William Parkhurst
William Parkhurst, Bailiff of Jersey 1622-1624
William Parkhurst was an English Civil Servant who was appointed Bailiff in 1622 when Jean Herault was suspended by the Privy Council following the latest in a long-running series of disputes with the Governor, Sir John Peyton.
Some sources say that Parkhurst never visited Jersey in the two years during which he held office until Herault was reinstated, but G R Balleine's Biographical Dictionary of Jersey suggests that he was in the island for a few days after his appointment to appoint a Lieut-Bailiff, before leaving and being satisfied to collect the revenues due to the Bailiff. However, there is no record of the appointment of a Lieut-Bailiff in 1622, and it seems likely that Hugh Lempriere continued to hold the office to which he was first appointed in 1616, until the reinstatement of Herault, when Elie Dumaresq took over.
