Bartholomew was the son of John Tipping of Chequers at Stokenchurch in Oxfordshire (now Buckinghamshire) and Woolley Park at Chaddleworth in Berkshire and his wife, Mary Spire.
The house was the home of the Tipping family for many generations — including Bartholomew Tipping IV and Bartholomew Tipping VII, both High Sheriff of Berkshire — and now of their descendents, the Wroughtons.
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Chaddleworth historically had tenants who held land by copyhold and enjoyed an unusual legal practice associated with widows' rights known as Free Bench.