BARKER, Sir Anthony (c.1557/8-1630), of the Rectory, Sonning, Berks.
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Family and Education
b. c. 1557 /8, 2nd s. of William Barker (d.1573) of Sonning and Anne, da. of Lawrence Stoughton of Stoughton, Surr. m. (1) by 1596, Jane (d. Feb. 1610), da. of Edward Elrington of Birch Hall, Theydon Bois, Essex, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Anne, s.p. E. Ashmole, Antiqs. of Berks. (1719), ii. 387-9; PROB 11/55, f. 242; O. Manning and W. Bray, Surr. i. 171; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 163-4; (Harl. Soc. lvii), 64; VCH Essex, iv. 252.suc. ?bro. William by 1588; Kntd. 30 Mar. 1608. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144.d. 1 Apr. 1630. sig. Anthonye/Anthonie Barker.
Offices Held
Escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 1598;List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 128. commr. swans, Oxf. circ. 1606-at least 1615; C181/2, ff. 4v, 233. sheriff, Berks. 1609–10;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 6. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1612, Bucks. and Berks. 1622; C181/2, f. 169; 181/3, f. 76v. j.p. Berks. by 1614–?d.; C66/1988; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 3. commr. subsidy, Berks. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628–9; C212/22/20, 23; E115/145/69; 115/63/116. dep. lt. Berks. 1623–d.; SP14/148/83. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1624, C181/3, f. 119. martial law, Berks. 1626, Add. 21922, f. 66. charitable uses, 1626-at least 1628, C93/10/22; 93/11/13. Forced Loan 1626. SP16/40/39.