Ralph Barlow"The history and antiquities of Somersetshire" Phelps, W: London, J.B. Nichols & Son, 1839 (1573/4–20 July 1631) was the Dean"A concise history of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, in Wells" Camp, J.M.F: Shepton Mallet, W.J. Quartley, 1814 of Wells"Cathedral Antiquities: Wells, Exeter, and Worcester" Britton, J London M. A. Nattali, 1836 between 1621 and 1631.British History On-line
His will was proved on 7 November 1631. It is a long document, starting with a mini-sermon, listing his children and his ecclesiastical appointments. He then bewails his (unnamed) wife's profligacy: pawning her petticoats and getting him to redeem them, and indulging in needless lawsuits. He names six children in his will, Thomas, John, Richard, Elizabeth, Ralph and Henry, all baptised at Winchester Cathedral.National Archives; PROB 11-series, will of Ralph Barlow, Dean of Wells
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