PARRY, Sir Thomas (1510-60), of Welford, Berks. and Oakley Park, Glos.

Family and Education

b. c. 1510, 1st s. of Henry Vaughan of Brec. by Gwenllian, da. of William ap Grene or Grono of Brecon. m. c.1540, Anne, da. of Sir William Reade of Boarstall, Bucks., wid. of Sir Giles Greville and of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Shirburn and Stonor Place, Oxon., 2s. inc. Thomas 3da. Kntd. 1558.DNB; DWB; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 191; LP Hen. VIII, xv. 510; C142/129/95.

Offices Held

Servant of Thomas Cromwell by 1536 – 40; clerk of the Crown and peace in Glos. 1537 – 43; cofferer to Princess Elizabeth by 1548; PC and comptroller of the Household 20 Nov. 1558; treasurer of the Household Jan. 1559; steward of the possessions of Westminster abbey Feb. 1559; master of the ct. of wards Jan. or Apr. 1559; j.p. Bucks., Herts. from 1554, Berks., Glos. from 1559; ld. lt. jt. (with Sir Henry Neville I) Berks. Apr. 1560.LP Hen. VIII, xii(2), p. 82; APC, ii. 240; vii. 3; CPR , 1553–4, pp. 17, 20; 1558–60, pp. 12, 27, 60, 102; HMC Hatfield, xiii. 40; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 128, 152; NRA, D/DBy/1.

Parlimentarian

PARRY (AP HARRY), Thomas (by 1515-60), of Welford and Wallingford, Berks., Hatfield, Herts. and Oakley Park, Glos.

Main residences: Welford, Berks.; Oakley Park, Glos.

Author

A.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

PARRY, Sir Thomas (c.1510-60)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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