Family and Education
s. and h. of John Barley (d. 1420) by his w. Joan (d.1419), sis. and coh. of Sir Walter Lee of Albury. m. by 1419, Katherine (1400-66), sis. and coh. of John Walden (d. 1419) of Rickling Hall, Essex, at least 1s. Henry†.C139/122/29; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), vii. 195; H. Chauncy, Herts. i. 290, 292, 300; P. Morant, Essex, ii. 570, 612, 625; CFR, xx. 176. R. Clutterbuck (Herts. iii. 333) mistakenly describes Katherine Walden as the wife of Henry Barley, when she was, in fact, his mother.
Offices Held
J.p. Herts. 7 July 1423 – Dec. 1443, 9 June 1445 – d.
Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 6 Nov. 1424–15 Jan. 1426.
Commr. to raise royal loans, Herts., Essex Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431; assess grants and taxes, Herts. Apr. 1431, Jan. 1436; of inquiry May 1436 (concealments and escapes); to collect part of a tax Feb. 1441.
Escheator, Essex and Herts. 26 Nov. 1431–5 Nov. 1432.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Albury, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
BARLEY, John (-d.1446)
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