BARKER, Richard (c.1554-1636), of Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury and Norton, Salop

Family and Education

b. c. 1554, 2nd s. of James Barker (d.1572) of Haughmond Abbey, Salop and his 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Richard Clive of Styche, Salop.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 27-8; PROB 6/1, f. 172v. educ. Shrewsbury 1563; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1569, called 1576. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, i. 2; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 27. m. 1583, Dorothy, da. and coh. of William Poyner of Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury 2s. 3da.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 27-8; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 408. bur. 9 Dec. 1636 9 Dec. 1636. Wroxeter Par. Reg. (Salop par. reg. soc. x), 16. sig. Ric[hard] Barker.

Offices Held

Freeman, Shrewsbury ?1580; Shrewsbury Burgess Roll ed. H.E. Forrest, 14. The date given is 1560, which is clearly erroneous. j.p. Salop 1597–?d., Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. 1602–15, Denb. 1613 – 15, Mont. 1614–15; C231/1, ff. 23v, 139v; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 5–7, 23–4, 41–3, 64–5, 135. member, Council in the Marches 1601–15; P. Williams, Council in Marches of Wales, 342–3; Eg. 2882, f. 84v. commr. oyer and terminer, Staffs. and Worcs. 1606, subsidy, Salop and Shrewsbury 1608. HMC Hatfield, xviii. 27; SP14/31/1.

Reader, G. Inn 1594; bencher, G. Inn 1595, treas. (jt.) 1595–6; PBG Inn, i. 106, 108, 112. recorder, Shrewsbury 1603-at least 1613; H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 538, 568. justice, N. Wales circ. 1602 – 10, c.j. 1610–15. JPs in Wales and Monm. 5–7.

Parlimentarian

BARKER, Richard (c.1554-1636), of Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury and Norton, Salop

Main residences: Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury; Norton, Salop.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BARKER, Richard (c.1554-1636)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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