William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle was born in 1575 and died on the 1st of July 1622 at Great Hallingbury, Essex, where he was buried.

Parents: eldest son of Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley (died 1618), and of Elizabeth Stanley, daughter and heiress of William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (died 1581). (1)

By his marriage with Elizabeth Tresham he had, besides daughters, three sons, the eldest of whom, Henry, (died 1655) succeeded him as 14th Baron Morley and 5th Baron Monteagle. These baronies fell into abeyance when Henry's son Thomas died in about 1686. His daughter Catherine Parker married John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers.

Gunpowder Plot of 1605

On 26 October 1605, while sitting at supper at Hoxton, he received a letter warning of the gunpowder plot, perhaps written by Sir Francis Tresham. After having caused it to be read aloud by Ward, a gentleman in his service and an intimate friend of Robert Wintour, one of the chief conspirators, he took it to Whitehall and showed it to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and other ministers. It is believed by some historians (such as Lady Antonia Fraser), however, that he authored the letter himself in order to win acclaim and favour with the King.

Family

Married:

1. Elizabeth Tresham b: ABT 1598 in Rushton, Dorsetshire, England

Children

1. Henry Parker Sir Lord Morley b: ABT 1600 in Newby, Yorkshire, England
2. William Parker b: ABT 1604 in Newby, Yorkshire, England
3. Frances Parker b: ABT 1606 in Newby, Yorkshire, England [a nun]
4. Charles Parker b: ABT 1608 in Newby, Yorkshire, England
5. Catherine Parker b: ABT 1610 in Newby, Yorkshire, England
6. Elizabeth Parker b: ABT 1612 in Newby, Yorkshire, England

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Monteagle died at his Essex residence, Great Hallingbury, on 1 July 1622, where he was also buried. He was succeeded by his son Henry, and a further five children—William, Charles, Frances, Elizabeth, and Katherine—are mentioned in his will, drawn up shortly before his death.

• William Parker, 4th Baron of Monteagle had three sons; Henry, William and Charles. His titles were inherited by the eldest son Henry who died in 1655. When Henry's only son Thomas Parker died in 1686, the titles went into abeyance as there were no more male in his direct line descendants.
• William Parker did not have a surviving son George Parker. He did not leave any surviving male descendants in his direct line.

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_ne...
• William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle (1575 – 1 July 1622)
• http://thepeerage.com/p6612.htm#i66120

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IX, page 117. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 128.

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Children: Henry "14th Baron Morley" "5th Baron Monteagle" Parker William Parker Elizabeth Cranfeild (born Parker) Catherine Parker Nun: Frances Parker Charles Parker

1641, June 2.—Draft order for Sir William Russell to answer the petition of Richard Man. Annexed, 1. Petition of Richard Man, gent.

The late King James bestowed upon William Lord Morley and Monteagle a pension of 500lb. a year for his happy discovery of the Gunpowder Treason. At the time of Lord Morley's death there was an arrear of 1,750.7 due to him, which sum he left to petitioner as his executor for payment of his debts.

Upon the petition of Lady Morley, the King made two orders, one to Lord Treasurer Cranfield, and the other to Sir Richard Weston, Chancellor of the Exchequer, commanding satisfaction to be made to petitioner, both which orders were neglected, but after earnest solicitation the said Chancellor at last proposed that petitioner should abate 750lb and receive 1,000lb, giving a release for the whole amount due.

This he eventually agreed to do, and a tally was thereupon levied upon Sir William Russell, collector of the impost of silk. Russell denied payment unless petitioner made a further abatement of 200lb for interest, 300lb for a debt which he pretended due by Lord Morley to a tailor, a tenant of Russell's, and 20lb as a gratuity to Sir John Cooke for obtaining His Majesty's reference.

Petitioner eventually only received 475lb, a sum far short of the Lord Morley's debts, and he has in consequence of these unjust proceedings consumed all his own estate and suffered long imprisonments. He is 77 years of age, and has a wife and five children ready to starve. Prays for redress against Sir William Russell.

Reports Part 1, p.70