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in 1527,' and the latter's son and heir John died in 

 May, 1 5 30." The heir was a daughter Grace, about 

 eighteen months old at her father's death ; she was 

 made the king's ward, but the estate was claimed by 

 her uncle Bryan as heir male.* The result does not 

 appear, but Grace afterwards married Henry Eccleston, 

 a younger son of the local family. 4 Although this 

 branch of the Parrs appears to have been entitled to a 

 fourth part of their moiety, no claim to a manor was 

 made in the sixteenth century. The estate was known 

 as Broad Oak. 



Other Parr families occur. Richard de Parr of the 

 Shaw is named in 1375 ;' Adam son of John de Parr 

 in 1301 ; 6 John de Parr in 1321,' and a later Adam 

 in 1347." 



The Hospitallers held land 9 now called Leafog or 

 L4FFOG, which they granted to a member of one 



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of the Parr families, Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and 

 William his son holding it in the sixteenth century." 

 On the latter's death in 1570 it was granted by 

 Queen Elizabeth to John Dudley," from whom 

 Thomas Norris of Orford acquired it, and by his 

 daughter it passed to Thomas Tyldesley." A resident 

 family took surname from this place. 14 



The Hindleys of Aspull were concerned in various 

 suits as to lands in Parr in the fifteenth and six- 

 teenth centuries. 15 



The Orrells of BL4CKBROOK are said to be 

 derived from those of Pemberton, Humphrey Orrell 

 removing to this place about the end of the seven- 

 teenth century. 16 Humphrey Orrell of Parr, yeoman 

 and tanner, registered a freehold estate there and at 

 Windle in 1717." He was succeeded by his son and 

 grandson, both named James ; the latter's son, Charles, 



