William Barker, of Colchurst

William Barker of Colchurst was the son of John Barker and Joyce Burton.

He married Joan Horne, daughter of William Horne of Child's Ercoll, co. Salop. Their descendants continued at Colchurst and Longslowe, near Drayton, till the eighteenth century.

Their eldest son was William.

Family

From http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2019/07/384-barker-of-haughmond-...

Barker family of Colehurst Manor

Barker, William (d. 1564). Younger son of John Barker (fl. c.1500) [for whom see above] and his wife Joyce Burton.

William Barker (d. 1564), the younger brother of John Barker (d. 1572) of Wollerton, inherited his father's lease of Colehurst and also seems to have taken a long lease of Hopton Castle by 1554 at the latest. He had two recorded sons, William Barker (d. 1590?) and John Barker (1518-72), who inherited Hopton and Colehurst respectively. John's descendants George Barker (1544-1619), Andrew Barker (1578-1645) and George Barker (1601-81) inherited Colehurst in turn, but at some point in the early 17th century they appear to have moved to Longslow, a farm just outside Market Drayton. The circumstances of this are obscure, but it would seem that the present 17th century Colehurst Manor was almost certainly built after they left.

The history of Hopton Castle is almost equally obscure: William Barker (d. 1590?) was succeeded by his second son John Barker (1553-1607), who became a merchant in Bristol, and Hopton may have been largely unoccupied by the end of the 16th century. In the Civil War it was the scene of one of the most barbaric acts of the conflict, when a Parliamentarian garrison was besieged there and executed after surrendering. The castle was apparently made habitable again after the siege but was finally abandoned about 1700. The Barkers seem to have had no connection with the castle by the time of the Civil War, and remained in Bristol in the 17th century. They were the immediate ancestor of the Barkers (later Raymond-Barkers)

He married Joan Horne and had issue:

• (1) William Barker [for whom see Barker family of Hopton Castle below]
• (2) John Barker (1518-72) (q.v.).

He inherited Colehurst Manor from his father and apparently purchased a long lease of Hopton Castle before 1554. He was buried at Hopton Castle, 9 March 1563/4. His wife's date of death is unknown.

Origins

From https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/barker03.php

• (A) John Barker alias Coverall of Coulshurst m. Joyce Burton (dau of Edward Burton of Longnor, Groom of the Stole)
  • (i) John Barker alias Coverall of Wolverton m. Elizabeth Hill (dau of Thomas Hill, sister of Sir Rowland of Haghmond, Lord Mayor)
  • (ii) William Barker of Coulshurst m. Joane Horne (dau of William Horne of Little Ercall)
    • (a) William Barker of Hopton Castle m. Mary Titteley (sister/heir of William Titteley of Titteley or Tytteley)
    • (b) John Barker of Coulshurst m. Elizabeth or Sarah Sandford (dau of Hugh Sandford of Sandford)

Notes

From http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2019/07/384-barker-of-haughmond-...

Sunday, 28 July 2019 (384) Barker of Haughmond Abbey and Colehurst Hall

The Barkers traced their origin back to the reign of King Edward II, but they hovered on the borderline between yeomen and the lesser gentry until the 16th century, when they became one of the many families to achieve substantially increased wealth and status following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. John Barker, who was active around 1500 (and with whom the genealogy below begins) was apparently already the tenant of the Corbet family in their Colehurst estate at Market Drayton (Shrops). He had two recorded sons, John Barker (d. 1572) and William Barker (d. 1564), the latter of whom inherited Colehurst.

William Barker (d. 1564), the younger brother of John Barker (d. 1572) of Wollerton, inherited his father's lease of Colehurst and also seems to have taken a long lease of Hopton Castle by 1554 at the latest. He had two recorded sons, William Barker (d. 1590?) and John Barker (1518-72), who inherited Hopton and Colehurst respectively.

References

• Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica, Volume 2. Page 516. GoogleBooks
• 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
• http://www.vnla.com/vnl/gen/mcq/Barker.htm#William3