Richard Barnes (1532 – 24 August 1587) was an Anglican priest who served as a bishop in the Church of England during the reign of Elizabeth I.
He attended Farnworth Grammar School and then was admitted to Brasenose College, Oxford.
[3] Their daughter Mary was born about 1567; she married Richard Jocelyn of Hyde Hall in Sawbridgeworth.
However, he met determined opposition from the Dean, William Whittingham, who refused to allow him in to the chapter house.
Barnes later, during a legitimate episcopal visitation, described the diocese's affairs thus: However, the conspiracy against Whittingham was brought to an end by the dean's death in 1579.