Christopher Barker

Christopher Barker

Sir Christopher Barker (died 4 January 1550) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

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Heraldic career

Barker started his heraldic career as the private officer of arms of Charles Brandon. Barker was made Lisle pursuivant in 1513 and Suffolk Herald in 1517. He is known to have accompanied his employer on journeys to France in 1514 and 1515. On 1 November 1522 Barker was made a royal officer of arms as Richmond herald. In June of 1536 he was promoted to Norroy King of Arms, and was quickly promoted to Garter Principal King of Arms on 15 July.

As Garter King of Arms, Barker helped to organize ceremonies like the baptism of Prince Edward in 1537, the funeral of Queen Jane Seymour in the same year, the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland in 1541, and the funeral of Henry and the coronation of Edward. When King Henry invaded France in person in 1544, Barker had a prominent place in front of the king's banner. Shortly before Henry's death Barker's evidence was crucial when Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, was condemned to death for quartering his arms with those of Edward the Confessor.

Personal life

Barker married three times. His first wife was Margaret was the widow of John Longe and previously of John Garret. His second wife was Ellen was the widow of Henry Rigby and daughter of Richard Dalton of Croston, Lancashire. With Ellen Barker had two sons who predeceased him. One of these sons, Justinian, died in Spain in 1543 as Rouge Croix Pursuivant. Barton's nephew, Laurence Dalton, also joined the College of Arms and became Norroy King of Arms. Barker's third wife was Edith, widow of Robert Legge.

In 1521 he joined the Vintners' Company. He was master of the company from 1540 to 1543. Barker was recorded as lying sick at Christmas 1549 and he died at Paternoster Row in London on 4 January 1550 and was buried in St Faith's under St Paul's. His widow survived him by only about six months. Many of his heraldic collections and manuscripts compiled by him survive at the College of Arms.

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References

  • L. Campbell and Francis Steer. A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the College of Arms Collections. (London, 1988).
  • John Anstis. The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. (London, 1724), 376–379.
  • Andrew Crawford. A History of the Vintners' Company. (London, 1977).
  • Dictionary of National Biography, Barker, Sir Christopher (d 1549), Garter king of arms, by Sidney Lee. Published 1885.
  • Walter H. Godfrey and Sir Anthony Wagner, The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street: being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee. (London, 1963).
  • Sir Anthony Wagner. Heralds of England: a History of the Office and College of Arms. (London, 1967).
  • Sir Anthony Wagner. Heralds and Heraldry in the Middle Ages. (London, 1956).
  • Mark Noble. A History of the College of Arms. (London, 1805), 137–42.
  • Sir Anthony Wagner. A Catalogue of English Mediaeval Rolls of Arms. Harleian Society (London, 1950).

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