Family and Education
b. c. 1623, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Barrington* and his 1st w. Frances, da. and coh. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws.;Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 14; F.W. Galpin, ‘The household expenses of Sir Thomas Barrington’ Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 205; Morant, Essex, ii. 505. bro. of Sir John Barrington*. educ. privately (Mr Cowell) 1630;Galpin, ‘Household expenses’, 208. Trinity, Camb. 1633.Admiss. to Trinity College, Camb. ed. W.W. Rouse Ball and J.A. Venn (1911-16), ii. 338 ‘Gilbert Barrington’; Al. Cant. ‘Robert Barrington’. m. (1) bef. 1649, Lucy (d. 19 Nov. 1667), da. of Sir Richard Wiseman of Torrell’s Hall, Willingale, Essex, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.);Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 14, 103; Shenfield par. reg. pp. 32-3; Little Baddow par. reg. unfol.; Memoir of Lady Warwick (1847), 135; Morant, Essex, ii. 22, 479; Burke Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 43. (2) Elizabeth Larton, s.p.Morant, Essex, ii. 22. Kntd. 11 July 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 230. d. bef. 15 Apr. 1695.PROB11/425/118.
Offices Held
Local: commr. assessment, Essex 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1677, 1679. by Feb. 1650 – Apr. 1670
: Essex., Little Baddow.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
BARRINGTON, Gobert (c.1623-95), of Tofts, Little Baddow, Essex.
Will
5 Aug. 1694, pr. 15 Apr. 1695.PROB11/425/118.
Estates
bought manors of Tofts and Little Baddow, Essex 20 Oct. 1652; manor of Wicombs, Woodham Ferrers, Essex 1654;Morant, Essex, ii. 22-4, 34. manor of St Cleeres and Herons, Danbury, Essex 1654;Essex RO, D/DPl/29. had lodgings at Little Moorfields, London ‘next door to the Green Dragon’, 1675.Essex RO, D/DRa/L9: Richard Barrington to Sir Gobert Barrington, 9 Dec. 1675.
Oxford 1644
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