4TH

BARON

See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM

See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

PARKER

See also:

• MONTEAGLE, THOMAS
• 4TH BARON WILLIAM PARKER MONTEAGLE

MONTEAGLE  , and 11TH BARON MORLEY (1575—1622), was the eldest son of Edward Parker, loth Baron Morley (d . 1618), and of Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (d . 1581) . When quite a youth he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham, and was styled Lord Monteagle in right of his mother . He was allied with many Roman Catholic families, and during the reign of Elizabeth was in sympathy with their cause . He received knighthood when with Essex in Ireland in 1599, and in 1601 took part in the latter's rebellion in London, when he was punished by imprisonment and a fine of £8000 . He subsequently in 1602 joined in sending the mission to Spain inviting Philip III. to invade England . He was intimate with Catesby and others, and according to Father Garnet expressed an opinion some few months before gunpowder plot that the Romanists had a good opportunity of making good their claims by taking up arms against the king . It is certain that he was one of those who acquiesced in James I.'s accession and assisted Southampton in securing the Tower for the king . He was taken into favour, and received a summons to attend the parliament of the 5th of November 1605 as Lord Monteagle . On the 26th of October 16o5, while sitting at supper at Hoxton, he received the celebrated letter giving warning of the gun-powder plot, probably written by Francis Tresham . After having caused it to be read aloud by Ward, a gentleman in his service and an intimate friend of Winter, one of the chief conspirators, he took it to Whitehall and showed it to Lord Salisbury and other ministers .

On the 4th of November he accompanied Lord

Suffolk, the lord chamberlain, in his visit to the vault under the parliament house, where Guy Fawkes was found . Monteagle received £700 a year for his services in averting the disaster . In 1609 he was chosen a member of the council of the Virginia Company and subscribed to its funds . The same year " disorders in his house " are reported, probably referring to his harbouring of Roman Catholic students from St Omer (Cal. of St Pap: Dom: 1603—1610, p . 533) . In 1618, on the death of his father, he was summoned to parliament as Baron Morley and Monteagle . He died on the 1st of July 1622 at Great Hallingbury, Essex, where he was buried . By his marriage with Elizabeth Tresham he had, besides daughters, three sons, the eldest of whom, Henry, (d . 1655) succeeded him as 12th Baron Morley and 5th Baron Monteagle . These baronies fell into abeyance when Henry's son Thomas died 'about 1686 .