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Family and Education
b. 17 May 1604, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Church (d. 1617), rector of Whinburgh, Norf. and vicar of Witchford, Cambs.Blomefield, Norf. iv. 141; Clergy of the C of E database, Person ID: 22595. educ. appr. to Robert Atkyns, worsted weaver bef. 1624.Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 161. m. Katherine (d. 19 May 1670), da. of Edmund Quarles of Norwich, ?s.p.Blomefield, Norf. iv. 141. d. 28 July 1686.Blomefield, Norf. iv. 141.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Norwich 1624;Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 161. common councilman, Northern great ward 1639 – 44; surveyor, 1641 – 42, 1648–9;Index to Norwich City Officers, 36. sheriff, 1644–5;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 215. alderman, Colegate ward 1647 – 82; treas. grain stock, 1648 – 50; mayor, 1651–2.Index to Norwich City Officers, 36. Jt. treas. Norwich children’s hosp. 1649-at least 1651.Norf. RO, Norwich assembly bk. 1642–68, ff. 86v, 99v, 114.

Religious: churchwarden, St George Colegate, Norwich 1633–4.Norwich Rate Bk. ed. W. Rye (1903), 72. Overseer, St John de Sepulchre, Norwich 1679.Index of Indentures of Norwich Apprentices, ed. W.M. Rising and P. Millican (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxix. 1959), 17.

Local: commr. New Model ordinance, Norwich 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Norf. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. July 1652 – 8 July 1656A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Norf.; Christ Church close, Norwich 22 July 1656-aft. Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 239, 339, 345; C181/6, p. 184. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norwich by Dec. 1653-aft. Oct. 1672;C181/6, pp. 25, 386; C181/7, pp. 64, 629. sewers, 13 Oct. 1655, 15 July 1672;C181/6, p. 127; C181/7, p. 625. to survey ‘surrounded ground’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656;C181/6, f. 158. militia, Norf. 26 July 1659; Norwich 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. voluntary gift, Norwich and Norf. 1661;Cal. of Frere MSS (Norf. Rec. Soc. i. 1931), 73. subsidy, Norwich 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian
CHURCH, Barnard (1604-86), of Norwich, Norf.
: of Norwich, Norf.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1654.Norwich Castle Museum.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CHURCH, Barnard (1604-86), of Norwich, Norf.

Will
15 Jan. 1686, pr. ?4 Jan. 1687.Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct. will, 581 Calthorpe.
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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