BARNARDISTON, Sir Nathaniel (c.1588-1653), of Kedington, Suff.

Family and Education

b. c. 1588, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Barnardiston (d. 1610) of Witham, Essex and Mary, da. of Richard Knightley of Fawsley, Northants.S. Clark, The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons (1683), pt. ii, 106; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 113; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiv), 546; W.H. Turnbull, ‘SS. Peter and Paul, Kedington’, Jnl. British Arch. Assoc. n.s. xxxvi. 313; F.A. Crisp, Vis. Eng. and Wales - Notes (1893-1921), vii. 171; R. Almack, ‘Kedington alias Ketton, and the Barnardiston fam.’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. iv. 138. m. 16 May 1613, Jane (d. 17 Aug. 1669), da. of Sir Stephen Soame†, girdler, of London and Little Thurlow, Suff., ld. mayor 1598-9, 8s. (inc. Sir Thomas*; 2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Essex, 546; Turnbull, ‘Kedington’, 313-15; Crisp, Vis. Notes, vii. 174-78; Almack, ‘Kedington’, 141-3; St Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, All Hallows, Honey Lane, and St Pancras, Soper Lane, ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. xlv), 325. Kntd. 1618;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 170. suc. gdfa. 1619. d. 25 July 1653.W. Robinson, The Hist. and Antiquities of the Par. of Hackney (1842-3), ii. 69; Turnbull, ‘Kedington’, 315.

Offices Held

commr. sewers, Suff. and Essex 1617; Suff. 1626;C181/2, f. 272; C181/3, f. 201v. Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645.C181/5, f. 262v. J.p. Suff. 1622 – 27, 1628 – d.; Essex by Feb. 1650–d.C231/4, ff. 134, 228v, 261v; E163/18/72, f. 76; C193/13/3, f. 24v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiii. Dep. lt. Suff. 1623–7, by Aug. 1642–?Add. 39245, f. 72; LJ v. 342b. Sheriff, 1623–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 132. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627; Orford, Suff. 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 55v, 77v. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 269. Suff. and Essex 1635;C181/5, f. 28v. subsidy, Suff. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 232v. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. gaol delivery, Suff., Bury St Edmunds 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 233. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. liberty of St Etheldreda, Ely 23 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 267v. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A and O.

member, cttee. for compounding, 8 Nov. 1643,CJ iii. 305a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644.CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A and O.

elder, fourteenth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 429.

Parlimentarian

BARNARDISTON, Sir Nathaniel (c.1588-1653), of Kedington, Suff.

of Kedington, Suff.

Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, F.H. Van Hove, 1683; BM. fun. monument, Kedington church, Suff.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BARNARDISTON, Sir Nathaniel (c.1588-1653), of Kedington, Suff.

Will

10 Sept. 1651, cod. 18 Jan. 1653, pr. 8 Sept. 1653.PROB11/232/242.

Estates

worth £4,000 p.a.Suff. ed. Everitt, 16.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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