BARNES (BARNE, BARNEIS, BERNERS), William I (by 1502-58), of Thoby, Essex.

Auditor of wood sales, office of gen. surveyors 1523 – 42, ct. gen. surveyors 1542 – 45; auditor, ct. augmentations, Glos. Hants, Wilts. and Bristol 1536 – 53; commr. accounts [I] 1537, for suppression of monasteries, Glos. Hants, Wilts. 1539, survey lands in Ambleteuse and Boulogne 1546, relief, Essex 1550; keeper, Horsfrith park, Essex 1541 – d.; j.p. Essex 1547–d.LP Hen. VIII , xii-xiv, xvi, xx, xxi; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 55, 56, 208, 221n, 240n, 358n, 494; Rep. Roy. Comm. 1552 (Archs. of Brit. hist. and culture iii), 77, 192; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 78, 83, 261; 1553, p. 352; 1553–4, pp. 27, 507; 1555–7, p. 25; SP11/5, f. 31v.