Parnell (Baldwin) Borlase (abt. 1502 - 1564)

Born about 1502 in Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Ramsey — married about 1519 (to 1524) in Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, England

Wife of Edward Borlase — married about 1525 (to Feb 1544) in Buckinghamshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1564 at about age 62 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Parnell (Baldwin) Borlase was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Parnell (or Pernell; Petronella), the daughter of John Baldwin, MP and Agnes Dormer was born say 1502 at Buckinghamshire, England.^[1][2]

Marriages and Children

Parnell was married twice. She married 1) Thomas Ramsay (1502-1524) circa 1520. They had one child:

1. Elizabeth Ramsay (b. 1524; d. )^[3]

The manor of Hitcham was granted in dower to his wife Parnell when Thomas Ramsey died.^[4]Their daughter Elizabeth was born two months after the death of her father and inherited the Hitcham property on the decease of her mother Parnel in 1527. ^[4]

Parnell Baldwin married 2) Edward Borlase, Esq., son of John Borlase and Margaret Kingdom, circa 1525.^[5]They had one son:

1. John Borlase, Esq. (b. 1526, Little Marlow, Bucks; d. 6 May 1593, London) m. Anne Lytton (b. Apr 1532, Knebworth, Herts; d. 21 Jan 1620, Little Marlow, Bucks), daughter of Robert and Frances (Cavalery) Lytton.^[6]

Research Notes

• The death date of 1527 needs to be verified (Parnell died in 1527). She married 2) Edward Borlase ca. 1525 with whom they had a son, John. She outlived her second husband who died in 1544. On her death the manor of Hitcham which she held in dower from her first husband Thomas Ramsey went to their only daughter Elizabeth (? Anne) Ramsey. ^[4]

• Parnell was co-heir to her father, Sir John Baldwin, Knt. Chief Justice of the common pleas.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 461.
2. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/turner5678?n=baldwin&oc=&p=petronilla+pernell
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 616.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "Parishes: Hitcham," in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1925), 231-235. British History Online, accessed February 7, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol3/pp231-235.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 402.
6. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/turner5678?n=lytton&oc=&p=anne
7. ↑ The Baronetage of England Volume 2 page 59

See Also

• Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins database online, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, follows Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry. It includes Magna Carta Surety Barons and many of their descendants.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 12 February 2023.