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bap. 20 Oct. 1576,J. Cave-Brown, Story of Hollingbourne, 72. 1st s. of Martin Barnham of Hollingbourne Parsonage and 1st w. Ursula, da. of Robert Rudston of Boughton Monchelsea. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 168. The DNB misidentifies Barnham’s mother although the Oxford DNB identifies her correctly. educ. fell. comm. Trin., Camb. c.1592; G. Inn 1594. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. c.1598, Elizabeth (d. 18 Sept. 1631), da. of Sampson Lennard* of Chevening, Kent, 9s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da. Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 130; E. Hasted, Kent, iv. 297; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 169; Cave-Browne, 73-4; Harl. 6019, ff. 137-40; PROB 11/197, f. 290. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 120. suc. fa. 1610; uncle Belknap Rudston 1613. bur. 16 Sept. 1646 16 Sept. 1646. Cent. Kent. Stud. P39/1/1, p. 95. sig. Frauncis Barnham.
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Capt. of ft. Flushing garrison by 1609-at least 1610. E351/262, unfol.; 351/263, unfol.; 351/276, unfol.

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1609-at least 1645, C181/2, f. 88; 181/4, ff. 18v, 32, 38, 106v; 181/5, f. 258v. Kent by 1625 – at least31, 1642; J.R. Scott, Scott, of Scot’s-Hall, xxxiii; C181/3, ff. 157v, 166, 173; 181/4, ff. 75, 101; CJ, ii. 724a. dep. lt. Canterbury, Kent by 1615, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/N/30, no. i. Kent by 1617 – at least39; freeman, Maidstone, Kent 1617; Maidstone Recs. 72; APC, 1625–6, pp. 448–9; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 419; 1638- 9, p. 432. commr. i.p.m. Zachary Harlackenden, Kent 1618; C66/2146 (dorse). capt. militia ft. lathe of Aylesford and city of Rochester, Kent by 1621; HMC Finch, i. 42. commr. subsidy, Kent 1621, 1624, 1629, 1641, C212/22/20–1, 23; E115/157/25; SR, v. 85, 152. martial law 1624, 1626, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 170; C193/8, no. 84. Privy Seal loans 1626, E401/2586, p. 90. Forced Loan 1626, Harl. 6846, f. 37. oyer and terminer, Kent, Canterbury and the Cinque Ports 1627; C181/3, ff. 213, 215v. warden, Rochester Bridge, Kent 1629–30; Traffic and Pols. ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson, 294. commr. knighthood fines, Kent and Cinque Ports 1631–2, E178/5368, ff. 17r-v. repair of highways, Kent 1631, C181/4, f. 88. Poll Tax 1641, As implied by SR, v. 107. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. sequestrations 1643. E. Husband, Collections (1646), p. 179.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 544.

Chief butler 1613–41. E351/488–515.

Parlimentarian
BARNHAM, Sir Francis (1576-1646), of Hollingbourne Parsonage, Boughton Monchelsea and Bilsington, Kent
Main residences: Hollingbourne Parsonage; Boughton Monchelsea; Bilsington, Kent.
Author
A.D.T.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

BARNHAM, Sir Francis (1576-1646)

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