Family and Education
bap. 24 Mar. 1633, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Paul Barret of Canterbury by Jane, da. and coh. of Richard Ewell of Chislet. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1650; G. Inn 1650, called 1659, ancient 1676. m. (1) 17 Apr. 1654, Mary (d.1672), da. and h. of Thomas Stanley of Canterbury, 2s. 3da.; (2) lic. 15 Dec. 1673, Katherine (d. 26 Aug. 1677), da. of John Bell, merchant, of Rotherhithe, Surr., wid. of Nicholas Hurleston, merchant, of Rotherhithe, 2da.; (3) c.1680, Sarah (d. 6 Oct. 1711), da. of Sir George Ent, MD, FRCP, of London, wid. of Francis Head of Rochester, Kent, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1676; Kntd. 7 Aug. 1683.Chislet Par. Reg. 36, 38; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 379-80; Mdx. County Recs. ed. J. C. Jeaffreson, iii. 223; Hasted, Kent, xi. 234; Foster, London Mar. Lic. 86; Arch. Cant. xiv. 123; St. Paul’s Canterbury Reg. 237.
Offices Held
Freeman, Canterbury Sept. 1660, common councilman 1668 – d., recorder 1681 – 84; water bailiff and keeper of the gaol, Dover 1668–?d.; standing counsel, Canterbury 1668 – 78, Cinque Ports 1670 – d.; j.p. Kent 1676 – d.; commr. for assessment, Kent 1677 – 80, Canterbury 1679 – 80; bencher, G. Inn 1679.
Serjeant-at-law 1684 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Lee, Ickham, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BARRET, Paul (1633-85)
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Oxford 1644
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