Maud Green, Lady Parr (6 April 1490/92 – 1 December 1531) was an English courtier. She was the mother of

Catherine Parr Catherine Parr ( – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort o ...

, the sixth wife of King

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. She was a close friend and

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. She was also co-heiress to her father, Sir Thomas Green of Green's Norton in

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along with her sister, Anne, Lady Vaux.

Life

Maud was born on 6 April 1490 or, 1492 in

, the daughter of

Sir Thomas Green Sir Thomas Green (1461/2 – 9 November 1506) was a member of the English gentry who died in the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned for treason. He is best known as the grandfather of Katherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Famil ...

, of Boughton and Green's Norton, and

Joan Fogge Joan (or Jane) Fogge, Lady Green (c.1469 – c.1490/94 bef. 1506) was an English noblewoman. She was the mother of Maud Green, and therefore the maternal grandmother of Katherine Parr the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England. Birth and par ...

, daughter of Sir John Fogge. Her mother died when she was an infant. She became a

, the first wife of King

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sometime after 11 June 1509. She was in constant attendance upon the Queen and was allocated her own rooms at Court on a permanent basis.Martienssen, p. 18 It is thought that Maud may have named her daughter

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after

, who was also made godmother to the child.

Education

Maud was a very intelligent and well-educated woman; she was also fluent in French and was lauded as an excellent teacher by her peers.Martienssen, p. 7.

Marriage

Maud had married

Sir Thomas Parr Sir Thomas Parr (1478 – 11 November 1517) of Kendal in Westmorland (now Cumbria), England, was a courtier and is best known as the father of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. Early life and family Thoma ...

, the eldest son of Sir William Parr and

Elizabeth FitzHugh Elizabeth FitzHugh (1455/65 – before 10 July 1507) also known as Lady Elizabeth Parr. She was an English noblewoman and lady-in-waiting to her cousin, Anne Neville, Queen Consort of King Richard III. She was grandmother of Katherine Parr, the ...

, in 1508. He was the

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, master of the wards and comptroller to the King. Maud and Thomas had three surviving children. Although Thomas Parr inherited properties in the north including

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, the Parr's resided at Parr House which was located on The

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. By the time Sir Thomas had inherited the castle, it was in need of repair and eventually became derelict. Parr and his wife were courtiers and stayed close to court. Thomas Parr died of the

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on 11 November 1517, leaving Maud a widow. She chose not to remarry for fear of jeopardizing the huge inheritance she held in trust for her children. She carefully supervised the education of her children and studiously arranged their marriages.

Issue

Before the birth of

, Maud gave birth to a son shortly after her marriage to Sir Thomas. The baby's name is lost to history as he died shortly after birth. After the birth of their third child,

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, Maud again became pregnant c. 1517, the same year of Thomas' death. However, there is no subsequent mention of the child, so it was probably lost through a miscarriage, stillbirth, or death in early infancy.Linda Porter, ''Katherine, the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII'' (Macmillan, 2010). Surviving children of Maud Green: *

(1512 – 5 September 1548) who married four times: :*

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, 1529 at

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, England. :*

John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer (17 November 1493 – 2 March 1543) was an English peer. His third wife was Catherine Parr, later queen of England. Family John Neville, born 17 November 1493, was the eldest son of Richard Neville, 2nd Baron ...

, summer 1534 in London, Middlesex, England. :*King

, 12 July 1543 at

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in the Queen's Privy closet. :*

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, late Spring 1547 and had one daughter: Lady Mary. * William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex (1513 – 28 October 1571), married three times, but produced no issue: :* Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier in 1527. :* Elisabeth Brooke :*

Helena Snakenborg Elin Ulfsdotter Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, also known as Helena, and Helena the Red for her red hair, (1548/1549 – 10 April 1635) was a Swedish-born noblewoman, Maid of Honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and Marchiones ...

Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, Baroness Herbert of Cardiff ( Parr; 15 June 1515 – 20 February 1552) was lady-in-waiting to each of Henry VIII of England's Wives of Henry VIII, six wives. She was the younger sister of his sixth wife, Kat ...

(15 June 1515 – 20 February 1552), married in 1538, William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, with whom she had two sons and a daughter:

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG, KB (19 January 1601) was an English peer and politician. He was the nephew of Katherine Parr and brother-in-law of Lady Jane Grey through his first wife. During Elizabeth's reign, he held administr ...

(–1601), Sir Edward Herbert (1547–1595), and Lady Anne Herbert (1550–1592). Image:Catherine_Parr_from_NPG.jpg, Queen

, sixth wife of

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Ancestry

Death

Maud died on 1 December 1531 and is buried in St. Ann's Church, Blackfriars Church, London, England beside her husband. In her will, she left her daughter Catherine a jeweled cipher pendant in the shape of an 'M', described as "an eme of diamontes with three pearls therat" and other pieces including a tablet or locket with pictures of the King and Queen.John Gough Nichols
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Notes

* Mike Ashley, ''British Kings and Queens'' (New York; Carroll and Graf Publishing, 1998). * Anthony Martienssen, ''Queen Katherine Parr'' (McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973), pp. 7, 17, 18, 29–39.

References

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