Walter Bartlett 1585-1641
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Walter BARTLETT 1585-1641
Biographical Note
Elder son of Richard Bartlett/Barttelot of Stopham, Sussex and a member of a gentry family long established there. He inherited the family estates from his father in 1614. JP 1619, MP for Bramber 1625-6, though not recorded as having been an active parliamentarian. He died intestate leaving only daughters; one of these married Henry, son of Walter's cousin [[family::Henry (d.1639), who inherited the Stopham estates.
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Bartlett is recorded in the armorials database on the basis of one surviving book now in [[location::Texas, and a rubbing of another, now untraced. Nothing else is known of the extent or fate of his library. Examples: Harry Ransom Center, AH.C438+638r.
Sources
- Burke, J. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, 1836-38, 628-9. *British Armorial Bindings.
- History of Parliament.