Maurice Barrow (puritan) explained

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barrow, Maurice (1598 -1666) . British Armorial Bindings . University of Toronto.
2. Hervey . John . Sketch of history of Manor of Westhorpe . Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute for Archaelogy & History . 1880 . V . 3 .
3. Blatchly . John . Fisher . Geoffrey . The itinerant Italian artist Diacinto Cawcy and the genesis of the barrow monument at Westhorpe . Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute for Archaeology & History . 2004 . XL . 4 . 443–454 .