Isham of PytchleyA documentary genealogy

Generation XII

Robert Isham of Barby

1588–1656

Life

Robert Isham of Barby, Northamptonshire, esquire, eldest son and heir of Gregory Isham of the same place, esquire, by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Catelyne, was born about 1588.1,2 In his youth he was of the Middle Temple, London, and is frequently styled gentleman in contemporary legal rolls, occasionally being described as late of the Middle Temple or of London, alias of Barby.3,4,5 By a deed dated 10 November 1606, certain mortgaged lands in the parish of Barby were settled upon him and his brother Henry by their father, with whom he joined as co-plaintiff in Chancery against Burton.2 Involved in the intricate and burdensome financial difficulties of his house, he was continually impleaded in the Court of Common Pleas and the King's Bench from 1610 onward for debts in London and Northamptonshire, appearing alongside his father6, his brother Henry7, his uncle Zaccheus Isham of Hillmorton8, and Richard Isham of Barby9, and was for a time in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea.10 Later succeeding to his father's position, he was commonly styled esquire, defending actions brought by local creditors11,12 and appearing as a tenant in Barby in an Exchequer process of 1644.13 In 1650 and 1651 he was engaged in further Chancery litigation concerning lands in Onley, Northamptonshire, and property in Halstead, Essex.14,15 He appears to have died unmarried, or at least without surviving issue, and was buried at St Mary's, Barby, on 10 April 1656.16

  1. KB 27/1467: Robert Isham, son and heir of Gregory Isham of Barby
  2. C 78/416: Gregory Isham of Barby, esquire, and Robert his eldest son v. Burton (Chancery decree)
  3. CP 40/1972: Robert Isham late of the Middle Temple, gentleman
  4. CP 40/1903: Robert Isham of the Middle Temple / Barby
  5. CP 40/2091: Robert Isham late of London, alias of Barby, gentleman
  6. CP 40/1901: Gregory Isham of Barby, esquire, and Robert Isham of the Middle Temple
  7. KB 27/1447: Robert Isham and Henry Isham
  8. CP 40/2101: Robert Isham late of Barby and Zaccheus Isham late of Hillmorton, gentlemen
  9. KB 27/1505: Robert Isham of Barby, gent., and Richard Isham of the same vill
  10. KB 27/1502: Gregory Isham, esquire, and Robert Isham in custody of the Marshal
  11. CP 40/2460: Robert Isham of Barby, esquire
  12. CP 40/2456: Robert Isham of Barby, esquire
  13. E 368/662: Robert Isham, tenant in Barby
  14. C 5/394/70 Ishame v Pettifer — Robert Ishame, Onely (1651)
  15. C 10/9/20 Clarke v Isham — Robert Isham, Halstead Essex (1650)
  16. Parish Register Extracts from the Notebook of an 18th Century Antiquary, Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet (Barby, Maidwell, Pytchley, Rothwell; Stoneleigh)

Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.

Records

  1. 1606
    Record
  2. 1607
    RecordCP 40/2097
  3. 1608
    RecordCP 40/1819

    Suit naming Gregory Isham late of Barby, Northamptonshire, esquire (father of Robert of Barby).

  4. 1610
    RecordCP 40/1901
  5. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1903

    Robert Isham late of the Middle Temple, London, gentleman, alias Robert Isham (Barby branch).

  6. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1908
  7. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1912
  8. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1916

    Process against Robert Isham late of Barby, Northamptonshire.

  9. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1916

    Adjacent membrane: Robert Isham of Barby, Northamptonshire.

  10. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1925
  11. 1611
    RecordCP 40/1970
  12. 1612
    RecordCP 40/1909
  13. 1612
    RecordCP 40/1972
  14. 1612
    RecordCP 40/2111
  15. 1612
    RecordKB 27/1454

    King's Bench bill against Gregory Isham of Barby, Northamptonshire, esquire, naming his son and heir apparent.

  16. 1612
    RecordKB 27/1467

    Recovery naming Robert Isham, son and heir apparent of Gregory Isham of Barby, Northamptonshire.

  17. 1612
    RecordKB 27/1502
  18. 1613
    RecordKB 27/1505
  19. 1614
    RecordCP 40/2091
  20. 1614
    RecordKB 27/1447
  21. 1616
    RecordCP 40/2101
  22. 1620
    RecordKB 27/1505
  23. 1625
    RecordCP 40/2166
  24. 1625
    RecordCP 40/2495
  25. 1627
    RecordCP 40/2453
  26. 1631
    RecordCP 40/2472
  27. 1634
    RecordCP 40/2456
  28. 1635
    RecordCP 40/2494
  29. 1636
    RecordCP 40/2460
  30. 1644
    RecordE 368/662
  31. 1650
    Secondary
  32. 1651
    Secondary
  33. 1651
    Secondary
  34. 1730
    Secondary

    Isham entries (Barby register, now lost; extracts as copied by Sir Justinian c.1730):