In 1580, he helped finance a voyage to discover a Northeast Passage, as his father had done decades previously.
[4] Upon his death, Barne left a will which revealed his financial success, holding land and estates in several countries.
[7] He lived on Lombard Street, London and was buried at St Edmund, King and Martyr nearby.
He was noted for his excessive zeal against Catholics when he was the sheriff, resulting in a breach of diplomatic etiquette when he stormed a private residence hosting the Portuguese ambassador for mass.
[7] Barne married Anne Gerrard, daughter of Sir William Garrard, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1555.