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Research Notes:

The 1623 Visitation of Shropshire states that "William Barker ali's Couerall," son of "Randulfe de Couerall" and "Margarett da. to Petter Pigott of Willaston in com. Salop" married "Margarett da. & heire to Goulston of goulston" and had two sons, "John Barker ali's Couerall of Coulhurst" and "William Barker of Aston in Charley [Claverley] home juxta Brugs al's bridge north." [1]

William le Barker, probably son of Randulph de Calverhall, called "Ralph de Coverall", obtained land at Hallon in Worfield, co. Salop, 1327, granted to his daughters reverson of a small holding in Hallon occupied by Simon Poynant, 1340. His children, then living, wer Roger, Agnes and Sybil. [2]


Footnotes:

[1] George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands, The Visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623, Part 1, Publications of the Harleian Society, Visitation Series, Vol. 28 (London, 1889), 27, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].

[2] Arthur L. Barker, The Barkers of Aston (Plymouth, England: The Mayflower Press, 1932, FHL film 1405167), 19, [FHLCatalog].