Maurice Barrow (puritan)
Maurice Barrow (1597/8–1666) was a puritan lawyer and committeeman active in Suffolk during the English Civil War. He was also noted for his exceeding wealth.[1]
Maurice was the son of William Barrow of Westhorpe, Suffolk.[2] and his second wife. Elizabeth Daundy.[2] He attended St John's College, Cambridge matriculating in 1612. He practiced law at Gray's Inn.[3]
He was High Sheriff of Suffolk twice, in 1628 and 1643.
Barrow married Mary Smythe, a daughter of Richard Smythe of Leeds Castle.
Maurice Barrow monument, Westhorpe
[edit]There is a sculpture of Maurice in a memorial to him in St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe.[3] Although Barrow died in Barningham, he directed that his body should be buried in Westhorpe, leaving £500 for the building of a tomb.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Barrow, Maurice (1598 -1666)". British Armorial Bindings. University of Toronto.
- ^ a b c Hervey, John (1880). "Sketch of history of Manor of Westhorpe" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute for Archaelogy & History. V (3).
- ^ a b Blatchly, John; Fisher, Geoffrey (2004). "The itinerant Italian artist Diacinto Cawcy and the genesis of the barrow monument at Westhorpe" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute for Archaeology & History. XL (4): 443–454.