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b. 1584 /5, 2nd s. of Rowland Berkeley* (d.1611), clothier of Worcester, Worcs. and Spetchley and Katherine, da. of Thomas Heywood of Gloucester, Glos. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 11-12. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1597, aged 12; M. Temple 1601, called 1608. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 491. m. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Thomas Conyers of East Barnet, Herts. Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 139. Kntd. 14 Apr. 1627. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 192. d. 1970. Diary of Henry Townshend ed. J.W. Willis Bund, i. 33; C142/718/155. sig. Ro[bert] Barkely.
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Sheriff, Worcs. 1613–14; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 159. j.p. 1613–43; Cal. Worcs. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund, i. pp. xxi, xxviii. commr. subsidy, Worcs. and Worcester 1621 – 22, 1624, charitable uses, Worcester 1624, 1630, 1632, 1636–7; C212/22/21–3; C181/3, f. 114; C192/1, unfol. ?collector, Privy Seal loans, Worcester 1625–6; SP16/44/9. commr. Forced Loan, Worcs. 1626 – 27, sewers, Worcs./Glos. borders 1627 – 42, oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1631 – 42, London 1632 – 42, the Verge 1634 – 42, Mdx. 1634 – 42, piracy, London and lower Thames 1633–42. C193/12/2; C181/3, f. 220; 181/4, ff. 71v, 128, 138f, 158, 172.

Recorder, Worcester 1619–24; Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 1602–50 ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 157, 185, 192. bencher, M. Temple 1625 – 27, autumn reader 1626; MTR, 701, 708. sjt.-at-law 1627; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 183. king’s sjt. 1627–32; List of English Law Officers ed. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 18. j.k.b. 1632–43; Sainty, Judges, 32. judge of assize, Norf. circ. 1633 – 35, Northern circ. 1635 – 38, Midlands circ. 1639–40. J.S. Cockburn, Hist. Eng. Assizes, 271–2.

Commr. decay of trade 1622; APC, 1621–3, p. 208. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1633–41. CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326.

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BERKELEY (BARKLEY, BARTLETT), Robert (1584/5-1656), of Spetchley, Worcs. and the Middle Temple, London
Main residences: Spetchley, Worcs.; the Middle Temple, London.
Barkley, Bartlett
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Commons 1604-1629
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BERKELEY (BARKLEY, BARTLETT), Robert (1584/5-1656)

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