[2] In 1635, after being called to the bar from Gray's Inn, Barrington was knighted at Whitehall,[3] and in 1644, he succeeded his father as baronet.
His father died heavily in debt, and as a result the son later spent some time in the Fleet Prison.
There were a large number of legal disputes although Judith's biographer, Caroline M. K. Bowden, believes that his stepmother had the expertise and that she was in the right.
He refused to attend its meetings and declined to sign the warrant for the king's execution.
[3] His eldest son had died in his lifetime, and thus the baronetcy passed in turn to his grandsons John and Charles.