BLANCHE PARRY

BORN: c. 1508
DIED: 12 FEBRUARY 1590

Monument to Blanche, kneeling alongside Elizbabeth, in St. Faith's, Bacton, Hereford
Photograph by John Meek

 

Blanche Parry was Chief Gentlewoman of Elizabeth I's Privy Chamber, and had served her since before she became Queen. She is memorialized at St. Faith's (above) and St. Margaret's Church next to Westminster Abbey.