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

Family and Education

b. by 1515, 1st s. of Henry Vaughan of Tretower, Brec. by Gwenllian, da. of William ap Grene or Grono of Brecon, Brec. m. 1539 /1540, Anne, da. of Sir William Reade of Boarstall, Bucks., wid. of Sir Giles Greville and of Sir Adrian Fortescue (d.1539) of Shirburn and Stonor Place, Oxon., 2s. inc. Thomas 3da. Kntd. by 20 Nov. 1558.Date of birth estimated from first reference. DNB; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 191; E150/381/5.

Offices Held

Servant of Thomas Cromwell by 1536 – 40; clerk of the crown and peace, Glos. 1537 – 43; jt. bailiff, manor of Welford, Berks. 1546; cofferer, household of Princess Elizabeth by 1548 – 58; woodward, ct. augmentations, Berks. and Oxon. in 1552; j.p. Bucks., Herts. and Hunts., q. Dorset 1554, Berks., Glos. and Herts. 1558/59; PC 20 Nov. 1558; comptroller, the Household 20 Nov. 1558; treasurer Jan. 1559; master, ct. wards Jan. or Apr. 1559; master, the game of swans Nov. 1559-d; steward, possessions of Westminster abbey 1559; steward, honor of Donnington and bailiff of crown lands, Newbury, Berks. by 1560, jt. (with Sir Henry Neville) ld. lt. Berks. Apr. 1560.LP Hen. VIII, x, xii, xviii, xxi; M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 538; J. E. Neale, Eliz. 31; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 116, 128, 152–7; Stowe 571, f. 6; APC, ii. 240; vii. 3; HMC Hatfield, xiii. 40; CPR, 1550–3, p. 232; 1553–4 pp. 17, 18, 20; 1558–60, pp. 12, 43, 51, 60, 67, 71, 102, 119, 443; 1560–3, pp. 45, 212, 234.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Welford and Wallingford, Berks., Hatfield, Herts. and Oakley Park, Glos.

Author

T.F.T.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

PARRY (AP HARRY), Thomas (by 1515-60)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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