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b. 24 Feb. 1598,St. Peter the Great, Chichester par. reg. (Soc. Gen. transcript). 4th s. of Richard Lewknor (d.1603) of West Dean, Suss., and Eleanor, da. of Sir Christopher Brome of Holton, Oxon.; bro. of Richard* and stepbro. of Sir John Oglander*. PROB 111/127, f. 491; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 27. educ. M. Temple 1617, called 1625; DCL Oxf. 1642. M. Temple Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. settlement 7 May 1619, Mary (d.1642), da. of John May of Rawmere, wid. of William Smyth of Binderton, Suss. 2da. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 74; Suss. Gens.: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 155. Kntd. 18 Dec. 1644. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 219. d. by 5 Sept. 1653. CCSP, ii. 248.
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Counsel to dean and chapter of Chichester 1630, Acts of Dean and Chapter of Cath. Church of Chichester ed. W.D. Peckham (Suss. Rec. Soc. lviii), 241. corp. of the suburbs of London 1640; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 290. recorder, Chichester by 1631–43; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 39; CJ, iii. 100. j.p. ‘learned in the law’, Guildford, Surr. 1639–41. Surr. Hist. Cent. BR/OC/1/2, ff. 117v, 119v.

Surveyor to bp. of Chichester 1630; Acts of Dean and Chapter of Cath. Church of Chichester, 243. j.p. Suss. 1630-at least 1642, C231/5, p. 32; ASSI 35/84/8. Hants 1644; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 243. commr. sewers, Suss. 1630 – at least27, Hants and Suss. 1638, C181/4, f. 47; 181/5, ff. 69v, 115v. maltsters 1636; PC2/46, f. 273. chamberlain, corp. of the suburbs of London suburbs 1636–40; V. Pearl, London and Outbreak of Puritan Revolution, 34; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 290. commr. piracy, Suss. 1637; C181/5, f. 68v. freeman, Guildford 1637. Surr. Hist. Cent. BR/OC/1/2, f. 114v.

Commr. execution of poor laws 1632, PC2/42, f. 54. timber compositions 1636. T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 44.

Capt. of horse (roy.) 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 96; List of Officers Claiming (1663), p. 85.

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LEWKNOR, Christopher (1598-1653), of the Middle Temple, London; later of the Grey Friars, Chichester, Suss.
Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; the Grey Friars, Chichester, Suss.
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A.D.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LEWKNOR, Christopher (1598-1653)

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