_Family of Queen Katherine Parr._--The pedigree of the once eminent family
of Parr, as recorded in various printed works--Dugdale, Nicholls, Burke,
&c., is far from being complete or satisfactory. Could any one versed in
the genealogy of the northern counties supply any information on the
following points?--
I. The early descent.--Dugdale in his _Baronage_, commences with Sir
William Parr, who married Elizabeth De Ros, 1383; but he states the family
to have been previously "of knightly degree." A MS. pedigree in the
Herald's College also mentions Sir William as "descended from a race of
knights." Where is an account of this race to be found?
II. The separation between the two lines of Parr and Kendal.--Sir Thomas
Parr, father of Queen Katherine, died 1518, and his _Inq. p. m._ states him
to have held manors, messuages, lands, woods, and rents, in Parr, Wigan,
and Sutton. Ten years afterwards, 1528, Bryan Parr was found by _Inq. p.
m._ to have held the manor, messauges, woods, lands, &c. of Parr. How was
Bryan related to Sir Thomas?
III. The descendant in the fourth degree of Bryan was Henry Parr, of Parr,
who was, according to a MS. in the college, aged twenty in 1621. Had he any
descendants?
If no positive information can be afforded, yet a clue to where it might be
sought for would oblige.