William Parker (1561 - 1631)

Born 23 Mar 1561 in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley Borough, Lancashire, England

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Died 25 May 1631 at age 70 in Leyland, South Ribble Borough, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Name

William Parker, Archdeacon of Cornwall and Justice of the Peace, was a brother of Thomas Parker of Brownsholme, husband of Joan ____.^[1] Joan was the daughter of ____ Panchard of Wiltshire.^[2] They had two sons:

• James, b.c. 1590, married Katherine Buller^[2] and had 21 children.^[1]
• William (parson of Stoacke in Cornwall, never married).^[1]

Birth

1560 Browsholme, Yorkshire, England^{[citation needed]} (this info is from Millinium File at Ancestry.com - not a reliable source)

Death

25 MAY 1631 Liskeard, Cornwall, England^{[citation needed]} (same source as above)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Parkers of Browsholme, Yorkshire, England" in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr 1898), pages 442-444. Online at JSTOR.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 553-554, COURTENAY 15.

• Parker, Thomas Lister. Description of Browsholme Hall in the West Riding of the County of York (S. Gornell, Little Queen Street, Holborn, London, 1815) page 130] (info in VMHB above)

"Died, Ann. Dom. 1673 Willm. Parker, Archdeacon of Cornwall Iustice of the peace for the same County, was 2d Bro. of Thos. Parker of Browsholme Esqre. who went from Browsholme into Cornwall about the year 1580 married loan Daughtr. of --- Panchard Esq. in com Wilts. she was a mighty thrifty provident woman, & the said Wm. had two Sons James & Wm. & his House is called Trangoe in the Parish of Warlagan in Cornwall about 1 6 miles from Launceston the Assize Town of the County. James his Eldest Son married Katherine Eldest Daughtr. of Sr. Rd. Buller of Shillingham in the County of Cornwall, Her portion was 2500 The said Sr. Rd. Buller being a man of 7000 per ann. The Second Brother, Parson of Stoacks in Cornwall, the Parsonage being worth 300. He was never married. --James had by the same Katherine Buller 21 Children. some of them in the army & some in trade, one of them had both his feet shot off in 1645, in battle, died and was buried at Hull."

"Captn James Walker now quarter'd at Hull, gave this information at Browsholme the 1st of Septr. 1673."

• Maclean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall (Nichols & Sons, London, 1873) Vol. 1, Page 67.
• Maclean, John. Parochial and Family History of the Parish of Blisland, in the County of Cornwall (Nichols, London, 1868) Page 67.
  • "William Parker, third son of Robert Parker of Brousholm, co. York, took Holy Orders, and instituted to the Rectory of Blisland in 1601. In 1616 he was made Archdeacon of Cornwall."