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Family and Education
b. c. 1585, 1st s. of Sir Francis Barrington† of Barrington Hall and Joan, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell alias Williams† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.;Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 87, 148, 343; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 14; P. Gaunt, The Cromwellian Gazetteer (Gloucester, 1987), 237. bro. of Robert†. educ. Camb. 1601;Eg. 2644, f. 116; Barrington Lttrs. 40. G. Inn 5 Nov. 1602.G. Inn Admiss. 105. m. (1) settlement 16 Nov. 1611 (with £3,000), Frances (d.1623), da. and coh. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws. 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Essex RO, D/DHt T126/37-8; Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 87; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 14; F.W. Galpin, ‘Household expenses of Sir Thomas Barrington’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 204, 209; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 293; Barrington Lttrs. 6. (2) 26 Oct. 1624, Judith (d.1657), da. of Sir Rowland Lytton† of Knebworth, Herts., wid. of Sir George Smith of Annables, Herts. s.p.Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 148, 343; The Regs. of St Mary le Bowe, Cheapside, ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. xlv), 325; PROB11/137/185; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103. Kntd. 1613;Oxford DNB. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1628.C142/450/72. d. 18 Sept. 1644.C142/777/100.
Offices Held

Local: commr. inquiry into marshlands, Essex and Kent 1617. 1624 – 26E178/6024. J.p. Essex, 1628 – 15 July 1642; Saffron Walden by 1634–d.C231/5, pp. 168, 530; C181/4, f. 174; 181/5, f. 117v; Barrington Lttrs. 8, 254–5; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, Parl. Hist. xxxii. 233. Commr. sewers, Essex 1625, 1627, 1633, 1634, 1638;C181/3, ff. 162v, 164, 233v; C181/4, ff. 137v, 191v; C181/5, f. 116v. River Stort, Essex and Herts. 1628, 1638;C181/3, ff. 253v, 272; C181/5, f. 112v. I.o.W. 1631;C181/4, f. 89. Mdx. 1639;C181/5, f. 142v. oyer and terminer, Essex 1629, 30 June 1640–d.;C181/4, f. 1v; C181/5, ff. 178, 237v. Home circ. 1629–d.;C181/4, ff. 13, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. Herts. 4 July 1644–d.C181/5, f. 240. Dep. lt. Essex 1629–d.W.L.F. Nuttall, ‘Sir Thomas Barrington and the Puritan Revolution’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. 3rd ser. ii. 65; SP28/9, ff. 312, 314, 353. Commr. knighthood fines, Essex 1630–3.E178/5287, ff. 4, 9, 13. Treas. collection for repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1631–2.Essex RO, D/DBa/O1. Commr. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. subsidy, Essex 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642; assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Treas. assessment, Aug. 1643–d.CJ iii. 206a. Commr. Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Essex, Herts. 4 July 1644.C181/5, ff. 238, 240v.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Commr. treaty payments to Scots, 22 June 1641.CJ ii. 182b; SR v. 123. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 18, 24 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b, 452b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 758b. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643.CJ iii. 21b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Eastern Assoc. by Apr. 1643–d.SP28/7, ff. 448, 513; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

Parlimentarian
BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
: 2nd bt. (c.1585-1644) of Barrington Hall 1585 – 1644 and Priory House, Essex., Hatfield Broad Oak.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall and Priory House, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.

Will
not found.
Estates
income prob. c.£3,000 in the 1630s;Barrington Lttrs. 6. sold manor of Catherick, Yorks. 1631;Coventry Docquets, 612-13. owned manor of Swainston and other properties in Newtown, I.o.W.VCH Hants, v. 219; Add. 46501, ff. 142-147v; Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 137.
Oxford 1644
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