Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley (c. 1550 – 1618) was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in

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, the son of

Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley (January 1533 – 22 October 1577) was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk, the son of Sir Henry Parker and Grace Newport. His father was the son of Henry Parker, 10th Ba ...

and Lady Elizabeth Stanley. His second daughter was Frances Danby. The 1607 marriage of his daughter Frances to Christopher Danby was confused. Danby had been promised £1,000 as part of the marriage arrangements. However the £1,000 never arrived and as a result Danby did not live full time with his wife. Three children were born but the couple remained in dispute. Frances was accused of recusancy and, before her death, Danby sent a son away to school with instructions that the son's mother was not to be allowed access. He was one of the peers who sat in judgment on

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at Fotheringay.

Marriages and children

His first wife was Elizabeth Stanley (daughter of William Stanley, 3rd

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and Anne Leybourne). His second wife was Gertrude, daughter of Sir Robert Denys of Holcombe Burnell in Devon and widow of John Arundell of Trerice in Cornwall; her will (1635) can be found in the National Archives "Will of Gertrude Morley, Widow of Trerise". His children included: * William Parker, 13th Baron Morley (Lord Monteagle of the

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fame) * Elizabeth Parker, who married Alexander Barlow (died 1642) of

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, a brother of

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. *

Frances Parker Frances Mary "Fanny" Parker (24 December 1875 – 19 January 1924) was a New Zealand-born suffragette who became prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement and was repeatedly imprisoned for her actions. Early ...

, wife of Christopher Danby of Thorpe Perrow,

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, and of Farnley,

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. * Mary Parker, who married Thomas Habington a son of John Habington of Hindlip Hall, and was a friend of

Anne Vaux Anne Vaux (c. 1562 – in or after 1637) was a wealthy Catholic recusant. Background Vaux was the third daughter of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1535–1595) and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Beaumont of Grace D ...

.Jan Broadway, "Thomas Habington: Recusancy and the Gentry of Early Stuart Worcestershire", ''Midland History'', 29:1 (2004), p. 3.

References

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