PARKER, Sir Nicholas (1547-1620), of Ratton and Willingdon, Suss.

b. 1547, 1st s. of Thomas Parker and bro. of John II. m. (1) c. Jan. 1573, Jane (d.1557), da. of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, Devon, wid. of Francis Browne, bro. of Anthony Browne, 1st Visct. Montagu, s.p.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of John Baker of London, sis. of Richard Baker, s.p.; (3) Katherine, da. of Sir John Temple (d.1603), of Stowe, Bucks., 6s. 2da.; (?4) Avis, wid. of one Erisey, ?s.p. suc. fa. 1580. Kntd. 1591.Mousley thesis, 646-8, Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 22; Lond. Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxv), 55; Vis. Devon ed. Vivian, 247; Berry, Co. Genealogies, Kent , 216.