BARNARD, or BERNARD, (John), the son of John Barnard, gent. was born at Castor, in Lincolnshire, and educated at Cambridge. After several preferments, he was made a prebendary of the church of Lincoln. He wrote Censura Clericorum, against scandalous ministers not fit to be restored to church livings; the Life of Dr Heylyn; and a few other works. He died at Newark, August 17. 1683.