BARKER, John (1584-1636), of Small Street, Bristol, Glos.

Family and Education

bap. 30 Nov. 1584,Bristol RO, St. Werburgh’s par. reg. 1st s. of John Barker, merchant, of Hopton Castle, Salop and Bristol and Edith, da. of John Blanchard of Marshfield, Glos. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 27. educ. St. Mary Hall, Oxf. 1599. Al. Ox. m. (1) 30 Aug. 1607, Elizabeth (bur. 3 May 1625), da. of William Spicer, merchant, of Exeter, Devon, 2s. 5da.; (2) 10 Apr. 1626, Mary, da. of John Fownes, merchant, of Bristol, wid. of Matthew Rogers of Alderley, Glos., 1s.; 1 other da. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 700; Bristol RO, St. Werburgh’s par. reg.; Vis. Salop, 27; Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 9-10; Abstracts of Glos. Inquisitiones Post Mortem ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and G.S. Fry (Index Lib. xiii), 82; PROB 11/171, ff. 238v-9v. suc. fa. 1607. A.E. Hudd, ‘Two Bristol Calendars’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xix. 138. bur. 8 Apr. 1636 8 Apr. 1636. Bristol RO, St. Werburgh’s par. reg.

Offices Held

Freeman, Bristol 1607, Bristol RO, burgess bk. 1607–51, f. 2. common councilman 1612–29, Bristol Lists comp. A.B. Beaven, 277. sheriff 1612–13; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 168. commr. cause between Alonsi de Velasco and Matthew Springham 1613, HCA 30/348, f. 152. sewers, Glos. 1615; C181/2, f. 240. dep. alderman, Bristol 1621, Bristol RO, common council procs. 1608–27, f. 95. auditor (jt.) 1621, City Chamberlains’ Accts. ed. D.M. Livock (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxiv), 162. commr. subsidy 1624, C212/22/23. mayor 1625 – 26, constable of staple 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 162. commr. prizes 1627, APC, 1627, p. 87. alderman 1629–d. Bristol Lists, 277.

Member, Spanish Co. 1605; Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 97. warden, Bristol Merchant Venturers 1611 – 12, 1614 – 15, treas. 1612 – 13, master 1617 – 19, 1626–7. J. Latimer, Hist. Merchant Venturers of Bristol, 326, 334.

Commr. Algiers expedition debts 1627–8. APC, 1627–8, p. 34; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567.

Parlimentarian

BARKER, John (1584-1636), of Small Street, Bristol, Glos.

Main residence: Small Street, Bristol, Glos.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BARKER, John (1584-1636)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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