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b. c. July 1585,C142/293/75. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote, being 1st s. with his 2nd w. Constance, da. and h. of Richard Kingsmill† of Highclere, Hants, surveyor of the Wards; bro. of Francis* and Sir Richard†. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 288. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1601; L. Inn 1602; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. travelled abroad (France) c.1608-9. J. Stoye, Eng. Travellers Abroad (2nd edn.), 39-40. m. settlement 1 Oct. 1614 (with £2,000), Warws. RO, L6/1156. Alice, da. and h. of Thomas Spencer of Claverdon, Warws., custos brevium, c.p., 7s. 8da. suc. fa. 1605; Vis. Warws. 285, 288; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 94; A. Fairfax-Lucy, Charlecote and the Lucys, 135, 138. Kntd. by 20 Nov. 1605. PROB 11/106, f. 205v. d. 8 or 10 Dec. 1640. W. Dugdale, Antiqs. of Warws. (1730), p. 506; M.E. Lucy, Lucy Fam. 28. sig. Tho[mas] Lucy.
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J.p. Warws. c.1607-Feb. 1640, C66/1748; C231/5, p. 370. sheriff 1611 – 12, 1632–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. capt. militia horse by 1616, A. Hughes, Pols. Soc. and Civil War in Warws. 61. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1616-Jan. 1640, C181/2, f. 259v; 181/5, f. 141v. subsidy, Warws. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628–9, C212/22/20–1, 23; E179/194/310, 318. mines dispute, Bedworth, Warws 1622–4, APC, 1621–3, p. 348; 1623–5, pp. 197–8. dep. lt. by 1624-at least 1639, SP14/178/7; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 19. Forced Loan, Warws. 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 61. commr. swans, Midlands 1627, Staffs. and Warws. 1635, 1638, C181/3, f. 227; 181/4, f. 199; 181/5, f. 91. navigation of R. Avon, Warws. 1636. T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 6.

Recorder, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. 1628–d. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, BRU 2/3, p. 4; P. Tennant, Civil War in Stratford-upon-Avon, 9.

Main residence: Charlecote, Warws.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LUCY, Sir Thomas (1585-1640)

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