item: Feoffment - ref. HD 1538/230/5 - date: 25 Sept 1323
|_ [from Scope and Content] For a certain sum of money, (1) to (2), piece of pasture in Fresingfeld between free pasture of Fresingfeld church on S. and land of Prior and convent of Eye on N., 1 head abutting E. on pasture of Roger Dreye, other head abutting W. on free pasture of said church and (1)'s messuage; to hold of chief lords of fee for accustomed services. Warranty clause. Witnesses: Alexander de Chebenhale, Richard Edward, John le Barbour, Henry le Sumptr', Alan Scherpe and others. Given at Fresingfeld, Sunday after feast of St Matthew, 17 Edw.II.

item: Feoffment - ref. HD 1538/230/26 - date: 13 Dec 1431
|_ [from Scope and Content] (1) to (2), piece of land (3a.) lying in Fresyngfeld between Wynnesgrene on S. and close of J.B. on N., abutting E. on tenement of J.B. and W. on tenement called Wynnes; which (1) lately had by feoffment of John Haneworth of Pulham [Nf.]; to hold of chief lord of fee for accustomed services. Warranty clause. Witnesses: Thomas Breuse, esq., William Dalengeo, Henry Palmere, Richard Scheep, John Barbour and others. Given at Fresyngfeld, Thursday the feast of St Lucy, 10 Hen. VI.

item: Feoffment - ref. HD 1538/230/35 - date: 2 Sept 1458
|_ [from Scope and Content] (1) to (2), all lands and tenements which he lately had together with John Bowen and John Date alias Russheye both now deceased, as well by gift and feoffment of Robert Gode of Wylbey [Wilby] as by that of John Bale, son of John Bale of Fresyngfeld and Thomas Keenge of Wytyngham [Whittingham in Fressingfield], as well as of John Barbour, son of Roger Barbour of Fresyngfeld, William Cook of Lynstede magna [Linstead Magna] and Richard Schep of Fresyngfeld, and also of Richard Schep, Robert Banyard of Fresyngfeld, John Sherwynd, clerk, John Swan, clerk and Henry Bateman of Mendham, husbandman, in Fresyngfeld, Mendham, Weybrede [Weybread] and Wetheresdale [Withersdale], by 6 separate charters dated at Fresyngfeld on feast of St Maurus 6 Hen. VI, Sunday before Nativity of St John the Baptist 7 Hen. VI, feast of St Lucy 10 Hen. VI, at Mendham on Thursday after Translation of St Thomas the Martyr, 12 Hen. VI, at Fresyngfeld on Sunday after St Barnabas, 15 Hen. VI, and at Mendham on 5 Mar. 17 Hen. VI; to hold of chief lords of fees for accustomed services. Warranty clause. Witnesses: John Calwere, Robert Godbald, Thomas Godbald, Richard Bohun, John Barbour, John Wolnawe, Robert Skynnere, Thomas Date, John Sandecroft and others. Given at Fressyngfeld, 2 Sept. 37 Hen. VI.

There are other Barbers, as yet unconnected to our line.

Donald Caddick discovered an Anne Barber, of Fressingfield, whose Will was written in Latin on 3 November, 1458. This Will refers to a son John, Margery, his wife, and Ann, their daughter. There are bequests included in the will for her daughter Katherine, to John Stannard and Alice Stannard and to her sister, Margaret. It is possible that Anne's daughter, Katherine, was married to John Stannard and that Alice and Margaret were their daughters.

In addition to these bequests, Anne Barber left 4d. to each of her god-children (not named) and the residue of her estate to her son John, and also to John Calwer and Nicholas Warner, who were appointed as her executors. Other bequests were made to Agnes Barber, who may have been Anne's sister-in-law, to Agnes Baroun and to Fressingfield Church.

It is likely that the Nicholas Warner named here (b. ca 1400 - d. 1477) is he whose great-grandson, Thomas Aldous (b. ca 1490, buried 5 September, 1569) married Agnes Barber (b. ca 1512, buried 10 May, 1582), the great-granddaughter of James Barber (1434 - 1489).

Anne Barber was probably born around 1390. It is almost certain her husband predeceased her. His name may have been the same as that of his son - i.e. John.

John Barber, son of the above Anne Barber, made his Will (in Latin) on 6 February, 1463, and it was proved on 5 April, 1465. He was probably born ca 1410. Other than cash legacies to churches in Fressingfield and South Cove (both in Suffolk) and to religious bodies in Fressingfield and Norwich (in Norfolk), the whole of his estate was left to his widow, Margery, and to Robert Barber of South Cove and William Pullam of Stradbroke, who were also his executors. (South Cove is 3 miles north of Southwold, about 15 miles to the east of Fressingfield.)