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Christopher Barker (officer of arms)

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Barker married three times. His first wife was Margaret, the widow of John Longe and previously of John Garret. His second wife, Ellen, was Henry Rigby's widow and daughter of Richard Dalton of Croston, Lancashire. With Ellen, Barker had two sons who predeceased him. One of these sons, Justinian,
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as King of Ireland in 1541, and the funeral of Henry and the coronation of Edward in 1547. When Henry invaded France in person in 1544, Barker had a prominent place before the King's banner. Before Henry's death, Barker's evidence was crucial when
154:. He was master of the company from 1540 to 1543. Barker was recorded as lying sick at Christmas 1549 and died at Paternoster Row in London on 4 January 1550. He was buried in 98:
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
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From a torse or & azure a bear's head erased or muzzled azure, the neck per pale or & azure, all between 2 wings respectively azure & or.
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The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street: being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee
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As Garter King of Arms, Barker helped to organize ceremonies such as the christening of
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Argent, 3 bear's heads erased gules muzzled or with three roundels gules in chief.
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Heralds of England: a History of the Office and College of Arms
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A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the College of Arms Collections
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officer of arms
College of Arms
City of London
Garter Principal King of Arms
Stokesley
North Riding of Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Christopher Carhill
Norrey King of Arms
Newbury
Berkshire
heraldic
private officer of arms
Lisle pursuivant
Suffolk Herald
Richmond herald
Norroy King of Arms
Garter Principal King of Arms
Prince Edward
Jane Seymour
Henry VIII
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Rouge Croix Pursuivant
Norroy King of Arms
Vintners' Company
St Faith's under St Paul's

Heraldry
Officer of arms
The College of Arms

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