Overview
Joan Barrington born Joan Cromwell aka Joan Williams (c.1558 – 1641) was an English matriarch and patron of clergy.
Life
She was born in about 1668 and her parents were Joan and Sir Henry Williams (later Cromwell).
She was the aunt to the future Parliamentarian leaders Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden. and her sister Frances married the politician Richard Whalley.
She married Sir Francis Barrington and they lived at Barrington Hall until their eldest son married and then they moved to the Priory House at Hatfield Broad Oak.
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