'Parr03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Parre of Backford, Parr of Cleworth, Parr of Kempnough, Parre of Parre (Parr of Parr), Parr of Worsley

                               
T&G identifies the following Bryan as son of "Parre of Parre', and shows John & Thomas as possibly his brothers. Provisionaly, we have left their father unconnected to Parr01.
?? Parre of Parre, Lancashire
1. John Parre in Parre (d by 1531)
A. Grace Parr (b c1528)
  m. Henry Eccleston
2. Bryan Parre of Parre (d by 1528)
  A. Thomas Parre of Parre (b c1516, d 1559)
  m. Margaret Leyland (dau of Sir William Leyland of Morley, m1 (not m2) John Byrom of Byrom)
  i. William Parr of Parr (b c1540)
  m. Katherine Eccleston (dau of Thomas Eccleston of Eccleston)
  a. Bryan Parr of Parr
  m1. (Joan?) Parr (d before 1660)
  (1) Thurstan Parr in Laghooge, Parr (a 1600)
m2. Alice Twiss
  (2) Henry Parr of Parr (a 1621)
  (3)+ other issue - Mary, Katherine, Elizabeth
  b. Ellen Parr
  m. Robert Scott of Prescot
  c. Margaret (Margery?) Parr
  m. Peter Byrom of Parr ## see here ##
  d. Anne Parr
m. Robert Caustnell of Lancaster
  e.+ other issue - Thomas, Henry
  ii. Katherine Parre
  m1. Peter Byrom of Westleigh## see here ##
  m2. Janes Leigh (son of Sir James)
  m3. Sir James Massey
  iii. Grace Parre
  m. George Singleton
  iv.+ other issue - Bryan, Henry, Thomas, Margaret, Anne, Jane, Elizabeth
  B.+ other issue - Bryan (a 1554, 1580), Anne (a 1559)
3. Thomas Parre of Parre (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547)
  m. Ellen Gerard (dau of Thomas Gerard of Ince by Maud, dau of Sir Richard (sb Henry?) Bold of Bold)

 

 
T&G identifies the following Richard as "a younger son of Parr of Parr'. T&G describes the arms of this family as "Arg. two bars, az. in chief three torteaux, all within a border engrailed sa". That supports the view that this family was a cadet of the family shown on the continuation on Parr01.
Richard Parr
m. Ellen Worsley (dau/heir of Richard Worsley of Kempnough)
1. Oliver Parr of Kempnough
  m. Emma Tutgill (dau/heir of William Tutgill of Cleworth)
  A. Richard Parr of Kempnough & Cleworth
  m. Emma Hulton (dau of Roger Hulton of Hulton)
  i. Richard Parr of Kempnough & Cleworth
m. Elizabeth Travers (dau of John Travers of Rudgate)
  a. Hugh Parr of Kempnough & Cleworth
  m1. Constance Tildesley (dau of Thomas Tildesley of Wardley)
  (1) John Parr of Kempnough & Cleworth
  m. Margaret Massy (dau of Thomas Massy of Whycleswyke)
  (A) Anne Parr
  m1. Thurstan Barton of Smithells (dsp)
  m2. (1578) Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyde
  m2. Isabel Dychefield (dau of John Dychefield of Ditton)
  b. Oliver Parr
2. John Parr of Worsley
  A. John Parr of Worsley
  m. (1456) Alice Leigh (dau of John Leigh of West Hall)
  B. Gilbert Parr

 

 
T&G identifies the arms of the following family as "Arg. two bars, az. a border engrailed sa. bezantée". That supports the view that this family was a cadet of the family shown on Parr01.
John Parre (d before 1477)
m. Ellen Radclife (dau/coheir of Richard Radcliffe of Timperley)
1. John Parre of Backford (dsp 1498)
  m. Alice
2. Thomas Parre of Backford (d 20.04.1503)
  m. ?? Arderne (dau of Hamon de Arderne of Timperley)
  A. William Parre of Backford (b c1479, d 02.10.1548)
  m. Elizabeth Barrow (dau/heir of Thomas Barrow of Chester)
  i. Robert Parre, last of Backford (dsp before 1582)
  m. Eleanor Langton (dau of Robert Langton of the Lowe)
3. Richard Parre
  A. Randolph Parre
  i. Thomas Parre
  a.+ issue - John, Thomas

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : T&G (vol 3, 1858, 'II. Parr of Parr, co. Lancaster', p356+)
(2) For middle section : T&G (vol 3, 1858, 'III. Parr of Kempnall, co. Lancaster', p359)
(3 ) For lower middle section : T&G (vol 3, 1858, 'IV. Parr of Backford, co. Chester', p360)
[T&G provides a pedigree ('I') for the earlier Parrs. We have briefly checked that against Parr01 but not enough to justify calling it 'a review'.]
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