Barlows in Slebech, Wales

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Barlows in Slebech, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Contines from Slebech Barlows

Roger Barlow (ca. 1500 - 1553)
m. Julian, daughter and co-heir of Robert Daws, of Bristol
The second son of John Barlow on his father's commitment to the Tower, went over to Spain, and was employed, at the recommendation of the Duke of Modena, by The Emperor Charles V. for the discovery of Peru; but having communicated his discovery to the English ambassador at Madrid, Sir Thomas Boleyne, he was ordered by his own sovereign, King Henry VIII., to return home, with a promise of preferment. He was afterwards appointed vice-admiral to Lord Seymour, and but for the death of the king, was to have undertaken the discovery of a north passage to the East Indies with three of his highness's ships from Milford Haven. This Roger was the first of the family who came into Pembrokeshire, and purchased an estate, Slebech Manor¹ from the crown in 1546. He m. Julian, daughter and co-heir of Roger Dawes, of Bristol, and was s. by his son, John.

The Wotton MSS has the following note.

"The above mentioned Roger Barlow was ye first of ye family that came into Pembrokeshire who upon his fathers commitmt into ye Tower went and travaild into Sivil in Spain where he was employd by ye Emp. Cha ye 5th for discovering Peru in the West Indies on ye recommendation of ye good Duke de Modena vulgarly so called, but Sr Tho Bullen being sent by Hen. ye 8th to pacify the Emperor for putting away his Aunt Queen Katherin ye sd Sir Roger Barlow (being newly arrived from his discovery) repaird to ye sd Embassadors house and acquainted him of the discovery which he made known to K. H. ye 8th whereupon he was ordered to return with a promise of prefermt and accordingly was made Vice Admiral under the Ld Seymour and had not K.H. ye 8th death prevented it he was to have undertaken ye discovery of ye Northern passage to ye East Indies with three of his Majestys ships from Milford Haven where he purchased a fine estate of Har. ye 8th and now (1739) in the possession of Jno Barlow Esqr who marryd Ld Harcourts daughter."

1. John Barlow (ca1526-c1610)
2. Stephen Barlow d. before 1614
   afsd: mentd. in Settlement 1582 :
   party to recovery as to messes. in Clarbeston afsd. in 1592 :
   will proved 19th May, 1614, P.C.C.
   m. Margaret Kettle; party with her husband in the Fine of 1596
3. Roger Barlow
   Roger and all children below were mentioned in the Deed of Settlement, 1582, or in their father's will, 1553.
4. Lewis Barlow
5. Robert Barlow
6. Francis Barlow
7. Martin Barlow
8. Elizabeth Barlow
9. Katherine Barlow
10. Mary Barlow

John Barlow (ca1526-c1610), d. 25th Dec 1610, of Slebech, in the county of Pembroke,
m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Fisher, esq.

1. George Barlow (heir)
2. William Barlow (ca 1560 - 1636) commenced the Lawrenny line.

George Barlow, (heir)
married Anne Vernon, niece of Deveureux Viscount Hereford, and was s. by his son, John Barlow.

1. John Barlow

John Barlow, esq. of Slebech, known as " Colonel Barlow," from holding that commission in the royalist army during the great rebellion. Colonel Barlow marched at the head of his corps, chiefly composed of his own tenantry, to the relief of the Marquess of Worcester at Ragland Castle, but his followers having been nearly cut to pieces, he was himself forced to abscond for several years, when his estates were conferred upon Cromwell's favourites, and his library, with a valuable collection of manuscripts, burnt at Slebech by Colonel Horton, one of Cromwell's officers.

In 1645, John Barlow of Slebech was taken prisoner in Pill Fort, near Milford Haven, by the Parliamentarians. Later, John Barlow accompanied the Marquis of Worcester to the Court of the exiled Charles II. in Paris, and with him went his young kinswoman, Lucy Walters, daughter of Richard Walters of Treffgarn and Roch, who assumed, on arrival in Paris, the name of Barlow. She became the mistress (some say the wife) of Charles II. ; she was then eighteen. Evelyn describes her as ' The brown, bold, beautiful creature.' After the death of Charles I. in 1649 on the scaffold, Lucy had a son, whom she called James Crofts,' and afterwards a daughter. The pair then parted. In 1656, the year her father, Richard Walters, was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, Lucy came to London, where she was arrested and put in the Tower. She was soon afterwards released, and eventually went entirely to ruin, the Queen-Dowager taking charge of her two children. The Walters family migrated from Roch to Dale Castle, which was afterwards bought by the family of Paynter ; the Morisons of Portclew, their present representatives, still possess a portrait of Lucy Walters, taken when an attractive girl of seventeen, with a good complexion and coal-black hair. Her aunt, Lettice, daughter of WilHam Walters of Roch, married Henry Dawes of Bangeston.

The Presbyterians of Pembrokeshire had steadily opposed the King in the first Civil War, but had fully atoned for their disloyalty by the gallant struggle they made against Cromwell in 1648. So at the Restoration in 1660, King Charles II. was gracious to Little England. He restored John Barlow to Slebech and created Roger Lort of Stackpole Baronet in 1662, although he had fought so hard on the wrong side ; but Roger was said to ' favour no cause but his own,' and to be of ' any principle or religion to acquire wealth.'

The Wotton MSS has the following note.

"N.B. John Barlow called Coll. Barlow and grandfather to Sr Jno. Barlow Barrt. was a great Loyalist in the time of the Usurpation by Oliver Cromwell went to the assistance of the Duke of Beaufort at Raglan Castle where most of his retinue being Tenants were cut to pieces and he forcd to abscond several yeares and his estate given to Olivers rebellious favourites, the Coll. Horton who was a Commanding officer burnt at Slebedge the Seat of Coll. Barlow a verry fine Library and a verry valuable Collection of Manu­scripts.

He had six sons, Geo : John : Wm : Louis Charles and Thomas and 3 daughters William Cha : and Thomas in those troublesome times went to serve the Venetians against the Turk where Cha: and Thomas were kild and on the restoration of King Cha ye 2d William returnd and was a gentleman of great Honr. and esteem in his Country.   Anne marryd to Lewis Crogan of Wiston Castle Esqr and two other Lady Abbesses in France.

John Barlow m. Dorothy Lovell, daughter of Francis Lovell and had six sons and three daughters, viz.

1. George Barlow, his successor.
2. John Barlow.
3. William Barlow, served for the Venetians against the Turks, and returned to England after the Restoration.
4. Lewis Barlow.
5. Charles Barlow and
6. Thomas Barlow, both served for the Venetians against the Turks with their brother William and were killed.
7. Anne Barlow
   m.1 to Nicholas Lewis of Hean Castle
   m.2 to Lewis Wogan, esq. of Wiston Castle
   Royalist poet Katherine Philips (1632-1664) dedicated a poem to Anne.
1. Lewis Wogan
8. Two other daughters became lady abbesses in France.

Colonel John Barlow was succeeded by his eldest son George.

George Barlow of Slebech m. Joan, daughter and one of the co-heiresses of David Lloyd, esq. of Kelly Keithed, in Pembrokeshire.

Joan Lloyd was aged 10 weeks at the time of her father's death. She married three times. The first husband was George Barlow of Minwear and Slebech, whose administration was granted to her on 17 July 1662. On 20 October of that year Joan resettled her Pembrokeshire inheritance on her eldest son John Barlow (later, baronet), charged it with £1000 in favour of her younger children, namely Colonel William Barlow of Martletwy, and Anne Barlow who married Owen Ford of Berry near Nevem and had issue. Joan married secondly, Walter Vaughan son of Henry Vaughan of Derwydd, Carmarthenshire, and thirdly, Walter Middleton Hall, of Middleton, Carmarthenshire, but had no issue by either of these.

1. John Barlow (c.1652-c.1695), his successor.
2. ____ Barlow who married Sir Herbert Perrot, Kt., of Wellington, Herts
3. William Barlowwho was introduced into the court of Charles II., and on the king's death was made Captain of Horse in Lord Peterborough's regiment; before King James's abdication he had attained the rank of colonel, and accompanied that monarch in his retirement. On his majesty's death he returned, and lived and died in Pembrokeshire in great esteem.

He was succeeded by his elder son John.

This lineage continues with the Barlow Baronets of Slebech.

Note 1

Picton and Slebech

Picton and Slebech

References

Extract from Barlow Family Records by Sir Montague Barlow

Supplement #2

BARLOW OF SLEBETCH, CO. PEMBROKE.

Pedigree No. 13, P. 48.—Miss Eva D. G. Barlow, (Eva Dorothea Grace Barlow) of Lawrenny, Walton-by-Clevedon, Somerset, sends particulars of her ancestors, beginning with an Arthur Barlow who settled in Ireland, apparently before 1750, and who, according to family tradition, came from the Slebetch Branch. Much information as to the pedigrees of Irish families has been destroyed during the Revolution, and so far it has not been possible to find confirmation of this connection with Slebetch ; it is, however, significant that in February, 1625, William Barlowe, Esq. (Pedigree No. 13), had a warrant for the payment of £10 " for the press of 100 footmen, and their conduct from Pembroke to Milford Haven for service in Ireland," and a son or relative of his may therefore have settled there ; Hist. MSS. Commission, Rep. No. IV., App., p. 4.

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ROGER BARLOW OF SLEBETCH.

P. 52, second paragraph.—When in Buenos Aires in February, 1934, through the kindness of the learned Librarian of the National Library; Dr. ' Gustavo Zuvirla, the Author was able to consult the following :—Biddle's :- Sebastian Cabot, Philadelphia, 1831 ; Herrera's History ; and, most important of all, the copies of the archives relating to South America (referred to as A.G.L, Archivo General de Indias) and of the Royal Decrees (reference, C. de R. C, or Copie de Real Cédula), taken from the original records at Seville. A Royal Cédula, dated 1526, declared who were the Armadores, or adventurers, taking part m the expedition, and the amount of their contributions : they were 66 in all, amongst them " Rogel Bario Yngles—206,250 maravedís" (A.G.I, i-i- Libro I., fo. 87 vuelto). In October, 1527; on their return from La Plata, " Jorge Bario ** (ite ; this name evidently puzzled the Spaniards ; it is sometimes Jorge, even Jorge* Barloque, Rogel, and Rroger, but is generally given correcdy—Roger Bario) and Hernando Calderón had an interview with Charles V. in Toledo and showed him the gold and silver sent by Cabot, which the King cautiously had assayed. They reported Cabot's need of further money and stores, and, the assay having proved satisfactory, the King promised additional help if the armadores would not raise further funds ; Roger accordingly interviewed the armadores in Seville, but they refused to do anything more (1928-9 A.G.I. Sevilla 1-2-1/8/R0.10. Testimony given and asked of Roger Bàrio).

P. 53, line 12.—Roger Barlow died in 1554, and the effigy in Slebetch Church seems at first sight to suggest a date possibly half a century or more earlier than that. The long hair of the effigy no less than the heavy tilting helmet and the leather cap worn underneath it, were characteristic of the period about 1480 ; Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe, Supplement, p. 505. For an effigy of a Neville who died in 1484, with a collar of sun and roses (rose in the sun) and Richard III.'s device, a pendant of the white boar, which bears some resemblance to the pendant on the Slebetch effigy, see Stothard's Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, p. 100. On the other hand, it is clear that the monument is not likely, even apart from the presence of the female effigy, to have been that of a Knight Templar. " When a knight died at Slebetch, proud and powerful though he might have been ... he was probably laid to rest with no indication of his individuality, and with no other monument over him than the green turf"; see J. Rogers Rees in Arch, Cambrensis, 5th Series, Vol. XVI. (1899), pp. 222-3. Messrs. E. Laws, F.S.A., and E. H. Edwards, writing in Arch. Cambr., 6th Series, Vol. XI, Part IV. (1911), p. 371, give ground for thinking that the two effigies may be of Sir Henry Wogan of Wiston and his wife ; he is referred to in 1463 as "armiger de Slebech" ; Phillips MSS. : and he died before 1503, when he is described as "late of Slebech" ; Cat. of Ancient Deeds, Vol. III., p. 518. As to the Yorkist collar, Sir Henry Wogan was a staunch Yorkist, and probably fought at Mortimer's Cross, 1460-1 ; his son

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and heir, John, was killed at Banbury, 1469. The authors describe the badge as the " White Lion of March," and, in opposition to Fenton, quote Spanish authority that there were no minor orders of the Golden Fleece prior to 1581, i.e., till after Roger Barlow's death. The identity of the two effigies must tor the present remain a matter of doubt.

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