LEWKNOR, Sir Lewis (c.1560-1627), of Selsey, Suss. and Red Cross Street, London; later of Drury Lane, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1560,Age estimated from date of admiss. to M. Temple. 1st s. of Thomas Lewknor† of Selsey, and his 1st w. Bridget, da. of John Lewes of Selsey; bro. of Samuel*. Suss. Gens.: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 153; HP Commons, 1558-1603, ii. 475. educ. Lyon’s Inn; M. Temple 1579; MA, Camb. 1623, incorp. Oxf. 1624. MTR, 229; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 812; Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1587, Beatrice (d. 11 Mar. 1605), da. of one de Rota, merchant, of Antwerp, 2s.; APC, 1599-1600, p. 364; CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 345; CSP For. 1590-1, p. 113; HMC Bath, iv. 165; A.J. Loomie, ‘Spain and the English Catholic Exiles’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1957), p. 220. (2) 13 June 1605, Katherine (bur. 10 Sept. 1605), wid. of Thomas Argall of East Sutton, Kent, s.p.; GL, St. Giles Cripplegate par. reg.; PROB 11/105, f. 141. (3) by 1614, Mary, da. and coh. of Richard Blount† of Dedisham, Suss., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1596; CSP Ven. 1615-17, p. 599; Comber, 153; Hackney Par. Reg. (Soc. Gen. transcipt). Kntd. 22 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102. d. 11 Mar. 1627. ‘Notebook of John Southcote’ ed. J.H. Pollen, in Miscellanea (Cath Rec. Soc. i), 113.

Offices Held

Capt. of ft. (Spanish army) by 1586–7. A.J. Loomie, Spanish Elizabethans, 10 where his first name is incorrectly given as Samuel.

Gent. pens. 1599–1605; E407/1/29, 37. commr. arms for Ireland 1601; APC, 1600–1, p. 219. master of ceremonies 1603–d. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 144; CSP Ven. 1626–8, p. 162.

Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1603; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. steward, Selsey manor by 1605–?12; Lansd. 89, f. 144. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1606–17; C181/2, ff. 13v, 287. j.p. Mdx. c.1605-at least 1624, C66/1662; Mdx. Co. Recs. ed. J.C. Jeaffreson, ii. 177. Westminster 1619–25; C231/4, f. 88; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 21. commr. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, 1625, C181/2, ff. 142, 199; 181/3, f. 157. ltcy. Mdx. 1614 – 22, Tower Hamlets, Mdx. 1616, APC, 1613–14, p. 566; 1616–17, p. 14; C66/2137; 66/2234. inquiry, lands of Thomas Escourt 1617; C181/2, f. 289v. vestryman, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1618; J. Paston, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 353. commr. survey, L. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1618, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. subsidy, Mdx. 1621–2, C212/22/20–1. inquiry, Dame Anne Clere well, Mdx. 1622, C181/3, f. 41v. nuisances, Mdx. 1624. Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96.

Parlimentarian

LEWKNOR, Sir Lewis (c.1560-1627), of Selsey, Suss. and Red Cross Street, London; later of Drury Lane, Mdx.

Main residences: Selsey, Suss.; Red Cross Street, London; Drury Lane, Mdx.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LEWKNOR, Sir Lewis (c.1560-1627)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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