John Parker DD

Born [date unknown] in Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1681 in Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

John Parker born in Dublin, Parker was the son of another Rev. John Parker (d. 1643), also a Church of Ireland clergyman, dean of Leighlin (1618–37) and then of Killaloe, County Clare until his death.

John Parker was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. ^[1]

He was ordained deacon on 19 June 1639. A minor canon of St. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, 1642, chaplain to the Marquis of Ormond, lord lieutenant of Ireland; prebendary of Christ Christ and of St. Patrick's 1643; on the death of his father, Dean of Killaloe 1642

Sometime in 1645–7 he became chaplain to James Butler , marquess of Ormond. He presumably remained in Dublin when Ormond left Ireland in July 1647. When Ormond besieged Dublin in September 1649, Parker was accused of being a spy, stripped of his clerical offices and imprisoned. He was released in 1650 in a prisoner exchange and resumed his duties as chaplain to Ormond. When his patron departed for France in 1650, Parker travelled to England, where he spent the next decade in obscurity.

He received a DD 25 Janury 1661 from Trinity College Dublin.^[2]

Bishop of Elphin 1661, Archbishop of Tuam 1667, and of Dublin 1679, Treasurer of St. Patrick's 1678, Chancellor of Cloyne 1678, and Prebendary of Cloyne 1679, until his death 28 December 1681.

He held the archbishopic of Dublin and the chancellorship of Clogher, in commendam, Patent 28 Feb.1678 (P.R.).

John married Mary Clarke, daughter of Thomas Clarke of Fermoyle, County Longford.

Children: ^[3]

1. Mary married in 1666 to Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blessington, Mary died in 1668
2. Elizabeth married Joseph Deane of Crumlin
3. John married 2nd to Frances Abney, daughter of Sir Edward Abney of Willesley, Derbyshire, England.

He died in 1681. ^[4]

Probate ^[5]

John Parker, Archbishop of Dublin

Will dated 26 April 1680

to the poor of Elphin £12

to the poor of Tuam £10

to the poor of Liberty of St Sepulchre Dublin £20

Daughter - Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Deane

to Christ Church, Dublin £40 to buy a pair of silver candlesticks for the communion table.

Son - Sir John Parker knt the lands of Fermoyle & Bralklyn

Daughter - Mary Boyle, wife of Morogh, Lord Viscount Blessington

Niece - Joanne, wife of Walter Jones of Cokes Street, Dublin Esq.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1104-1131
2. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parker_(bishop)
4. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246589_00046.pdf
5. ↑ FindmyPast - Betham Genealogical Abstracts, series 9-10 Miscellaneous collection

• Cambridge Dictionary - John Parker
• Wikipedia - Bishop John Parker