William Barnes II was born by 1533, the first son of William Barnes I.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Eden of Sudbury, Suffolk. There was a Barnes family at Bold in Lancashire, but unless William Barnes II is to be identified with either William Barne or William Barnes I he almost certainly came of the Essex family and was thus presumably a nominee of Sir Robert Rochester, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. As owners of Fryerning, the Barnes family were neighbours and friends...