Family and Education
b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd bt.*of Barrington Hall and 1st w. Frances, da. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws.Vis. Essex ed. J.J. Howard (1888), 15. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1633;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 6 Nov. 1635.G. Inn Admiss. 209. m. 8 Apr. 1640, Dorothy (d. 1703), da. of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth, Herts. 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 7da. (5 d.v.p.).Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 15; Essex RO, D/DBa/A2, f. 55v; F.W. Galpin, ‘The household expenses of Sir John Barrington’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. xxiii. 283, 286. Kntd. 8 May 1638.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 205. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 18 Sept. 1644.C142/777/100. d. 24 Mar. 1683.CB; Hatfield Broad Oak par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Essex 1641, 1663; I.o.W. 1663; further subsidy, Essex 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208v. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 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, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 278 (E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660), 24 (E.1075.6). I.o.W. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Essex 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 12, 372. gaol delivery, Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645.C181/5, ff. 238, 254. J.p. 13 July 1644-bef. Oct. 1653, by c. Sept. 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660, Apr. 1665-Apr. 1670.C231/6, pp. 4, 271; C231/7, pp. 257, 365; C193/13/6, f. 32; The Names of the Justices (1650), 21 (E.1238.40); A Perfect List (1660), 15; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657.C181/6, pp. 4, 200. Sheriff, Essex, Herts. 1654–5.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 46, 64. Commr. recusants, Hants 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Civic: alderman, Newtown c.1645–24 Mar. 1663.I.o.W. RO, JER/BAR/3/9/8, p. 42; JER/BAR/3/9/79.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.

Religious: ruling elder, seventh classis, Essex bef. 1649.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 382.

: 3rd bt. (c.1615-83), of Barrington Hall, Essex., Hatfield Broad Oak 1615 – 83.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BARRINGTON, Sir John, 3rd bt. (c.1615-83), of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited lands in Essex and elsewhere worth c.£3,000 p.a. in the 1630s;Barrington Lttrs. 6. owned the manor of Swainston and properties in Newtown, I.o.W.VCH Hants, v. 219; Add. 46501, ff. 142-147v; Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 137. Interests in Massachusetts through his fa.’s stake in the Providence Island Co.Essex RO, D/DBa/02/5-6; D/DBa/02/16-17; D/DBa/02/23; D/DBa/02/25; CO124/2, ff. 31, 66, 153, 154, 179; K.O. Kupperman, Providence Island 1630-1641 (1993), 47-8, 186, 302, 357, 362; HMC 7th Rep. 570a. Bef. 1656, 2000 acres in Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland.HMC 7th Rep. 570b; Essex RO, D/DBa/L52, L60.
Oxford 1644
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