BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex

Family and Education

b. c. 1585, 1st s. of Sir Francis Barrington* and Joan, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell alias Williams† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.; bro. of Robert*.Barrington Letters ed. A. Searle (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xxviii), 27. educ. Camb. 1601; G. Inn 1602. Eg. 2644, f. 116; GI Admiss. m. (1) settlement 16 Nov. 1611 (with £3,000), Essex RO, D/DHt T126/37-8. Frances (d.1623), PROB 11/145, f. 376v. da. and coh. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws., 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); F.W. Galpin, ‘Household Expenses of Sir Thomas Barrington’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 204, 209; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 293. (2) 26 Oct. 1624, St. Mary le Bowe (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlv), 325. Judith (d.1657), Jane, Lady Cornwallis, Private Corresp. 223. da. of Sir Rowland Lytton* of Knebworth, Herts., wid. of Sir George Smith of Annables, s.p. PROB 11/137, f. 131v. Kntd. 1613; Oxford DNB.; not in Shaw, Knights of Eng. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1628. C142/450/72. d. 18 Sept. 1644. C142/777/100. sig. Tho[mas] Barrington

Offices Held

Commr. inquiry into marshlands, Essex and Kent 1617; E17/6024. j.p., Essex 1624 – 26, 1628 – 42, Saffron Walden, Essex by 1634–d.; C231/5, pp. 168, 530; C181/4, f. 174; 181/5, f. 117v; Barrington Letters, 8, 254–5. dep. lt. Essex 1629–43; W.L.F. Nuttall, ‘Sir Thomas Barrington and the Puritan Revolution’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), ii. 65. commr. sewers, Essex 1625 – 38, I.o.W. 1631, Herts. 1638, Mdx. 1639, C231/5, p. 61; C181/3, ff. 164, 233v, 272; 181/4, ff. 89, 137v, 186v, 191v; 181/5, ff. 112v, 116v, 142v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1629 – 42, Essex 1640 – d., Herts. 1644, C181/4, ff. 1v, 181v, 198v; 181/5, ff. 8v, 178, 237v, 240, 222. knighthood fines, Essex 1630–2; E178/5287, ff. 4, 9, 13. treas. of collection for repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, Essex 1631–2; Essex RO, D/DBa/O1. commr. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635, C181/5, f. 28. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 1641, Ibid. f. 208. assessment, Essex 1641, 1643, sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, SR, v. 151; A. and O. i. 90, 112, 147, 229, 292. gaol delivery, Essex 1644. C181/5, f. 238.

Commr. charitable uses, 1629; C192/1, unfol. treas. (jt.) sequestrations 1643–d.; CJ, iii. 112a. member, assembly of divines 1643; A. and O. i. 181. commr. requisitioning timber 1644. Ibid. i. 423–4.

Member, Providence Is. Co. 1631, dep. gov. 1633–4. CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 125; HMC 7th Rep. 538, 589; A.P. Newton, Colonising Activities of Eng. Puritans, 65.

Parlimentarian

BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex

Main residence: Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas (c.1585-1644)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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