William Barne (died 1562)

William Barne or Berners (by 1527 – 1562), of Harlton and Milton, Cambridgeshire, was an English landowner and politician.

He married Alice Cook, widow of William Cook (d.1553) of Chesterton, Cambridge, who had inherited Milton Manor.^[1]

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Preston, Lancashire, in April 1554.^[2]

Barne acquired a number of landholdings around Cambridge. He acquired the manor of Grantchester in 1559-60.^[3] He also owned the manor of Harlton, which he had purchased from the Hutton family in 1561, shortly before his death.^[4] In the same year he acquired an interest in the manor of Trumpington.^[5]

On William's death, his estates passed to his son Robert. Robert, a Roman Catholic convert, fell into financial problems and sold the estates to his brother-in-law, Edward Slegge.^[6]