BARNARD, or BERNARD, JOHN, the son of John Barnard gent. was born at Calton in Lincolnshire, and educated at Cambridge. After several preferments, he was made a prebendary of the church of Lincoln. He wrote Censura Clericor, 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.