Background
Nicholas Parker was born in 1547 at Ratton in the parish of Willingdon, Sussex. He was the first son of Thomas Parker and Eleanor Waller.
Nicholas Parker was born in 1547 at Ratton in the parish of Willingdon, Sussex. He was the first son of Thomas Parker and Eleanor Waller.
Firstly) Jane, daughter of Sir William Courtney;
(secondly) Elizabeth, daughter of John Baker;
(thirdly) Katherine Temple, daughter of John Temple of Stowe. Parker was twice High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, in 1585 and 1592. He was knighted in 1591.
He was chosen as Member of Parliament for Sussex in 1597.
lieutenant is one of a group of monuments to the Parker family spanning nearly 150 years.