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Great Pargetters Remembered
 Our thanks to Merry Terrier, who reminded us of a theme which was popular for contributions to the Fantasy Archers topic of The Archers message board in Lower Loxley's tercentenary year (2002). Here are some more of Nigel's famous ancestors.
The Pargetaur
An obscure Greek myth tells of the result of an encounter between the wife of King Pargos and a man in a monkey-suit who claimed to be Poseidon. To save his shame, King Pargos constructed a labyrinthine tree-top walk, in which to contain the Pargetaur. It was never seen again, having been instructed that the essence of finding its way about the arboreal maze was the marking of its path by strewing breadcrumbs. The local birdlife were noted for their bulk.
Liz Simpson
Iron Age Pargetter
Name unknown, circa 620 BC. Little is known about this Pargetter, discovered upright in heathland in the 1960s, except that he was male and had good teeth. Local historians suspect that he may have been driven into the ground to support the foundations of a lake village.
Becky E
Sir Robin de Pargetter
A little-reported figure from Arthurian legend, Sir Robin is first mentioned in marginalia of Le Morte d'Arthur, as having once confronted the Great Dragon of Wickford, "and he wetteth himself." He is more famous from the long poem, Sir Robin and the Grey Knight, the first part of which describes his encounter with a mysterious knight who allows Robin to behead him, on the understanding that the blow will be returned in a year's time. The second, much longer part, details the adventures of Sir Robin's subsequent travels in China.
Tony Keen
Sir Richard de Pargetter (1050-1097?)
As part of William's army in 1066, Pargetter distinguished himself by being the only knight successfully to put out the fire burning his boat at Hastings. Subsequently given the manor of Ambridge, his actions were to have far-reaching consequences. When entrusted with the collection of the Doomsday Book for Borsetshire, he lost the manuscript in a bet on a ferret race with his squire, one Eduard Grumpty.
Kevin Woolley
Robert de Pargette
Born in 1274, the son and grandson of Norman-descended claimants to the Scottish throne, best known for the lesson he learned from a spider while hiding in a cave from the massed ranks of Balliols, Bruces and Comyns (also claimants to the Scottish throne). Noticing that the spider continued to try to spin its web despite setbacks, he was granted the enlightening thought: "If at first you don't succeed, gi'e it up and dinna heed." Married a Campbell, and vanished into obscurity.
Liz Simpson
Edward Pargetter (1430-1485)
A keen horseman from an early age, Edward was delighted to be given the position of Master of the Horse for Richard Duke of Gloucester. When the Duke became King Richard III in 1483 Edward whooped "yippee, a job for life!" His love of horses was legendary. Unfortunately, during a lull in the battle of Bosworth in 1485, Edward decided that the King's horses were thirsty and took them to the river for a drink. While looking frantically for his horse, the King was heard to shout "A horse, a horse, for god's sake Pargetter where's my bloody horse?"
Calamity Jane
Thor Hyerdhal Pargethor (1463-1493)
Set off alone from his Danish stronghold in search of new lands in an effort to banish his reputation as the local idiot. Returned home after 10 years at sea to tell a delighted Viking audience that he had discovered a new world rich in timber, wildlife and rivers navigable through a series of great lakes. When Hengist Hardrada, chieftain, ordered Pargethor to take an expeditionary force back to his discovery, the unfortunate seadog had to admit that he could not remember the way back because he had not made any notes and was summarily executed.
Steve Killick
More , including the architects Henri "Le Pargeusier" Pargetter and Frank Boy Pargetter.
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