William Parr

Also known as: sir William Parre / sir William a Parre · Family: House of York · Role: knight and ambassador · First appears: Henry IV 5

Life events

• c. 1471 · William Parr, James Harrington, Thomas Burgh, and Thomas Montgomery reinforced Edward IV with armed men.(Edward IV 15 · 📍 Notingham)
  • With: Edward IV James Harrington Thomas Burgh Thomas Montgomery
  • “Here came to him sir William Parre, and sir Iames Harrington, with six hundred men well armed and appointed also there came to him sir Thomas Burgh, & sir Thomas Montgomerie with their aids”

Henry IV 5

• sworn: Henry IV “Into Spaine, Iohn Trenour bishop of saint Asaph, and sir William Parre knight.”

Edward IV 15

• sworn: Edward IV “Here came to him sir William Parre, and sir Iames Harrington, with six hundred men well armed and appointed also there came to him sir Thomas Burgh, & sir Thomas Montgomerie with their aids, which caused him at their first comming to make proclamation in his owne name, to wit, of K. Edward the fourth, boldlie affirming to him, that they would serue no man but a king.”

Edward IV 37

• allies with James Harrington “The lord Fitz Hugh, sir William a Parre, sir Iames Harrington, with the number of two thosand souldiers, guided the left wing.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.