Walter Barker

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Barker, Walter (1580-1644). Second son of Rowland Barker (c.1549-99) and his wife Cicely, daughter of Andrew Charleton of Apley Castle (Shrops.), baptised at Uffington, 16 February 1579/80. Educated at University College, Oxford (matriculated 1599) and Grays Inn (admitted 1601). High Sheriff of Shropshire, 1621. In 1625 he was granted a general pardon by Charles I for a range of previous offences. He was apparently a Puritan and an active Parliamentarian in the Civil War, and was appointed DL by Parliament, 1642. He was briefly detained by the Royalists garrisoning Shrewsbury when he tried to send a large sum of money down the River Severn to the Parliamentarians at Bristol and it was intercepted. He married, 10 October 1619 at Condover (Shrops.), Ursula (1587-1629), daughter of William Elkin, alderman of London and widow of Sir Roger Owen (d. 1617), kt., of Condover Hall (Shrops.), and had issue:
(1) Elizabeth Barker (b. 1620), baptised at Condover, 24 August 1620; married Robert Powell (c.1600-54) of Park Hall, Whittington (Shrops.) (who m2, Rachel, daughter of Sir Cecil Trafford), son of Thomas Powell of Park Hall, but had no issue;
(2) Rowland Barker (1622-46) (q.v.);
(3) Cecily Barker (1626-54), said to have been born 27 April 1626; married, c.1651, Col. Henry Mildmay MP (1619-92) of Graces, Little Baddow (Essex), a leading Parliamentarian (who m2, 1657, Mary (d. 1715), daughter of Robert Mildmay of Moulsham (Essex) and had further issue four sons and five daughters), son of Sir Henry Mildmay, kt., and had issue one son and three daughters; will proved 27 January 1654/5;
(4) Anne Barker (c.1627-54), third daughter, born about 1627; died unmarried; will proved in the PCC, 3 February 1654;
(5) Ursula Barker (1629-88), said to have been born 20 April 1629; married, 7 February 1653 at St Matthew, Friday St., London, John Cardrow of London, and had issue; lived latterly at Enfield (Middx); buried at St Ann, Blackfriars, London, 9 April 1688; will proved 10 April 1688.
He inherited the Haughmond Abbey estate from his elder brother in 1618.
He died 15 June 1644 and was buried at Upton Magna, where he is commemorated by a monument erected at a cost of £200 under the will of his daughter Anne. His wife was buried at Condover, 7 May 1629.