BARKER, Anthony (c.1604-67), of Sonning, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1604, 5th but 4th surv. s. of (Sir) Anthony Barker† (d. 1630) of Sonning, Berks. and his 1st w. Jane, da. of Edward Elrington of Birch Hall, Theydon Bois, Essex.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 163-4, ii. 64; Ashmole, Antiquities, ii. 388. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 5 Dec. 1623 ‘aged 19’, BA 6 Feb. 1626;Al. Ox. M. Temple 9 Feb. 1626.M. Temple Admiss. i. 117. m. by 1640, Frances, da. of Richard Knight of Chawton, Hants, 1s 2da.Vis. Berks. i. 164; Keeler, Long Parl. 95. d. 21 Jan. 1667.Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/2, f. 37v.

Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 22 Nov. 1633; bencher, 24 Nov. 1654, autumn reader, 1662; treas. 1666–d.MTR iii. 1069, 1174, 1175, 1210; A.R. Ingpen, The M. Temple Bench Bk. (1912), 202.

Local: commr. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants. 1638, 14 June 1654 – aft.Oct. 1657, 6 June 1664;C181/5, f. 198; C181/6, pp. 44, 262; C181/7, p. 258. River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662.C181/7, p. 152. J.p. Berks. 25 June 1649–d.C231/6, p. 159; Sheffield Archives, EM1480. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: recorder and steward, Wallingford 1639 – 48, ?1660–d.Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, ff. 130, 136v; W/AC1/1/2, f. 37v; C231/6, p. 413; CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 255.

Parlimentarian

BARKER, Anthony (c.1604-67), of Sonning, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London.

: Berks. and London., the Middle Temple.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BARKER, Anthony (c.1604-67), of Sonning, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London.

Will

none traced.

Estates

presumably owned some property in Berks. but location uncertain.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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