Henry Parker (MP for Hertfordshire)
Sir Henry Parker (by 1514 – 6 January 1552), of Morley Hall, Hingham, Norfolk and Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.
He was the son of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley. He and Henry VIII shared a common great-grandmother in Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsoe (who died before 3 June 1482), making them half second cousins. Parker was the brother of Jane Boleyn née Parker, and thus the brother-in-law of George Boleyn, during the reign of Queen Anne Boleyn. He was knighted KB on 31 May 1533.[1]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire for 1536–37 and was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire from 1537 to his death. He was also Custos Rotulorum of Hertfordshire from c. 1547 to his death. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Hertfordshire in 1539 and 1547.[1]
He married twice: firstly Grace, the daughter and heiress of John Newport of Furneux Pelham, having at least 2 sons and a daughter, including Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley and Alice Parker who married Sir Thomas Barrington.[2] Secondly he married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Sir Philip Calthorpe of Erwarton, Suffolk, having at least 1 son who predeceased him.[1] They also had a son, Philip (d.1604), who inherited the manor of Erwarton from her. Elizabeth's mother was Amata Boleyn,[3] the daughter of William Boleyn and the aunt of Anne Boleyn,[4] making Elizabeth her first cousin. After his death, Elizabeth remarried to Lieutenant Admiral Sir William Woodhouse,[5] and had further issue, and after his death she married thirdly Sir Drue Drury.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys (25 December 2012). "PARKER, Sir Henry (by 1514-52), of Morley Hall, Hingham, Norf. and Furneux Pelham, Herts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas (1530-81), of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ a b Emerson, Kathy Lynn (11 October 2020). A Who's Who of Tudor Women. Kathy Lynn Emerson. pp. Entry for Elizabeth Calthorpe (1521 – 26 May 1578).
- ^ Emerson, Kathy Lynn (11 October 2020). A Who's Who of Tudor Women. Kathy Lynn Emerson. pp. Entry for Amata Boleyn (c.1485–1543+).
Amata or Amy Boleyn (sometimes called Jane)
- ^ 'Woodhouse', in W. Rye (ed.), The Visitacion of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another Visitacion made by Clarenceux Cook: with many other descents (etc.), Harleian Society XXXII (London 1891), pp. 320–23, at p. 321 (Internet Archive).
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