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Marion Boyd's relatives (selective chart)
Robert Boyd
1st Lord Boyd

d. c. 1482
Mariot MaxwellJames II
of Scotland

1430 – 1460
Mary of Guelders
c. 1435–1463
Alexander Boyd
3rd Lord Boyd

d. a. 1508
Christian Mure
Archibald Boyd
of Nariston
and Bonshaw
Thomas Boyd
Earl of Arran

d. c. 1474
Mary Stewart
Countess of Arran

1453 – 1488
James Hamilton
1st Lord Hamilton

c. 1415 – 1479
John Mure of Rowallan
d. 1513
Marion or
Margaret Boyd

d. 1559
James IV
of Scotland
1473 – 1513
James Hamilton
1st Earl of Arran

. 1475 – 1529
Janet Bethune
c. 1490
c. 1522
Mungo Mure
of Rowallan
c. 1500-1547
Alexander Stewart
archbishop of St Andrews

c. 1493-1513
Catherine Stewart
Countess of Morton
d. after 1554
James Douglas
3rd Earl of Morton

d. 1548
James Hamilton
of Finnart

c. 1495 – 1540
James Douglas
Regent Morton
Earl of Morton
c. 1516 – 1581
Elizabeth DouglasBeatrix DouglasMargaret Douglas
Countess of Arran

d. 1579
James Hamilton
Regent Arran
Duke of Châtellerault
c. 1519 – 1575


Sir William Parker (c. 1465 - 1510) was a privy counsellor and standard-bearer to King Richard III.

William Parker

9th baron Morley
9th baron Morley
 
Bornc. 1465
Diedc.1510
Noble familyBaron Morley
Spouse(s)Alice Parker, 9th Baroness Morley, born Lovel
MotherAgnes Parker
Occupationprivy councillor and standard-bearer to Richard III

Biography

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Sir William Parker was the father of Henry Parker and husband of Alice Lovel 9th Baroness Morley (c. 1467-1518), daughter of Alianore Lovel 7th Baroness Morley (1442-1476). He is closely associated to the royal family throw his brother-in-law, Henry Lovel, whose wife, Elizabeth de la Pole, was a niece of Edward IV and Richard III.[1]

Most of his property and assets came from his wife Alice who inherited it from her brother Henry. When Alianore and her husband William Lovel died on July 23, 1476, their 10-year-old son Henry Lovel was placed under guardianship. Some of the family estates were entrusted to the guardians, others were given to aristocrats, and others remained in the hands of King Richard III.[2] Furthermore, some estates were also diverted to Sir Francis Lovel, William Lovel's nephew, despite the provisions drawn up by his great-grandfather on March 18, 1455.[3]

Henri was 23 when he died at the battle of Dixmude, in Flanders, on June 13, 1489. On his death, his sister Alice Lovel and her husband William Parker inherited his noble titles and most of his properties. These included the manor and lordship of Great Hallingbury (Essex), the manor of Walkern (Hertfordshire), the manors of Hingham and Buxston, and the manor of Morley Hall[4] in the Forehoe hundreds of Norfolk.[2]

Sir William was a fervent supporter of Richard III. He rose to prominence during the English invasion of Scotland (1482) and was knighted on July 24, 1482 by Richard III.[1][5] He was also rewarded for his help in suppressing Buckingham's rebellion in October 1483.[6]

 
Battle of Bosworth by Philip James de Loutherbourg

He became Richard III's standard-bearer, fighting with him on August 22, 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth[1] against Henry Tudor. Henry Tudor was victorious and subsequently became King of England as Henry VII. Sir William's devotion to Richard III naturally earned him Henry VII's disfavor and, according to family legend, he "lived the king's prisoner "[7] after the War of the Roses.

In 1493, Sir William Parker suffered a first attack of dementia. He seems to have recovered, at first, but in 1502 he suffered from insanity. His epitaph states that he died a violent, unspecified death.[8]He was buried in the parish of St Gilles,[9] in the village of Great Hallingbury, in the company of his wife Alice, his son Henry, his daughter-in-law Alice St John, his mother Agnes and his sister-in-law Elisabeth de la Pole, niece of Edward IV and Richard III.[8]

After his death, his widow, Alice Lovel, quickly remarried Edward Howard, a British naval officer and the youngest son of the Earl of Surrey.[6] To be sure that Henry Parker, Alice's son, would not be totally dispossessed of his inheritance, Margaret Beaufort paid Edward Howard 500 marks.[8] Sir Edward Howard drowned on April 25, 1513 in a sea battle off Le Conquet.[10] Alice Lovel died five years later.

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William Lovel's relatives (selective chart)
Robert Morley
1418 – 1442
Elizabeth de Ros
c. 1418 –
William Lovel
7th Lord Lovel
c. 1397 – 1455
Alice Deincourt
1404 – 1474
Alianore Morley
c. 1442 - 1476
William Lovel
c. 1427 - 1476
John Lovell
8th Lord Lovell
c. 1433 - 1465
Joan Beaumont
c. 1435 - 1466
Robert Lovell
? - 1461
Henry Lovell
c. 1433 - 1465
Elizabeth de la Pole
c. 1468 – 1489
Henry Lovel
1466 – 1489
Alice Lovel
C. 1463 – 1518
William Parker
C. 1465 – 1510
Francis Lovell
9th Baron Lovell
1454 – c. 1485
Joan Lovel
1457 – 1485
Frideswide Lovel
1466 – 1507
Henry Parker
c. 1486 – 1556
  1. ^ a b c Retha M. Warnicke, « Lord Morley's Statements about Richard III », Albion, vol. 15, no 3,‎ 1983 (ISSN 0095-1390 et 2326-1242, DOI 10.2307/4049068 online
  2. ^ a b Simon, Monika E. (1999). The Lovells of Titchmarsh : an English Baronial family, 1297-148? (phd thesis). University of York.
  3. ^ "The Political Career of Francis Viscount Lovell (1456-?) - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. ^ "Hundred of Forehoe: Morley | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. ^ "Parker, Henry (1476-1556)", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. Volume 43, retrieved 2023-06-24 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ a b Axton, Marie; Carley, James P.; British Library, eds. (2000). 'Triumphs of English': Henry Parker, Lord Morley ; translator to the Tudor court; new essays in interpretation. London: The British Library. ISBN 978-0-7123-4649-8.
  7. ^ Axton, Marie; Carley, James P.; British Library, eds. (2000). 'Triumphs of English': Henry Parker, Lord Morley ; translator to the Tudor court; new essays in interpretation. London: The British Library. ISBN 978-0-7123-4649-8.
  8. ^ a b c Helm-Clark, Catherine M. (2016). The Parker Family Tomb. The Tudor Society. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Great Hallingbury". THE CHURCHES OF THE SIX VILLAGES. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  10. ^ Spont, Alfred (1897). Letters and papers relating to the war with France, 1512-1513. Robarts - University of Toronto. [London] : Navy Records Society.