LUCAS, John (by 1512-56), of the Inner Temple, London and Colchester, Essex.

Family and Education

b. by 1512, 3rd s. of Thomas Lucas of Little Saxham Hall, Suff. by Elizabeth, da. of John Kemeys of Raglan, Mon. educ. I. Temple, adm. July 1526. m. (1) Mary, da. of John Abell of Essex, 2s. inc. Thomas; (2) by 1550, Elizabeth, da. of John Christmas of Colchester, 1s. 2da.Date of birth estimated from education Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 71, 235-6; PCC 14 Thower; Colchester Oath Bk. ed. Benham, 169; C3/43/66.

Offices Held

Bencher I. Temple 1542, Autumn reader 1542, Lent 1551.

Jt. (with Thomas Pope) clerk of the crown in Chancery Feb. 1538–44; j.p. Essex 1538 – d., Suff. 1547; dep. steward, ct. augmentations, lands north of the Trent by 1542 – 44; town clerk, Colchester 1543 – 48, 1550 – d.; member, council of John, 16th Earl of Oxford by 1545; commr. relief, Essex, Suff. 1550, canon law 1551, goods of churches and fraternities, Essex 1553; master of requests by 1552 – 53; steward, manors of Fingrinhoe and Pete Hall in West Mersea, Essex by 1553, lands of Sir Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche by 1553, manor of Dovercourt by 1555.Colchester town hall, ct. rolls 23–25 passim; LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xvi-xviii, xx, xxi; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 494; CPR, 1547–8, p. 89; 1550–3, pp.353–4, 396–8; 1553, pp. 215, 352, 358, 362, 414, 416; information from Susan Flower; PCC 20 Ketchyn; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xiii. 107.

Parlimentarian

LUCAS, John (by 1512-56), of the Inner Temple, London and Colchester, Essex.

Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; Colchester, Essex.

Author

D.F.C.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LUCAS, John (by 1512-56)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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