Elizabeth (Brooke) Parr (1526 - 1565)

Born 12 Jun 1526 in Cobham, Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Parr — married Jan 1547 (to 1565) in England

Died 2 Apr 1565 at age 38 in Whitehall Palace, London, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Brooke was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Elizabeth was born on Monday 12 June 1526. She was the eldest daughter of George Brooke KG, Lord Cobham, and his wife Anne Bray, sister and coheir of John Lord Bray.^[1]

Research Notes

William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton did not have any children. His 1st wife Anne had a son (John Hunt or Huntley) by her lover John Lyngfield, the prior of St Jame's Church. On 17 April 1543 the marriage was annulled by an Act of Parliament and her children were declared bastards. Parr married 2nd in 1548 Elizabeth Brooke. The marriage was later invalidated in 1553, and then declared valid in 1558. She d. in 1565 & they had no children. I have removed her son John Parr.

Sources

1. ↑ 1571 Brooke Pedigree: Emblazoned by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald
   Cecil Papers, 225/1 (original not publicly available online)
   CECIL PAPERS 225/1 at Oxford Shakespeare (accessed 11 January 2021)
   Includes an excerpted version translated to modern English.
   "Elizabeth, eldest daughter, born on Monday the 12 of June 1526, was married to William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, & died sans issue."

See also:

• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Parr,_Marchioness_of_Northampton
• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bourchier,_7th_Baroness_Bourchier
• Graham-Matheson, HJ; (2015) 'All wemen in thar degree shuld to thar men subiectit be': the controversial court career of Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton, c. 1547-1565. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London). https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1467130/