Family and Education
b. 1506 /7, s. of Edmund Leweston of Leweston by Joan, da. of one Gilbert of Compton, Devon. educ. ?L. Inn, spec. adm. 22 Feb. 1532. m. (1) by 1544, Radigund, da. of Thomas Popwell of Strode, Dorset, 1da., (2) Joan (d.1579), da. of Sir Alexander Culpepper of Bedgebury, Kent, wid. of Aldred Fitzjames of Redlynch, Som. suc. fa. 7 Apr. 1522.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/38/20. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 129; Harl. 1539, f. 50v.
Offices Held
Capt. Portland, Dorset 1546 – d.; commr. relief, Dorset 1550; j.p. 1554 – d.; regarder, Gillingham forest by 1568.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Leweston, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
LEWESTON, John (1506/7-84)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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