Mary Barker

Family

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Barker family of Hopton Castle

Barker, William (d. 1590?). Elder son of William Barker (d. 1564) [for whom, see above] and his wife Joan Horne.

He married Mary Titteley, sister and heiress of William Titteley of Titteley, and had issue:

• (1) Dr. Thomas Barker (1551-1617), baptised at Hopton Castle, 5 January 1550/1; doctor of medicine; in practice in London from c.1594; physician to Charterhouse Hospital in 1604 and in the service of Queen Anne of Denmark; married Anne, daughter of Thomas Lloyd of Monmouthshire, and had issue (including Dr. William Barker MD, who was also physician to Charterhouse Hospital and to Queen Anne of Denmark); died 20 August 1617;
• (2) John Barker (1553-1607) (q.v.);
• (3) Dorothy Barker (b. 1555), baptised at Hopton Castle, 27 July 1555; married, 20 February 1581/2, Francis Holland of Burwarton, and had issue;
• (4) Andrew Barker (d. 1577); merchant in Bristol in partnership with his brother John, and engaged in hazardous trade with the Spanish colonies; after one of his ships was seized by the Inquisition and only released on the payment of a fine equal to the whole value of the cargo, he turned privateer and fitted out two vessels which took several prizes and collected quite a lot of booty; discipline among his men then broke down and they mutinied and stranded him and a party of loyal followers on the shore of the Gulf of Honduras, where they were surprised by the Spanish and eight or nine men, including Barker, were killed; he was unmarried and without issue;

He inherited or purchased a lease of Hopton Castle.

He is said to have died 30 October 1590. His wife's date of death is unknown.

References

• https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/barker03.php
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g5520.htm
• The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, Somerset Herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms: With Additions from the Pedigrees of Shropshire Gentry Taken by the Heralds in the Years 1569 and 1584, and Other. Robert Treswell. Page 29. GoogleBooks
• Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica, Volume 2. Page 516. GoogleBooks