Stafford Barlow, of Lutterworth, Gent.

Note: Stafford Barlow came from Lutterworth and is described as "Gent." in the marriage license of his daughter.

STAFFORD BARLOW, Gentleman, of Narborough and Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The name of his wife is unknown. They had two daughters, Audrey and Mary (baptized at Narborough 1608). He was the executor of the 1608 will of Ellen Butler, widow, of All Saints parish, Leicester, Leicestershire, who was possibly his mother. He served as a witness to various wills: the 1621 will of John Hodge,husbandman, of Foston, Leicestershire, husbandman; the 1621 will of William Allen, laborer, of Glen Parva, Leicestershire; the 1638 will of Thomas Wood the elder, husbandman, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire; the 1638 will of William Callis, rope maker, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire; and the 1638 will of Thomas Beale, yeoman, late of Ashby Parva, Leicestershire.

Research Notes

Contrary to rumours on the internet, he wasn't John Stafford Barlow, his father wasn't William Thomas Barlow, and he didn't marry Margaret Woodland. This all looks like an attempt to conflate two different families, in order to provide the other family with royal ancestry. (See Barloe-1, which is attached to a profile for Margareta Woodland.)

References:

• Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 6 (1870): 250–251. Bishop’s Transcripts,
• Narborough, Leicestershire [FHL 592585]. Abstracts of Proven Wills of Leicester District Probate Registry [FHL Microfilms 800670, 800672].
• Title: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1995) 1620-1633 1620-1633. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1995.