About John Barston
Lived 1545 – 1612 (aged 66–67). John Barston was a writer.
Barston was from Tewkesbury. He went to St John's College, Cambridge and the Inns of Court. In 1576, he published his work, The Safeguard of Society, describing the corporate life of Tewkesbury.
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