Title:
Microfilm of correspondence of Barrington family, 1629-1643, and 17th-century printed items in British Library
Level: Category
Records in public repositories
Level: Fonds
MICROFILM OF CORRESPONDENCE OF BARRINGTON FAMILY OF HATFIELD BROAD OAK
Scope and Content:
Comprises selected letters from the correspondence of the Barrington family of Hatfield Broad Oak, 1629-1643, in British Museum Egerton MSS. 2643, 2645-2648, and selected 17th-century printed items in the British Museum Library

The letters, which originally formed part of the Barrington archive at Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, are listed in the order in which they appear on the microfilm

Egerton Manuscript 2643

Folio 13 John Pym to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1642

Folio 15 Oliver Cromwell, William Harlakenden and Miles Corbet from Cambridge to Essex Deputy Lieutenants, 1643

Egerton Manuscript 2645

Folio 3 Thomas Bourchier to Lady Joan Barrington, 1629

Folio 15 [Sir] Francis Harris to Lady Joan Barrington, 1629

Folio 19 [Lady] Joan Everard at Langleys [Great Waltham] to Lady Joan Barrington, 1629

Folio 46 John Barrington to Sir Thomas Barrington or Robert Barrington, 1629

Folio 118 Sir William Masham to Lady Joan Barrington [undated, ?1629-1630]

Folio 140 [?C.] Cromwell to Lady Joan Barrington, 1630

Folio 186 Francis, Earl of Bedford to Lady Joan Barrington, 1630

Folio 192 John Barrington, from on board ship at Gravesend, Kent to Lady Joan Barrington, 1630

Folio 226 William Chantrell from Wallington, Yorkshire to Lady Joan Barrington, 1630

Folio 245 John Masters from New England, America, to Barrington family, 1631

Folio 299 Sir Thomas Barrington to Lady Joan Barrington, 1631

Folio 309 Sir William Masham to Lady Joan Barrington, 1631

Folio 245 [repeated; see above]

Egerton 2646

Folio 3 Ezekiel Rogers from Rowley, Yorkshire to Lady Joan Barrington

Folios 44-46 Memorandum of estate and financial business to be transacted in London, Michaelmas 1632, by Lady Judith Barrington for John Kendal

Folio 58 Hope Sherard [Minister of Providence Island, America] from Providence to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1634

Folio 64 Earl of Warwick to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1634

Folio 94 Henry Hamond [London shopkeeper] to John Kendall, 1636

Folio 104 Letter from an unidentified clergyman to Sir Thomas Barrington [first page only], [?1637]

Folio 113 [?Sir] William Lytton from Knebworth, Hertfordshire to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1637

Folio 133 Haynes Barber to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1639

Folio 142 William, Lord Maynard, at Little Easton to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1640

Folio 193 Sir Harbottle Grimston at Bradfield to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 199 Samuel Wharton at Felsted to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 209 Lord Grey of Warke to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 214 Sir William Masham, Sir Martin Lumley and Sir Harbottle Grimston to Deputy Lieutenants of Essex, 1643

Folio 236 Sir Thomas Barrington to Deputy Lieutenants of Essex, 1643

Folio 245 Earl of Warwick to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Folio 249 Sir Benjamin Ayloffe from Tower of London to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 256 Sir Richard Everard to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 273 Lady Judith Barrington at Hatfield Broad Oak to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Egerton 2647

Folio 41 Members of Suffolk Parliamentary committee to Deputy Lieutenants of Essex, 1643

Folio 49 Captain Robert Cobbet to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 80 Committee of Safety (signatories including Lords Northumberland and Say and Sele and John Pym) to Deputy Lieutenants of Essex, 1643

Folio 152 [John] Pickering in London to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 213 Petition of Stephen Withers, late rector of Sheering, to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Folio 227 Edward Birkhead from 'the dragoons denn' at Romford to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Folio 251 Thomas Nightingale to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Folio 260 John Watson in London to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 269 Robert Leigh to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 308 William Harlakenden at Cambridge to Sir Thomas Barrington, 1643

Folio 348 Lady Judith Barrington to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Egerton 2648

Folio 22 Barrington tenants at Cottingham, Yorkshire to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643]

Folios 31, 32 Draft letter of Sir Thomas Barrington [?to Speaker of Commons]

Folio 44 Sir Francis Cooke to Sir Thomas Barrington, [1643 or 1644]

Remainder of film has following printed items from British Library:

John Stearne, Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft, 1648 (title and pages 14-17)

A true and Exact Relation, 1645, title Clothiers petition, 1641

Matthew Hopkins,Discovery of Witches Petition of Colchester Ministers, 1645

Dates of Creation:
c.1966
Extent:
1 reel of 35 mm. microfilm
Originals Location:
British Library [formerly British Museum]
Related Unit of Description:
The preface to Essex Record Office catalogue D/DBa lists the major part of the Barrington archives held by the ERO. For microfilm of Barrington deeds in the British Library see T/A 367. The report on the whole collection by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (7th Report, part I, Appendix pages 537-589) includes a calendar of many of the letters, and transcripts of some.
Not Available:
Available in the Essex Record Office searchroom (microfilm drawers)

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Place Names Hatfield Broad Oak Microfilm, c.1966, of correspondence of Barrington family, 1629-1643
Place Names Hatfield Broad Oak Microfilm, c.1966, of correspondence of Barrington family, 1629-1643
Document Types Microfilm Correspondence of the Barrington family of Hatfield Broad Oak, 1629-1643, and 17th century printed items in British Library