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Anne McHardy Parker -LRB- 1770-1840s -RRB- was the wife of Richard Parker , the `` President of the Fleet '' during the 1797 Nore mutiny .. Richard Parker. Richard Parker ( sailor ). Nore mutiny. Nore mutiny. She is known primarily for her efforts to prevent her husband 's execution , then after failing this , for her efforts to see his body honored and decently buried .. The Nore and related mutinies were part of a decade long series of agitations , protests and revolts concerning conditions of service in the navy , chiefly that pay had not increased from 1653 levels , the impressment of sailors to keep the navy manned , the fact shore leave was forbidden and dis-satisfaction with on-board conditions .