Thomas Parry 1544-1616

Sir Thomas PARRY 1544-1616

Armorial stamp of Sir Thomas Parry (British Armorial Bindings)

Biographical Note

Of Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire; eldest son of Sir Thomas Parry (d.1560). Administrator and MP for Bridport 1571, for Berkshire 1586, and for St Albans 1610. Ambassador to France 1601-1606. Married Dorothy Brooke (d.1624), a former maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth.

Books

Books with his armorial stamp survive.

Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• History of Parliament.
• Seddon, P. R. "Parry, Sir Thomas (1544–1616), administrator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.