Sir Edward Barkham, 1st Baronet of South Acre and of Tottenham High Cross, MiddlesexHistory of Parliament Online - Jennings, Edmund
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in 1625 and 1626. Barkham was the son of Sir Edward Barkham. He matriculated at

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in spring 1611 and was awarded BA in 1613 on the visit of Prince Charles. He was admitted at

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on 13 February 1614. He was knighted in 1623 and then created a

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in the Baronetage of England on 26 June 1623. In 1625 he was elected member of parliament for

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. He was re-elected MP for Boston in 1626. In 1635 he became High Sheriff of Norfolk. Barkham married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Berney of

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, and had issue, including Margaret Barkham, wife of Sir Edmund Jenings. Barkham died at

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then in

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at the age of 72. He was succeeded by his son Sir Edward Barkham, 2nd Baronet.

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