PARKER, Sir John (c.1548-1617), of Pendennis Castle, Cornw. and Charing Cross, Westminster; formerly of Willingdon, Suss.

Family and Education

b. c. 1548, 2nd s. of Thomas Parker† (d.1580) of Willingdon and Eleanor, da. of William Waller of Groombridge, Kent; bro. of Sir Nicholas†. unm. Kntd. 22 Apr. 1603. d. 15 Oct. 1617.H.R. Mosse, Monumental Effigies of Suss. 160-1; W. Berry, County Gens.: Peds. of Fams. in Co. of Suss. 12; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102.

Offices Held

Gent. pens. by 1587 – d.; kpr. of bills, answers and pleadings, Chancery 1594–1604. E407/1/18; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 482; Mosse, 191.

?Lt. Pendennis Castle, Cornw. by 1601, HMC Hatfield, xi. 121. capt. 1603–d. CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 10; Mosse, 161.

Commr. anchorage and quayage, Penzance, Cornw. 1603, HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 110. wardship compositions, Cornw. 1603, HMC Hatfield, xv. 264. piracy 1604–13; C181/1, f. 82v; 181/2, ff. 56, 186; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 10. j.p. Cornw. 1604–d. C66/1620; 66/2047.

Parlimentarian

PARKER, Sir John (c.1548-1617), of Pendennis Castle, Cornw. and Charing Cross, Westminster; formerly of Willingdon, Suss.

Main residences: Pendennis Castle, Cornw.; Charing Cross, Westminster; Willingdon, Suss.

Author

P.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PARKER, Sir John (c.1548-1617)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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