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LUCY, Francis (c.1597-1687), of Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of St. Giles Cripplegate, London, The Strand, Westminster and College Place, Hammersmith, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. c. 1597 Although described as aged 15 when he entered university, Lucy was already around 3 yrs. old in 1600, and 90 when he d.: Al. Ox.; PROB 11/106, f. 205; Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 399. 7th but 6th surv. s. of Sir Thomas Lucy (d.1605) of Charlecote, Warws., being 6th s. with his 2nd w. Constance, da. and h. of Richard Kingsmill† of Highclere, Hants, surveyor of the Wards; bro. of Sir Thomas* and Sir Richard†. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 288. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1615; Al. Ox. L. Inn 1616, called 1623. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 238. m. lic. 9 Dec. 1630, Elizabeth (d.1691), da. of Bevill Molesworth of Hoddesdon, Herts., 2s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 867; PROB 11/404, f. 65; 11/174, f. 249; 11/386, f. 191v; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 117. d. 30 Jan. 1687. Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 399.
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Clerk of the assizes, Midland circ. 1622–4. C181/3, ff. 54v, 88.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; St. Giles Cripplegate, London; the Strand, Westminster; College Place, Hammersmith, Mdx.
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LUCY, Francis (c.1597-1687)

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LOWTHER, John II (1606-1675), of Lowther Hall and Hackthorpe, Westmld. and the Inner Temple, London

Family and Education
b. 20 Feb. 1606,Cumb. RO (Carlisle), D/Lons/L3/1/5; H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 170. 1st s. of John Lowther I* and Eleanor, da. of William Fleming of Rydal, Westmld.; bro. of William†.Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 85. educ. Appleby g.s.; I. Temple 1621, called 1630.Owen, 170; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, ii. 186. m. (1) 1 Feb. 1626 (with £2,000),Lowther Fam. Estate Bks. ed. C.B. Phillips (Surtees Soc. cxci), 51. Mary (d. 9 Feb. 1648),Ibid. 62. da. of Sir Richard Fletcher of Hutton-in-the Forest, Cumb., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.);Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. 85. (2) 9 Apr. 1652,Estate Bks. 66. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Hare* of Stow Bardolph, Norf., wid. of Woolley Leigh of Addington, Surr., 3s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. 85. suc. fa. 1637;C142/564/168. cr. bt. by Nov. 1638.CB, ii. 440; C78/446/16. d. 30 Nov. 1675.Estate Bks. 198.
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Steward of Richmond and Marquess fees, Westmld. 1634 – 49, 1660;Owen, 170; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 284. recorder, Kendal, Westmld. 1637–48;Kendal Boke off Recorde ed. R.S. Ferguson (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. extra ser. vii), 29. j.p. Westmld. 1637 – at least44, by 1655 – 56, Cumb., Westmld. and Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 256; HMC Portland, i. 186; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 94; C220/9/4, ff. 13v, 30v, 91. commr. subsidy, Westmld. 1641, assessment, 1660 – d., N. Riding 1661 – d., Cumb. 1663–d.,SR, v. 66, 89, 221, 342, 456, 756, 772–3. array, Cumb. and Westmld. 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1660–73;C181/7, pp. 18, 640. dep. lt. Westmld. 1660–d.;SP29/11/155; HMC Le Fleming, 43. sheriff, Cumb. 1661–2;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 28. commr. loyal and indigent officers, Westmld. 1662,SR, v. 385. charitable uses, Cumb. and Westmld. 1670,Cumb. RO (Kendal), WDRy 1124. recusants, Cumb. Westmld. and N. Riding 1675.CTB, iv. 697, 750, 789.

Master in Chancery extraordinary 1639.C216/1/139.

Col. of horse (roy.) 1643–4.CCC, 1024.

Main residences: Lowther Hall; Hackthorpe, Westmld; the Inner Temple, London.
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LOWTHER, John I (1582-1637), of Lowther Hall, Westmld.

Family and Education
bap. 24 Feb. 1582,Lowther Par. Reg. ed. J.F. Haswell and C.S. Jackson, 18. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Christopher Lowther of Lowther and his 1st w. Eleanor, da. of William Musgrave† of Hayton Castle, Cumb.Lowther Fam. Estate Bks. ed. C.B. Phillips (Surtees Soc. cxci), 209. educ. Appleby g.s.; I. Temple 1599, called 1609.Ibid. 209; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, ii. 41. m. 2 Feb. 1602 (with £1,000), Eleanor (d. 16 Nov. 1659),Estate Bks. 248. da. of William Fleming of Rydal, Westmld., 3s. 2da.Ibid. 161, 211. suc. fa. 1617;WARD 7/57/59. Kntd. 6 June 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. 15 Sept. 1637.Estate Bks. 50-1; C142/564/168.
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Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 1610–11;Estate Bks. 221. j.p. Westmld. c. 1614 – d., Cumb. 1624 – d., Yorks. 1626–d.;C66/1988; C231/4, ff. 167, 206, 207; C193/13/2, ff. 12, 19, 21, 23, 70; C181/4, ff. 7v, 8v, 176v-7; 181/5, ff. 18v, 19, 51. steward of Richmond fee, barony of Kendal, Westmld. 1617–34;Estate Bks. 226; H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 170. commr. border malefactors 1618, 1619, 1635,T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 97; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. subsidy, Westmld. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. oyer and terminer, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 1624, Northern circ. 1626–d.,C181/3, ff. 107, 209v, 262v; 181/4, ff. 14v, 197v; 181/5, ff. 7v, 77. Forced Loan, Cumb., Westmld. and Yorks. (N. and E. Riding) 1626–7;SP16/44/4, 16/53/43; C193/12/2, ff. 8v, 15v, 17, 62; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 144–5. dep. lt. Westmld. by 1627;SP16/73/41. commr. sewers, N. Riding 1627-at least 1632,C181/3, f. 223; 181/4, f. 114. gaol delivery, Ripon, Yorks. 1627–d.,C181/3, ff. 222, 265v; 181/4, ff. 8, 178; 181/5, ff. 19v, 52v. recusants, Northern counties 1627–30;APC, 1627, p. 313. member, Council in the North 1627–d.;Estate Bks. 229; H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 161; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. piracy, Cumb. 1631.C181/4, f. 81.

Master in Chancery extraordinary 1626;C216/1/97. KC, York 1632–d.;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 421. recorder, Kendal, Yorks. 1636–d.Owen, 164.

Main residence: Lowther Hall, Westmld.
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LOWTHER, John I (1582-1637)

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LOWTHER, Richard (1602-1645), of Ingleton, Yorks.

Family and Education
b. 30 Apr. 1602, 1st s. of William Lowther of Ingleton by Eleanor, da. of Anthony Welbury of Castle Eden, co. Dur.Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 83. educ. G. Inn 1619. GI Admiss. m. 16 June 1625 (with £200), Cumb. RO (Carlisle), D/Lons/L3/1/8/13; C6/113/80. Isabel, da. of Sir Richard Fletcher of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumb., 8s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p. Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. 83. suc. fa. 1641. C142/610/102. d. 15 Aug. 1645. P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 240.
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Freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. 1626–d., Berwick RO, B1/8, p. 198. Appleby, Westmld. by 1628; Cumb. RO (Kendal), WSMB/A, Appleby corporation min. bk. 1, unfol. j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1634 – 36, 1641 – c.44, Westmld. 1641-c.1644. C231/5, pp. 128, 199, 437, 477.

Col. of ft. (roy.) and gov. Pontefract Castle by 1644-July 1645. Newman, 240; N. Drake, ‘Jnl. of the 1st and 2nd Sieges of Pontefract Castle’ ed. W.H.D. Longstaffe Misc. (Surtees Soc. xxxvii), 3, 80.

Main residence: Ingleton, Yorks.
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LOWER, Sir William (c.1570-1615), of St. Winnow, Cornw. and Trefenti (Tra’Venti), Llanfihangel Abercowin, Carm.

Family and Education
b. c. 1570, Al. Ox. 1st s. of Thomas Lower of St. Winnow and Jane, da. and coh. of William Reskymer of Reskymer, Cornw. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 299-300. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1586 aged 16; New Inn; M. Temple 1589; ?travelled abroad 1593-6. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; SO3/1. m. settlement 13 Aug. 1605, Penelope (admon. 23 Mar. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Perrot† of Haroldston, Pemb., 3s. (2 d.v.p., 1 posth.) 1da. WARD 7/58/198; Bodl., Rigaud 35, f. 165; Add. 6789, ff. 427v, 430; C142/347/29. HP Commons, 1558-1603 confuses Lower with his grandfather and suggests an earlier marriage. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 107. suc. fa. 1610; d. 12 Apr. 1615. WARD 7/58/198. sig. Will[ia]m Lower.
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Member, Virg. Co. 1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 544.

Main residences: St. Winnow, Cornw.; Trefenti (Tra’Venti), Llanfihangel Abercowin, Carm.
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LOWER, Sir William (c.1570-1615)

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LOWE, Richard (d.1624), of Eastman Street, Calne, Wilts.; formerly of Salisbury, Wilts.

Family and Education
1st s. of William Lowe of Shrewsbury, Salop, and Isabell, da. of Thomas Bromhall of Cheshire; bro. of George*.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 120-1. educ. ?Shrewsbury g.s., Salop 1562; Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium comp. E. Calvert, 6. Clement’s Inn; L. Inn 1574, called 1583. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. i. 430. m. (1) (with £200), Joan or Margaret, da. of Richard Michell of Cannington, Som., s.p.; Vis. Wilts. 121; PROB 11/47, f. 40v. (2) by Oct. 1588, STAC 5/L18/9. Mary, da. of Charles Wotton of Salisbury, and Calne, merchant and wid. of John Vennard (d.1588) of Salisbury, merchant, 4s. 2da. Vis. Wilts. 121; PROB 11/72, f. 400r-v; 11/90, f. 101; 11/144, f. 48v. suc. fa. c.1588. PROB 11/72, f. 158v. bur. 24 July 1624. Wilts. RO, 2081/1, unfol.
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Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1590; LI Black Bks. ii. 13, 15. ?att. Ct. of Requests 1616–17. Lansd. 273, ff. 13v, 60v.

Main residences: Eastman Street, Calne, Wilts.; Salisbury, Wilts.
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LOWE, Richard (-d.1624)

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LOVELL, Henry (1576-1653), of Bletchingley, Surr.; later of Westminster

Family and Education
bap. 15 Feb. 1576, 3rd s. of Gregory Lovell (d.1597) of Merton Priory, Surr., being 2nd s. with 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Michael Greene, yeoman of the stirrup.Surr. Hist. Cent. Merton par. reg.; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 69. m. (1) by 1608, Anne, da. of James Mascall, wid. of Richard Miller, at least 2da.; Soc. Gen. Lovell mss U, 82-96; W, 21-44; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 550. (2) by May 1621, Frances, da. of Edward Snelling of East Horsley, Surr., wid. of Richard Newdigate of Newdigate, Surr., s.p. WARD 13/109, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1634-5, p. 50; Vis. Surr. 27, 161. bur. 7 Jan. 1653 7 Jan. 1653. St. Giles-in-the-Fields par. reg. (LMA mic.).
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Capt. ft. 1598. APC, 1598–9, p. 391.

Trustee to Anne, Lady Howard of Effingham, 1615–?1631. C142/352/122; Soc. Gen. Lovell mss Chanc. W, pp. 8–15.

Main residences: Bletchingley, Surr.; Westminster.
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LOVELL, Henry (1576-1653)

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LOVELACE, Sir Richard (1568-1634), of Lady Place, Hurley, Berks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1568, 1st s. of Richard Lovelace of Hurley and Anne, da. of Richard Ward†, cofferer of the Household by 1567, of Hurst, Berks. educ. Eton 1583; Merton, Oxf. 1584, aged 16; G. Inn 1607. m. (1) 5 Aug. 1600, Catherine, da. of George Gill of Wyddial, Herts., wid. of William Hyde (d.1598) of South Denchworth, Berks., s.p.; (2) 28 Apr. 1608, Margaret (d.1652), da. and h. of William Dodworth, Merchant Taylor, of London, 2s. 3da. Kntd. 5 Aug. 1599; suc. fa. 1602; cr. Bar. Lovelace of Hurley, 30 May 1627. d. 22 Apr. 1634.Ashmole, Berks. ii. 477; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 57; Berry, Herts. Genealogies, 58; Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, 218; GI Admiss.; Berks. RO, D/P 115B/1/1; LMA, St. John at Hackney par. reg.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97; CP. sig. Richard Lovelace.
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Gent. pens. by 1596 – at least1607; commr. trade 1622, 1625.E407/1/34, 36–8; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59.

Capt. of ft. 1599.HMC Hatfield, ix. 145.

Woodward, Windsor Forest, Berks. by 1601; kpr. Cranbourne Chase, Windsor Forest by 1605-at least 1622;E134/43 Eliz. East. 12; 134/20 Jas.I East. 5; CSP Dom. 1580–1625, p. 465; Harl. 3749, f. 4; Berks. RO, D/EN 012, no. 34. j.p. Berks. 1601–d. (custos rot. 1621–d.);C66/1549; SP16/212; C231/4, f. 129. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1602,C181/1, f. 29. charitable uses, Berks. 1607 – at least12, 1618, 1626,C93/3/13, 17; 93/4/11, 19; 93/5/4; 93/7/1, 12; 93/10/22. subsidy, Berks. and Windsor 1608, 1622, 1624,SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. sewers, Coln valley 1609,C181/2, f. 90. aid, Berks. 1609;SP14/43/107. sheriff, Berks. 1610 – 11, Oxon. 1626-June 1627;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 6. high steward, Windsor 1614 – 25, Maidenhead by 1623;R.R. Tighe and J.E. Davis, Annals of Windsor, ii. 47; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 64. commr. brewhouse survey, Berks. 1620;APC, 1619–21, p. 203. dep. lt. 1625-at least 1626;Add. Ch. 13613; APC, 1626, pp. 357, 365. collector, Privy Seal loans, Berks. 1625–6,E401/2586, p. 102; APC, 1626, p. 168. commr. Forced Loan 1626,Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. martial law, Berks. 1626,Add. 21992, f. 86. knighthood fines 1630-at least 1632.E178/7154, ff. 318C, 320C; 178/5153, ff. 4, 8, 12.

Member, E.I. Co. 1610,CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 202. Virg. Co. 1612.A. Brown, Genesis of US, 939.

Main residence: Lady Place, Hurley, Berks.
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LOVELACE, Sir Richard (c.1568-1634)

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LOVELACE, Richard (c.1560-1622), of West Drayton and Hillingdon, Mdx.; formerly of West Kingsdown, Kent

Family and Education
bap. 14 Sept.1560,Reg. St. Alphage, Canterbury 1558-1800 ed. J.M. Cowper, 2. 2nd s. of Thomas Lovelace (d.1591) of Hever, Kent and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Clement of Ightham, Kent. A.J. Pearman, ‘Kentish Fam. of Lovelace’, Arch. Cant. x. 194. m. (1) by 1595, Mary, da. of William Lovelace of Bethersden, Kent, 2da. (1 d.v.p.); Ibid; Elizabeth, da. of Richard Lovelace, was buried in St Alphage, Canterbury on 12 Apr. 1596: Reg. St. Alphage, 205. (2) Jane (d.1630), da. of Francis Monke and wid. of Roger Day, s.p. A.J. Pearman, ‘Kentish Fam. of Lovelace’ Arch. Cant. xx. 60. d. 21 Feb. 1622.C142/396/139.
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Commr. sewers, Mdx. 1609, C181/2, f. 90v. j.p. 1617–d. C231/4, f. 45v.

Main residences: West Drayton; Hillingdon, Mdx.; West Kingsdown, Kent.
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LOVELACE, Richard (c.1560-1622)

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LOVELACE, Sir William (1561-1629), of Lovelace Place, Bethersden and Greyfriars, Canterbury, Kent

Family and Education
bap. 30 Sept. 1561,Reg. St. Alphaege, Canterbury ed. J.M. Cowper, 2. 1st s. of William Lovelace† of Bethersden, sjt.-at-law, and 1st w. Anne, da. of Robert Lewes, alderman of Canterbury. educ. ?G. Inn 1580. m. by c.1581, Elizabeth (bur. 3 Dec. 1627), da. of Edward Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. A.J. Pearman, ‘Kentish Fam. of Lovelace’, Arch. Cant. x. 207-8; J. Hall Pleasants, ‘Lovelace Fam. and its connections’, Virg. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. xxviii. 87, 90; GI Admiss. suc. fa. 1577; Kntd. 30 July 1599; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. bur. 12 Oct. 1629 12 Oct. 1629. Pearman, 206. sig. Willia[m] Lovelace.
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J.p. Kent by 1590 – 95, 1598-at least 1625; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 293; P. Clark, Eng. Prov. Soc. 261; C231/1, f. 54; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 158. commr. Kent sewers, E. Kent by 1605-at least 1628; Cent. Kent. Stud. S/EK/SO2, p. 80; S/EK/SO3, p. 98. freeman, Canterbury 1612; Roll of Freemen of City of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 56. dep. lt. and capt. of militia ft., Canterbury by 1617-at least 1623; HMC 9th Rep. i. 162; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/FA/23, f. 152. surveyor of the highways (jt.), Bethersden 1623–5, Bethersden par. recs. CW/2, f. 121v. vestryman by 1627; Pearman, 204. commr. subsidy, Canterbury 1624. C212/22/23.

Soldier, army in Ire. by 1599, officer in Anglo-Dutch service by 1602-at least 1606. HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 593, 332.

Main residences: Lovelace Place, Bethersden; Greyfriars, Canterbury, Kent.
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LOVELACE, Sir William (1561-1629)

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