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s. of John Barker (d. 1634), draper of Coventry.A.L. Hughes, Politics, Society and Civil War in Warws. 13. ? appr. draper.Add. 11364, f. 16. m. ?(1) 27 Apr. 1612, Woscalin Dreyton of Mancetter (bur. 1 July 1624), at least 1s. 1d.;Mancetter par. reg. (2) by 1650, Elizabeth (d. aft. Aug. 1662).C6/113/30; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 145v. d. aft. 1669.Coventry Archives, BA/H/Q/A79/249.
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Civic: cllr. Coventry 11 Apr. 1632;Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1 f. 311v. mayor, 1634 – 35, 1644–5;Add. 11364, ff. 16, 18v; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 41v. alderman, Jordan Well ward 11 Nov. 1635–11 Apr. 1655.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1 f. 333v; BA/H/C/17/2, f. 118v. Gov. house of correction, 6 Aug. 1638.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1 f. 354

Local: commr. further subsidy, Coventry 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. and Coventry 21 Feb. 1645, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Warws. by 27 June 1642–?Add. 11364, ff. 16v, 17v; LJ v. 166a. J.p. Coventry 15 Aug. 1642–9 Jan. 1643;A. and O. i. 58. Warws. 26 Nov. 1651-bef. Oct. 1660.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 101; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. for Warws. and Coventry, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642; levying of money, Coventry 7 May 1643; Warws. and Coventry 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. sequestration, Coventry 7 May 1644;CJ iii. 482b; LJ vi. 543a. New Model ordinance, Warws. and Coventry 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. gaol delivery, Coventry Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 251. militia, Warws. and Coventry 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. and horse (parlian.), Coventry 27 June 1642.CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 641; Warws. RO, CR2017/C9/39. Gov. Coventry.SP28/136/19; Add. 11364, ff. 16v, 17v; Add. 31116, p. 309; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 44; LJ vii. 394b, 421a. Col. militia ft. 27 June 1650.SP25/119, p. 77.

Central: member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Parlimentarian
BARKER, John I (d. aft. 1669), of Coventry, Warws.
: Warws.
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BARKER, John I (d. aft. 1669), of Coventry, Warws.

Will
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Estates
c.Oct. 1632 acquired with John Stanton a messuage in the suburbs of Coventry from Edward and Alice Hill, and Edward and Elizabeth Knightley.Coventry Docquets, 621. ?By Feb. 1632, interest with Matthew Collins and others in coal works near Coventry.CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 270. Sept. 1634, lessee of tenter yard under the town wall, for 21 years at £1 15s.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1 f. 326v. Aug. 1636, lessee of a farm in Stoke owned by Coventry corporation, for 21 years at £40 entry fine and £4 rent.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/20/1, p. 218; BA/H/C/17/1 f. 338v. c.June 1637, acquired with Humfrey Robinson Maxstoke Park, inc. land in Maxstoke, Coleshill and Shustoke, from Thomas Dilke.Warws. RO, CR2981/Dining room/Cabinet/Drawer 6/61; Coventry Docquets, 707. July 1645, lease of Priory dye house and grounds at £11 p.a. for 28 years.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 46v. Oct. 1645, lease of all but one house in a close given by Simon Norton*, at £19 13s 4d for 21 years.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 49. In 1648 paid a total of £33 18s 4d in rent to Coventry corporation for property in the city inc. in Great Pudding Croft and Gosford Street.Coventry Archives, BA/A/A/26/2, ff. 185, 188-9, 193. In 1650 relinquished lease of lands at Stoke.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 89v. In May 1653 relinquished Grangers and Whitmores in Aston.Salop Archives, 5586/1/457. In Dec. 1653 and Mar. 1654 reassigned his £1,200 share in the Irish Adventure.SP63/283, f. 265; SP63/294, ff. 125-9.
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