Robert Barnardiston Bt (1676 - 1728)

Born 1676 in England

Ancestors

Died 1728 at about age 52 in England

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Biography

Second surviving son of Sir Thomas Barnardiston and Elizabeth Barnardiston (nee King), Sir Robert Barnardiston was born in 1676, probably in Ketton (Kedington), Suffolk, where his father held the title of Baronet. ^[1]

Robert inherited the title of Baronet after the death of his elder brother Thomas in 1700. ^[1]

According to his will, dated 23 Feb 1726, he resided at Hatch Court in Somerset. While Collins states in "The English Baronetage" that he died unmarried, in Robert's will he leaves everything to Dame Elizabeth, his "dear and loving wife".^[2] Robert died in 1728 and was buried on July 24 of that year in the Barnardiston vault at the parish church, St Peter and St Paul's, in Kedington.^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} A. Collins, The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing, Volume III Part II (Thomas Wotton, London 1741), p. 400. Available on Google Books (accessed 31 Jan 2023). https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7W4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA400#v=onepage&q&f=false
2. ↑ England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for Robert Barnardiston, probate date 20 Jan 1728 (accessed 2 Feb 2023); citing Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1. The National Archives, Kew, England. Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 5111 #947479
3. ↑ Barnardiston Vaults in Kedington Church by W.H.B. Originally published in 1917. Reprint in Suffolk Institute Proceedings Vol. XVI, Part 1, 2016, pp. 44-48. Available online at the website of the Suffolk Institute of Archeology and History: https://suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk/customers/Suffolk%20Institute/2014/01/10/Volume%20XVI%20Part%201%20(1916)_Barnardiston%20vaults%20in%20Kedington%20church%20W%20H%20B_44%20to%2048.pdf (accessed 2 Feb. 2023).
4. ↑ National Burial Index For England & Wales. Cited on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 7 Feb 2023).