LUCAS, Thomas II, of Southwark, Surr.

In April 1393 a Thomas Lucas, baker of Southwark, was doing business with the London merchant, Gilbert Mayfield, but since nothing more is heard of such a person for another 22 years it may well be that this was not the MP but another member of the family. During the Michaelmas term of 1415 Lucas was involved in the purchase of property in Chevening, Kent, by Richard Ode of Camberwell; and in February 1417 he witnessed a conveyance made in Southwark. Five years later, in May 1422, being described as ‘of Surrey, baker’, he joined with two others in suing William Walgrave, parson of Kincote, Leicestershire, for a debt of £6 6s.8d. Lucas was still alive in November 1439, since it was then that he and an associate obtained formal seisin of two shops and various other property in Southwark.CP25(1)113/283/108; E101/509/19 f. 39; CCR, 1413-19, p. 380; 1435-41, p. 486; CPR, 1416-22, p. 430.