George Parkhurst, Mayor of Guildford

Bef 1485 - 1546  (> 60 years)

• Name	George Parkhurst
  Suffix	Mayor of Guildford
  Birth	Bef 1485  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 27 Apr 1545 and 2 May 1546	Guildford, Surrey, England   [1]
  Person ID	I20610	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of FW, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2017

  
  

  Children	1. John Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich,   b. Between 1510 and 1512   d. 2 Feb 1575 (Age ~ 65 years) + 2. Helen Parkhurst,   b. Abt 1516, Guildford, Surrey, England + 3. Christopher Parkhurst,   b. Between 1520 and 1524
  Family ID	F12745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "George Parkhurst of Guildford, County Surrey, England is first found on record on the first page of the Guildford Borough records of 3 April 1514, apparently receiving a license to sell in the local market. Later that year he was chosen Hallwarden. This office had the responsibility of the actual fabric of the Guild Hall as well as the collection of sums due to the guild merchants for admissions, and so on. Two men usually served together. A century later, they were called Borough Treasurers. The office of Hallwarden dates back to at least 1361. [...] On 6 October 1515, George Parkhurst was named bailiff. On 18 January 1517/18, he was again sworn in as a Hallwarden. He is on the first list of Approved Men on 3 October 1519. Approved men were associates of the Mayor, entry being restricted to those who had served as bailiff. There are many more entries in the borough records for his appointment as Hallwarden and he was on the list of Approved Men year after year for the rest of his life. On 15 January 1514/15, he and Henry Cowper were sworn in as Flesh and Fish Tasters. In 1522, George Parkhurst was elected Mayor and Coroner of Guildford, being sworn in 6 October. He was reelected Mayor in 1529 and 1533. In 1533 he was one of two men elected a warden of the scole house (school house). [...] George Parkhurst probably died between 27 April 1545 and 2 May 1546 as he is mentioned in the Guildford Borough records on the earlier date, but is not on the tax list of the latter date. Christopher Parkhurst is called 'son and Heir' of George Parkhurst in 1550 in a Surrey Feet of Fines." [Fifty Great Migration Colonists of New England and Their Origins, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S933] Fifty Great Migration Colonists of New England and Their Origins by John Brooks Threlfall. Madison, Wisconsin, 1990.