Thomas Lewknor (by 1529 – will proven 1571), of Alvechurch, Worcestershire, was an English politician.
Life
He was the son of Richard Lewknor, a younger son of a prominent gentry family in Sussex and his wife Joan, daughter of Richard Mascall of Lindfield, West Sussex. [1] He entered the service of Nicholas Heath, Bishop of Worcester [2] and settled in Worcestershire, where he acquired the manor of Alvechurch. [3]
Following Heath's promotion to be Archbishop of York, Lewknor was added to the commission of sewers for that county and represented Ripon in the parliament of 1558. [2] His public employment ended after the accession of Elizabeth I and in 1564 he was listed as an adversary of Protestantism. [2]
Family
He married:
- Bennett, daughter of Thomas Chaloner of Lindfield, the mother of his children. [1]
- Jane daughter of John Wheeler of Droitwich, Worcs. and widow of John Combe of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1554. [4] William Combe was his stepson and may have also been his son-in-law.
On his death Alvechurch passed to his son Nicholas, who died without heir, and then to his daughter Jane. [3]
References
- ^ a b The visitations of the county of Sussex. Vol. 53. Harleian Society. 1905. pp. 26–7.
- ^ a b c "LEWKNOR, Thomas (by 1529-71), of Alvechurch, Worcs". Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "VCH Worcestershire volume 3: Alvechurch". Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Barnard, E.A.B. (1936). The Sheldons. pp. 98–9.