Robert Parker, of Extwistle

References

• The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 4 Edward Baines J. Heywood, 1891 - . “Banastre of Banke.” Page 133. GoogleBooks
• “High Sheriff of Lancashire” 1710 - Robert Parker of Cuerden Hall
• “Cuerden Hall” is a country mansion in the village of Cuerden near Preston, Lancashire, England. The original house on the site, dating from the 17th century, no longer exists. The Charnock family of Charnock Richard, owned the estates until 1521, when Richard Charnock of Cuerden and Leyland sold his manor to Thomas Langton, Lord Newton. In 1605 Henry Banastre of Bank Hall bought the Cuerden Hall Estate from the Langton Family, (Barons of Newton-in-Makerfield). Henry's daughter Alice, wife of Sir Thomas Haggerston Bt, held ownership in 1641.[2] The present building dates from 1717 and was erected by Banastre Parker, son of Robert Parker, the former High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1710, when he moved the Parker family from Extwistle Hall. Upon his death in 1738 the estate passed to his son Robert Parker (1727–1779) and in turn to his grandchildren Banastre Parker (1758–1788) and Thomas Towneley Parker (1760–1794).
• “Extwistle Hall” stands high on Extwistle Moor between Haggate (east of Brierfield) and the village of Worsthorne. The Hall, built of coursed sandstone on three sides of a courtyard, is now a ruin.[6] It was built in the 16th century in the Tudor style by the Parker family who were prominent in local affairs. Robert Parker had bought the land, which had previously belonged to Kirkstall Abbey, in 1537 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Parker family occupied it for some two hundred years before moving to Cuerden Hall around 1718.[7] John Parker was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1653 and Robert Parker for 1710. The house was remodelled in the late 18th century.