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Family and Education
b. Aug. or Sept. 1595, 1st s. of Sir Nicholas Parker† of Ratton, and 2nd w. Katherine, da. of John Temple of Stowe, Bucks.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii.), 22. educ. subscribed Oxf. Univ. (coll. unknown), 23 Apr. 1613;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 15 Mar. 1614.GI Admiss. m. 1 Dec. 1618, Philadelphia (d. 12 Jan. 1662), da. of Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre, of Chevening, Kent, and Herstmonceux, Suss.,St Giles, Cripplegate, London, par. reg.; Suss. N. and Q. xiv. 162. 7s., 8da. Kntd. 12 Nov. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1620, aged 24 years, 7 months.C142/380/124; Add. 5697, f. 336. bur. 3 June 1663 3 Jun. 1663.Add. 5697, f. 336.
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Local: j.p. Suss. by 2 July 1621 – bef.12 Mar. 1649, 11 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.ASSI35/63/6; C231/4, f. 110; C193/13/1–6; C 193/12/2; SP16/405; C231/6, p. 181; Names of the Justices of the Peace, (1650), 56–7; Stowe 577, ff. 53–4; Harl. 1622, f. 78v. Commr. subsidy 1621–2, 1624, 1626, 1641.C212/22/20–1, 23; E179/191/377a; Suss. Arch. Coll. ix. 104–6; SR. Dep. lt. 12 July 1624-aft. 1642.CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 300; Fletcher, Suss., 255. Commr. raising tax for maimed soldiers, 1624;E. Suss. RO, QAF/1/E1. sewers, Suss. 1624, 1625, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1637, 20 July 1641, 6 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660;C181/3, ff. 133v, 166v, 209v; C181/4, ff. 46v, 53v, 74; C181/5, ff. 69v, 206; C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, p. 55; E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2/1, f. 1; DAP1/1–2; DAP1/2/5, p. 61. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1625, 1629, 31 Mar. 1640, 23 May 1645, 6 Dec. 1654, 7 Dec. 1660;C181/3, f. 166; C181/4, f. 32v; C181/5, ff. 167v, 253; C181/6, p. 78; C181/7, p. 71. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1625, 1629, 1630, 1639, 3 Nov. 1653;C181/3, f. 173; C181/4, ff. 18v, 38; C181/5, f. 144v; C181/6, p. 23. privy seal loans, Suss. 1625–6;E401/2586, pp. 40, 459. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 59v. oyer and terminer, 1627, 1637, 4 July 1644;C181/3, ff. 216v, 236; C181/5, ff. 68v, 235. Home circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 193v, 222v; C181/6, pp. 13, 372. martial law, Suss. 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. charitable uses, 1634;C192/1, unfol. piracy, 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;E179/191/388; SR. assessment, 1642, 14 Apr. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; CJ iii. 45a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 14 Apr. 1643;CJ iii. 45a. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. A. and O.

Civic: feoffee, Lewes house of correction 1632.W.H. Godfrey, The Book of John Rowe ( Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 154.

Military: ‘in service’ (parlian.), 5 Feb. 1644.CJ iii. 390a.

Parlimentarian
PARKER, Sir Thomas (1595-1663), of Ratton, Willingdon, Suss.
: of Ratton, Willingdon, Sussex.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, M. Gheeraerts the younger, c.1620.NT, Saltram.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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PARKER, Sir Thomas (1596-1663), of Ratton, Willingdon, Sussex

Will
28 Mar. 1653, codicil 14 June 1656, pr. 17 July 1663.PROB11/311/501.
Estates
expanded estates inherited from fa. and from uncle, Sir John Parker†, acquiring Willingdon manor 1623; Sept. 1635, manor of Eastbourne Parker, hundred of Eastbourne and 6 messuages from Sir Selwyn and Lady Parker; by 1652 owned also manors of Jevington, Eastbourne, Ratton, Ratton Hareward, Southall, Hamm and Hidney; lease (1632) of Willingdon rectory; leasehold land from Edward Sackville, 4th earl of Dorset, and Henry Neville, Baron Abergavenny;Suss. Manors, i. 53, 142, 217; ii. 493; Acts Dean and Chapter Chichester, 1545-1642, 247; Abstracts Suss. Deeds and Docs., 39, 141; Godfrey, Bk. of John Rowe, 111; PROB11/130/491 (Sir John Parker); C142/380/124 ( Sir Nicholas Parker); PROB11/135/311 (Sir Nicholas Parker); PROB11/311/501 (Sir Thomas Parker); Coventry Docquets, 683. property in hundred of Willingdon alone worth £1,000 p.a.Suss. Arch. Coll., xix. 28-32, 208.
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