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b. by 1565,Age calculated from poss. date of admiss. to university. 3rd s. of John Barker (d.1584/5) of Bildeston, Suff., clothier, and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Edward Bestney of Soham, Cambs. educ. ? St. John’s, Camb. 1577; Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 1579, called 1587. m. by 1586, Margaret, da. of Robert Coke of Mileham, Norf. 2s. 4da. (at least 1 d.v.p.). Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 341; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 183; F.S. Growse, Materials for a Hist. of Bildeston, Suff. 48; Al. Cant.; CITR, i. 346; I. Temple admiss. database; IGI, Suff. One of Barker’s ch. was named Philip (d.1601), aft. Barker’s step-mother (PROB 11/68, f. 28), and so was probably female. d. 5 Apr. 1618. C142/371/114.
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Auditor, treas.’s accts. I. Temple, 1598, 1600, steward, reader’s dinner 1602, bencher 1601 – 03, reader 1603; CITR, i. 424, 435, 446, 441 (name mis-spelt ‘Baker’), 453. town clerk, Colchester by 1599–d., Essex RO, D/B5 Sr12–13; C181/1, f. 9v; 181/2, ff. 296v, 329v. fee’d counsel, Ipswich, Suff. by 1610, N. Bacon, Annals of Ipswich, 442. Harwich, Essex by 1614, Harwich bor. recs. ms 98/3, f. 25; ms 99, unfol. 1613–14 chamberlain’s acct. recorder, Aldeburgh, Suff. 1610;C66/1708, m.26 sjt.-at-law 1603.Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 498.

Freeman, Colchester 1597; Essex RO, D/B5 Gb1, f. 132. commr. gaol delivery, Colchester by 1599–d., Essex RO, D/B5 Sr12–13; C181/1, f. 9; 181/2, f. 329v. Melton, Suff. 1603, Orford, Suff. 1604; C181/1, ff. 63, 86. j.p. Suff. 1599 – at least1614, Harwich 1601 – at least03, Essex 1607 – d., Bucks. 1614; C231/1, ff. 72, 108; C181/1, f. 50; C66/1988; Cal. of Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 14, 197. commr. piracy, Suff. 1604, 1614, C181/1, f. 83; 181/2, f. 174. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1607, C181/2, f. 26. subsidy, Colchester 1608 – 09, Suff. and Orford 1608, SP14/31/1; E115/48/104. charitable uses, Essex 1611 – 14, Suff. 1617–d., C93/4/4; 93/5/7, 16; 93/6/6; 93/9/4. sewers, Colchester 10 Feb. 1618–d. C181/2, f. 308.

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BARKER, Robert (by 1565-1618), of Monkwick, Colchester, Essex; Parham, Suff. and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London
Main residences: Monkwick, Colchester, Essex and Parham, Suff. and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BARKER, Robert (by 1565-1618)

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