LENNARD, Sampson (c.1544-1615), of Chevening and Knole, Kent; later of Hurstmonceaux, Suss.

b. c. 1544, 1st s. of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent, custos brevium of the common pleas, by Elizabeth, da. of William Harman of Elham, Kent; bro. of Samuel. educ. L. Inn 1564. m. Margaret (later s.j. Baroness Dacre, d.1612), da. of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre, 7s. inc. Sir Henry 6da. suc. fa. 1591.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 63; Top. et Gen. ed. Nichols, iii. 211, 217; N. and Q. cxlviii, 157; Hasted, Kent, iii. 109; PCC 13 Parker.