Family and Education
b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Bt., of Barrington Hall by 1st w. Frances, da. and coh. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1633; G. Inn 1635. m. c.1643, Dorothy, da. of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth, Herts., 3s. 5da. Kntd. 8 May 1638; suc. fa. 18 Sept. 1644.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 343; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 15.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Essex 1643 – 52, 1657, Jan. 1660–80, I.o.W. 1647 – 48, defence, eastern assoc. 1643, sequestrations, Essex 1643, levying of money 1643, j.p. 1644 – 53, 1656 – 70, commr. for new model ordinance 1645; alderman, Newtown c. 1645 – 62; commr. for militia, Essex 1648, Mar. 1660, sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1654 – 55; commr. for recusants, Hants 1675.
Commr. for exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648; member, High Court of Justice 1649.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BARRINGTON, Sir John (c.1615-83)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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