LUNCEFORD, Laurence, of Rye, Suss.

Constituency	Dates
Rye	[], []

Family and Education

prob. bro. of Simon Lunceford. m. bef. 1397, Joan, da. and coh. of John Ivory of Rye.1Ivory was mayor of Rye 1371-2: Cat. Rye Recs. ed. Dell, 136/118, 147.

Offices Held

Mayor, Rye Aug. ?1387 – 88, 1389 – 90, 1392–3.2Ibid. 136/134; E101/18/7.

Address

Main residence: Rye, Suss.

biography text

Lunceford witnessed deeds at Rye between 1390 and 1397, and in February 1399 was acting as a churchwarden of the local parish church of St. Mary. Meanwhile, in 1393, it had been alleged that, as mayor, he had falsely imprisoned a man from Hope, Sussex, and so maltreated him at Rye that he almost died. He is not recorded after 1405-6, when he paid a maltolt of 3s.4d.3Cat. Rye Recs. 136/134, 148, 153; Ct. Rolls Rape of Hastings (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxvii), 133; Rye Corporation ms 60/1.

Author

A.P.M.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Notes

1. Ivory was mayor of Rye 1371-2: Cat. Rye Recs. ed. Dell, 136/118, 147.
2. Ibid. 136/134; E101/18/7.
3. Cat. Rye Recs. 136/134, 148, 153; Ct. Rolls Rape of Hastings (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxvii), 133; Rye Corporation ms 60/1.