Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley

Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley (c. 1550 – 1618) was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk, the son of Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley and Lady Elizabeth Stanley. His second daughter was Frances Danby.

The 1607 marriage of his daughter Frances to Christopher Danby was confused. Danby had been promised £1,000 as part of the marriage arrangements. However the £1,000 never arrived and as a result Danby did not live full time with his wife. Three children were born but the couple remained in dispute. Frances was accused of recusancy and, before her death, Danby sent a son away to school with instructions that the son's mother was not to be allowed access.[1]

He was one of the peers who sat in judgment on Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringay.[2]

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  2. ^ Sir Henry Chauncey's Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, p353