Robert Parys (died 1408), of
Hildersham
Hildersham is a small village 8 miles to the south-east of Cambridge, England. It is situated just off the A1307 between Linton, Cambridgeshire, Linton and Great Abington on a tributary of the River Cam known locally as the River Granta.
The ...
,
Cambridgeshire
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, was an English politician.
He was a
Member
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(MP) of the
Parliament of England
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for
Cambridgeshire
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in September 1388 and was picked
High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
This is an ''incomplete'' list of sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in England from 1154 until the abolition of the office in 1965.
Exceptionally, the two counties shared a single sheriff. Sheriffs had a one-year term of office, bei ...
for 1386–87 and 1390–91.
He was Chamberlain of Chester and North Wales 6 May 1394-16 August 1399 (losing the post when
Richard II
Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward, Prince of Wales (later known as the Black Prince), and Joan, Countess of Kent. R ...
was deposed), but he was reappointed late in 1399 under
Henry IV and served until 1405.
Parys Mountain
Parys Mountain () is located south of the town of Amlwch in north east Anglesey, Wales. Originally known as Trysclwyn, the high ground is reputed to have gained its current name when it was given to Robert Parys, Chamberlain of North Wales by ...
is reputed to be named after him, after it was given to him by Henry IV.
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References
14th-century births
1408 deaths
English MPs September 1388
People from South Cambridgeshire District
High sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
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