Robert Barrett (bef. 1328 - abt. 1384)

Born before 1328 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1384 after about age 56 in England

Biography

"The name of Barrett is one which occurs often in England; the family of that name, from whom Sir Edward Barrett (Lord Newburgh) was descended, came originally from Hawkhurst, in Kent, where Robert Barrett was living in the 23rd of Edward III, as is proved by a deed mentioned by Lord Dacre. ... The pedigree in Lord Dacre's book traces Robert's descent from Thomas Barrett (9th Edward III.) ..." ^[1]

Given the deed in 23 Edward III (around 1349), Robert was presumably born in or before 1328 and probably in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, England.

Father: Sir Thomas Barrett, b: 1306 in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, England
Mother: Anne De West, b: Abt. 1310 in Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, England

Marriage to: Unknown
Children^[2]:

1. Valentyne Barrett
2. John Barrett

Note: Robert was the oldest son and inherited the Barrett lands in Kent. His son John Barrett married heiress Alice Belhouse and moved from Kent to Aveley, Essex, England around 1397 CE. ^[3]

A manuscript pedigree dated 1541 has a notation of 7 R 2 by his name, which probably indicates that he died around 7 Richard II, i.e. about 1383 or 1384.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett, Page 341.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Walter Charles Metcalfe, ed., The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634. To which are added, Miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts: and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees, London: Harleian Society, 1879, p. 549 Google Books
3. ↑ "An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett", Page 342.

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• Mayo, Ashton, Coplin, Comer, Salinas and Lystra families... on RootsWeb: Robert Barrett

• Magna Carta Ancestry, 2d Ed., by Richardson; pg. 12. States that Thomas Barrett was son & heir of John Barrett of Hawkshurst, Kent, and Alice Belhouse, heiress of Aveley, Essex, England.