec. 1435–1 or 10 Nov. 1446.

Steward of George Neville, Lord Latimer’s manors of Warcop and Morland, Westmld. c.1447–d. P. Booth, ‘Landed Soc. in Cumb. and Westmld.’ (Leicester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1997), 60.

Conservator of truce with Scotland, July 1458. Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 387.

Parlimentarian
PARR, Thomas (1406-61), of Kendal, Westmld.
Main residence: Kendal, Westmld.
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image