John Perrot MP (1528 - 1592)

He has been unlinked from Henry (Tudor) of England (aka King Henry VIII) as his father due to lack of evidence. Please do not reattach. 20 Apr 2015 "Perrot's mother was never a mistress of Henry VIII" ^[1]The ill-founded story was started by Sir Robert Naunton, his granddaughter's husband ^[2]and persisted until very recently.^[3]

'The Man & The Myth' Stone Mask c1580.[4]

Sir John Perrot (1528-92), the most famous of the Haroldston line, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1584 to 1588.

He was born between 7 and 11 November 1528, probably at Haroldston in Pembrokeshire, the principal seat of the Perrot family since its acquisition in 1442.

He was possibly the youngest of the three children of Thomas Perrot (1504/5–1531), landowner, and his wife, Mary (c.1511–c.1586), daughter of James Berkeley (d. c.1515) of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, and Hilton, Cambridgeshire, and his wife, Susan (d. c.1521), widow of William Vele. His sisters Jane and Elizabeth married, respectively, William Philipps of Picton and John Price of Gogerddan. ^[5] John was knighted in 1561.^[6] A great Elizabethan from Pembrokeshire, now restored by modern scholarship to his rightful place in history.

In 1589, soon after his return from Ireland, he was elevated to the Privy Council, but then suffered a spectacular downfall, being falsely charged with treason in 1590. Lord Burghley masterminded a secretive, deadly attack on Perrot, in order to cover up the corrupt administration of Ireland after his departure by Burghley's late wife's cousin, William Fitzwilliam. Tried and found guilty in April 1592, he was not executed but died in the Tower seven months later, probably poisoned by his enemies fearing a pardon.^[7] "Perrot, who did not conform as other men do, has never failed to excite and interest those who have come across his life story, tragic though its end may be. He is an attractive and influential figure certainly to be counted among the dozen second rank of supporting actors on the Elizabethan stage. In Pembrokeshire and Wales he dominated; in Ireland he ruled; and in England and in Court, he competed, and it was here he lost. Today it is he who is remembered and not those anonymous few who brought him down." R.K. Turvey

Sir John's Castles at Laugharne and Carew

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Sources

1. ↑ Sir John Perrot. Henry VIII's Bastard? The Destruction of a Myth by R.K.Turvey
2. ↑ Sir Robert Naunton: Fragmentia Regalia Page 43
3. ↑ History of Parliament Online + Perrot Charity, Haverfordwest.
4. ↑ Corbel from a gatepost at Laugharne Castle, now at the Bishop's Palace, Abergwili
5. ↑ ODNB Entry
6. ↑ Knights of England Page 71
7. ↑ Perrot Family of Haroldston DWB+History of That Most Eminent Statesman Sir John Perrot ed R. Rawlinson 1728 (written by his illegitimate son )Sir James.

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