PARKER, Anthony (1657-93), of Clitheroe Castle, Lancs.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Apr. 1657, 1st s. of Christopher Parker (d. 1695) of Bradkirk Hall, Kirkham, Lancs. by Catherine, da. of Ralph Laud of Blakeney, Norf. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1674; G. Inn 1674, called 1681. m. settlement 20 Oct. 1681 (with £15,000), Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Stringer† of Enfield, Mdx., sis. of Thomas* and William Stringer*, 1s. 2da. W. S. Weeks, Clitheroe in the 17th Century, 203; H. Fishwick, Hist. Kirkham (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, xcii), 180.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1678, 1682; steward, honour of Clitheroe 1691–d. Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 150, 192; Weeks, 203.

Parlimentarian

PARKER, Anthony (1657-93), of Gray’s Inn and Bradkirk Hall, Kirkham, Lancs.

Main residence: Clitheroe Castle, Lancs.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

PARKER, Anthony (1657-93)