LEWESTON, John (c.1507-84), of Leweston, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. c. 1507, o.s. of Edmund Leweston of Leweston by Joan, da. of one Gilbert of Compton, Devon. educ. sp. adm. L. Inn 1532. m. (1) Radigund, da. of Thomas Popwell (or Poxwell) of Strode, 1da.; (2) Joan (d.1579), da. of Sir Alexander Culpepper of Bedgebury, Kent, wid. of Aldred Fitzjames. suc. fa. 1522.Harl. 1451, f. 177; 1539, f. 50; Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 129; C142/38/20.

Offices Held

Capt. of Portland from 1546; j.p. Dorset from 1554; regarder, forest of Gillingham by 1568.LP Hen. VIII, xxi(1), p. 142; APC, vi. 91; CPR, 1553–4, p. 18; Hutchins, iii. 621.

Parlimentarian

LEWESTON, John (1506/7-84), of Leweston, Dorset.

Main residence: Leweston, Dorset.

Notes

This biography is based upon the Roberts thesis.

Author

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

LEWESTON, John (c.1507-84)

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