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The ruins of Kendal Castle, the ancient seat of the Barons of Kendal. The Barony of Kendal is a subdivision of the English historic county of Westmorland.It evolved from one of two ancient baronies that make up the county, the other being the Barony of Westmorland (also known as North Westmorland, or the Barony of Appleby).
William de Lancaster is often described as having been a baron of Kendal. In fact it is not so clear what kind of lordship existed over Kendal, given the lack of clarity of records in this period. The word baron developed specific meanings during the Middle Ages, namely feudal baron and baron by writ.
At first it appears that the "Barons" of Kendal were actually tenants of the lord who possessed north Westmorland at the time. But King Richard I of England, on 15 April 1190, acquitted the then Baron of Kendal, Gilbert fitz Reinfrid, of his dues to northern Westmorland. According to J.F. Curwen:
George Romney, portrait painter, many paintings by him at Kendal Town Hall; William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal, who was father to Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and thus the grandfather of Queen Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife. The Parrs' ancestral castle, Kendal Castle, is located in Kendal.
Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England. The castle, which is atop a glacial drumlin, was built in the 13th century [1] as the Caput baroniae for the Barony of Kendal. By the 15th century, the Parr family owned the castle. Kendal Castle looking south, with the town of Kendal ...
Burton-in-Kendal is a village and civil parish on the extreme southern edge of Cumbria, England. The parish contains around 660 houses and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,411, [ 2 ] increasing at the 2011 census to 1,497. [ 1 ]
Charles Barton Kendall, Jr (born January 4, 1935) is an American former professional football defensive back who played one season with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at Los Angeles Valley College and the University of California, Los Angeles .
William Parr's paternal grandparents were Sir John Parr of Kendal (c. 1383 – 1409) and Agnes Crophull, widow of Sir Walter Devereux. From her previous marriage she was mother to a younger Walter Devereux, paternal grandmother to Walter Devereux , Lord Chancellor of Ireland , and great-grandmother to Anne Devereux, Countess of Pembroke .