page_title: William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of arms of Sir William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, KG Reference Parr's stall plate within St. George's Chapel. The plate is currently viewable online at the Royal Collection Trust website. Quarterly of 11: (see[file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Local/Temp/ApethorpeHallNorthamptonshire%20TheHeraldicDecoration.pdf]) (see The Brooke Tomb, Cobham, Kent - Kent Archaeological Society[1]) 1: Parr 2: Roos 3: Fitzhugh; Azure, three chevrons interlaced in base or a chief of the last 4: Staveley: Barry argent and gules, a fleur de lys sable 5: Furneaux: Gules, a bend between six cross-crosslets argent 6: Gray: Barry argent and azure, on a bend gules three martlets argent 7: Marmion: Vair, a fess gules 8: Jernegan: Barry or and azure, an eagle gules 9: St Quentyn: Or, three chevronels gules a chief vair 10: Greene of Boughton, Northamptonshire: Azure, three stags trippant or ( 'Parishes: Boughton', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 76-81[2]) 11: Mablethorpe: Gules, a chevron or between three cross-crosslets argent in chief a lion passant of the last From: apethorpe hall, northamptonshire the heraldic decoration: quartered arms of William Parr, 1st earl of Northampton (d. 1571), brother of Queen Katherine Parr. His quarterings appear on his Garter stall plate11, and were probably those that appeared here: Quarterly of ten: (1) argent, two bars azure within a bordure engrailed sable (for Parr), (2) or, three water boudgets sable (for Roos), (3) azure, three stags trippant or (for Greene), (4) gules, a chevron between three crosses crosslet, in chief a lion passant guardant or (for Mablethorpe), (5) azure, three chevronels braced in base, and a chief or (for Fitzhugh), (6) vair, a fess gules (for Marmion), (7) or, three chevronels gules, a chief vair (for St Quentyn), (8) gules, a bend between three crosses crosslet or (for Forneux), 9) barry argent and gules, a fleur de lis sable (for Staveley), (10) barry or and azure, ann eagle displayed gules (for Garnegan)
context_page_description: William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex and 1st Baron Parr, KG was the son of Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Maud Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, of Broughton and Greens Norton. William Parr was brother of the Queen consort, Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII, and of Anne Parr.
context_section_description: Parr took part in suppressing the rising in the north of England in 1537, and after serving as Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire was made Baron Parr in 1539. In December 1543, just after his sister had married the king, he was created Earl of Essex, a title formerly held by his father-in-law, Henry Bourchier, who had died in March 1540.
  He was Edward VI's "beloved uncle" and one of the most important men at Edward's court, especially during the time of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland's time as leader of the government. Parr was lord-lieutenant in 1549 of five of the eastern counties (Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk), of Surrey in 1551, of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1552 and of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1553. He was appointed Lord Great Chamberlain from 1550 to 1553. In this role, he welcomed Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland, to Hampton Court Palace on behalf of the King in 1551. 
  Parr, and especially his wife, were leaders in the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne after Edward's death. He was convicted of high treason, attainted, and sentenced to death on 18 August 1553 after the accession of Mary I. He was, however, released in the autumn. His titles were restored to him by Elizabeth I in 1559.
caption: Arms of Sir William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, KG
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