Henry Parker (MP for Hertfordshire)

For other people named Henry Parker, see Henry Parker (disambiguation).

Sir Henry Parker (by 1514 – 6 January 1552), of Morley Hall, Hingham, Norfolk and Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.

Life

Henry Parker was the son of Henry Parker, Baron Morley.[1] His sister was Jane Boleyn née Parker, who married George Boleyn, the brother of Anne Boleyn.[2] He served as a page to King Henry VIII of England, and was present in 1520 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold as part of the royal household.[3]

Paker was knighted on 31 May 1533.[1] He was named as High Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire for 1536–1537, although it is not clear if he actually served.[3] He was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire from 1537 to his death. He was also Custos Rotulorum of Hertfordshire from around 1547 until his death. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Hertfordshire in 1539 and 1547.[1]

In the Dissolution of the Monasteries, in 1536, Parker was granted the lands of Latton Priory at Latton in Essex. He took part in the funeral of Jane Seymour in 1537.[3]

Parker married twice. His first wife was Grace, the daughter and heiress of John Newport. Parker and Grace had at least two sons and a daughter,[1] including Henry[4] and Alice who married Thomas Barrington.[5] He married second Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Philip Calthorpe of Erwarton, Suffolk.[1] They had a son, Philip, who inherited the manor of Erwarton from her.[4]

Parker died 6 January 1552 during his father's lifetime, leaving his son Henry as the heir to the barony.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Parker, Sir Henry (by 1514-52), of Morley Hall, Hingham, Norf. and Furneux Pelham, Herts". History of Parliament Online. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ Davies, Catherine (January 2008). "Boleyn [née Parker], Jane, Viscountess Rochford". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. ^ a b c d Cockayne, G. E. (2000) [1936]. The Complete Peerage. Vol. IX (Microprint ed.). Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. pp. 224–226. ISBN 0-904387-82-8.
  4. ^ a b Carley, James P. (September 2004). "Parker, Henry, eleventh Baron Morley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  5. ^ "Barrington, Sir Thomas (1530-81), of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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