Person:Francis Barrington (1)

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Sir Francis Barrington
b.Abt 1570
d.3 Jul 1628
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Sir Francis BarringtonAbt 1570 - 1628
  2. Catherine Barrington
  3. Henry Barrington
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sir Francis BarringtonAbt 1570 - 1628
  • W.  Joan Cromwell - Abt 1641
  1. Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet - 1644
  2. Mary Barrington
  3. Elizabeth Barrington
  4. Ruth Barrington
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Facts and Events
Name Sir Francis Barrington
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1570
Marriage to Joan Cromwell
Death[1][3] 3 Jul 1628
Reference Number? Q5480147?


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Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet of Barrington Hall, Essex (ca. 15603 July 1628) was a Puritan activist and politician, who was MP for Essex from 1601 to 1604, then 1620 to 1628.

One of the wealthiest members of the Essex gentry, Barrington was a strong advocate of reforming the Church of England, with family connections to many other Puritan activists. This allowed him to exercise significant influence within Parliament, where he opposed the religious and foreign policies of James and Charles I.

In 1626, he was imprisoned for refusing to help collect the Forced Loan, an attempt by Charles to levy taxes without Parliament's approval that prefigured later struggles over Ship Money in the 1630s. Barrington was released due to ill-health in January 1628 but died on 3 July.

His opposition made him a popular hero within the Puritan community; forty years after his death in 1670, he was described as "one of the mirrors of our time".

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Francis Barrington, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   BARRINGTON, Francis (c.1565-1628), in The History of Parliament.
  3. ↑ Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Bt., in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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