LACON, Sir Francis (1568/9-1642/7), of Willey and Kinlet, Salop

b. 1568 /9, 1st. s. of Rowland Lacon† of Willey and Kinlet and Eleanor, da. of William Rigges of Stragglethorpe, Lincs.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 308. educ. privately (Robert Walthow); Trin. Oxf. 1583, aged 14; G. Inn 1585. C2/Jas.I/W18/30; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. (1) settlement 1 Apr. 1589, (with £3,000), Jane, da. of Anthony Browne†, 1st Visct. Montagu, 3s., 3da.; C142/312/147, 142/402/146; C2/Chas.I/L52/51; Vis. Salop, 373-4. (2) 1600, Sara (d. c.1602), da. and h. of Francis Campion of London, wid. of one Gifford and Francis Albany (d.1597) of Whittington, Salop, ?s.p.;C3/364/82; C2/Jas.I/W18/30; C142/255/145; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 15. (3) 5 June 1609, Margaret (d. Oct./Nov. 1616), da. of Richard Whetell, Merchant Taylor of London, wid. of Sir Thomas Mildmay† (d.1608) of Moulsham, Essex and Aldgate, London, s.p.; Reg. St. Botolph, Bishopsgate ed. A.W.C. Haller, i. 43; The Gen. n.s. xix. 225; PROB 11/128, f. 402r-v. (4) by 1623, Ann Phillips, 3da., 4 other ch.; C2/Chas.I/L16/66. (5) by 1633, Frances Digby (d.1635/6) of Sandon, Staffs. ?s.p.; C2/Chas.I/L9/6. (6) by 1639, Elizabeth, 1s. C2/Chas.I/L22/7; H. Foley, Recs. Soc. Jesus. vi. 405. Kntd. 1970; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 96; CSP Ire. 1600, p. 234. suc. fa. 3 Nov. 1608. C142/312/147; 142/402/146. d. 1642 /7. sig. Fra[ncis] Lacon.