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A History of the County of Oxford
… John Wallis, mercer, and sold in 1515 to John Baron (or Barnes), mercer, many times mayor. 79 In the early 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and seems to have been succeeded there by the mercer John Barnes (or Baron), ten times mayor in the early 16th century. … 89 The town's leaders were only moderately wealthy: John Barnes was taxed in 15234 on goods worth 40, William Cornwell …