Family and Education
b. by 1525, o.s. of Ellis Barlow of Barlow by Anne, da. of Otis Reddish of Reddish. m. by 1558, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of George Legh of Manchester, 1s. 5da.Barlow was a minor in 1525 under the guardianship of his mother, H. Hornyold-Strickland, Lancs. MPs (Chetham Soc. n.s. xciii), 7. Palatine Note Bk. iv. 205-14; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. gentry 1529-58’ (London Univ. M.A. thesis, 1959), 219-21; J. Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Catholics, i. 130-1; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 5; J. Booker, Didsbury (Chetham Soc. xlii), 254.
Offices Held
Member, 3rd Earl of Derby’s council in 1546; commr. for local disputes 1553, 1555; trustee, Manchester g.s. 1556–81.
Main residence: Barlow in Chorlton cum Hardy, Lancs.
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Commons 1509-1558
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BARLOW, Alexander (by 1525-84)
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