BARRETT, Sir Edward (1581-1644), of Belhus, Aveley, Essex and Smithfield, London

Family and Education

b. 21 June 1581,WARD 7/21/226. 1st s. of Charles Barrett (d.1584) of Belhus and Christian, da. of Sir Walter Mildmay† of Apethorpe, Northants., chan. Exch. 1559-89. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 145. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1598; L. Inn 1600; travelled abroad (Spain, Italy) 1605-7. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; HMC 5th Rep. 140; HMC Hatfield, xxiv. 147; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith i. 338-40, 379. m. (1) 20 Feb. 1609, St. Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 82. Jane (bur. 3 Jan. 1633), Her. and Gen. iii. 43. da. of Sir Edward Carey† of Aldenham, Herts., master of the Jewel House 1595-1618, 1da. d.v.p.; T.B. Lennard, Fams. of Lennard and Barrett, 361, 367. (2) Aug. 1635 (with £10,000), HMC Var. iii. 250. Catherine, da. of Hugh Fenn of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., wid. of Hugh Perry alias Hunter, Mercer, of London, s.p. Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 262, 463. suc. grandfa. 1586; WARD 7/21/226. Kntd. 17 Apr. 1608; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145. cr. Lord Barrett of Newburgh [S] 17 Oct. 1627, bt. 2 Oct. 1628. CB, ii. 362. d. Dec. 1644. Lennard, 390.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Essex 1605–27, C181/1, f. 121; 181/2, f. 318v; 181/3, f. 218v. Westminster 1634; C181/4, f. 191. j.p. Essex 1614 – at least39, Mdx. 1641–d.; Cal. of Assize Recs., Essex Indictments ed. J.S. Cockburn, 141, passim; HMC Westmorland, 503; SP16/405, f. 26; C231/5, p. 493. commr. highways, Essex 1615, C181/2, f. 226. inquiry, earl of Somerset’s estates 1616, Ibid. f. 260. gaol delivery, Havering, Essex 1620–22, C181/3, ff. 3, 78. oyer and terminer, Essex 1622, Ibid. f. 68v. repair, St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 6. survey, St. James’s bailiwick 1640, Ibid. 1640–1, p. 208. array, Essex and Mdx. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

PC 1628–d.; APC, 1628–9, p. 42; CSP Dom. 1638–9, pp. 607–8; 1640–1, p. 3. chan. exch. 1628–9; C66/2477; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 39. commr. abuses in silk dyeing 1628, APC, 1628–9, p. 242. to compound for knighthood 1628, Ibid. 277. Crown lands compositions 1629; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 76. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629–41; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 355; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. chan. duchy of Lancaster 1629–44;Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, ed. R. Somerville, 1; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 387. commr. poor relief 1631, CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 474. starch manufactures 1631, APC, 1630–1, p. 238. transportation of felons 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 547. defective titles revenue 1635, Rymer, ix. pt. 1, p. 7. treasury 1641–4, Rymer, ix. pt. 3, p. 47; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 394; Docquets of Letters Patent, pp. 14, 60. revenue inquiry 1642.CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 263.

Parlimentarian

BARRETT, Sir Edward (1581-1644), of Belhus, Aveley, Essex and Smithfield, London

Main residences: Belhus, Aveley, Essex; Smithfield, London.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BARRETT, Sir Edward (1581-1644)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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