Auditor of London 21 Sept. 1388–9, 1391 – 92; alderman of Bishopsgate Ward 12 Mar. 1393–d.
Warden of the Mercers’ Co. 24 June 1394–5, 1402–3.
Alnager, London 20 July 1393 – d.
Sheriff, London and Mdx. Mich. 1396–7.
Bailiff of the lordships of Dovercourt and Harwich, Essex, and Walton, Suff. for Margaret Marshal, duchess of Norfolk, bef. 24 Mar. 1399 – d.
Collector of customs and subsidies, Southampton 5 Oct. 1399 -1 Oct. 1402.
Commr. of inquiry, Southampton Feb. 1402.
The subject of this biography is not to be confused with William Parker, fishmonger of London, who was dead by 27 Nov. 1402 (CPR, 1401-5, p. 145). Nor, in spite of his association with Thomas Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, is it likely that he ever held office at Court. A William Parker, former esquire to Richard II’s queen, Isabel, was granted an annuity of pound;20 by Henry IV in November 1399, but there is nothing to connect him with our Member (ibid. 1399-1401, p. 93).
PARKER, William I (-d.1403)