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yr. s. of Sir Thomas Lewknor* by his 3rd w. Elizabeth Etchingham; half-bro. of Roger* and bro. of John* and Thomas*; half-bro. of Thomas Hoo II*. m. (1) by Trin. 1440, Eleanor, da. and coh. of Thomas Town† of Town Place in Throwley, Kent, and gdda. and coh. of Benedicta Detling of Detling, Kent, ?1s. d.v.p. ; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 371. (2) by Mich. 1462, KB27/806, rot. 301. Elizabeth (c.1422-1492), C145/308/56; C139/73/4; Suss. Arch. Collns. lxxii. 2. 1st da. and coh. of Thomas St. Cler (1402-35) of Chalgrove, Oxon., by Margaret, sis. of Sir Thomas Hoo (d.1420) of Luton-Hoo, Beds.; wid. of William Lovell (?II*); (3) Katherine (d.1505), illegit. da. of Thomas, Lord Scales (d.1460), wid. of Sir Thomas Grey† of Crawdon, Cambs., s.p. Dist. Suss. 1465.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Kent 1449 (Feb.).

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 7 Dec. 1450 – 29 Nov. 1451.

Commr. of array, Kent Apr. 1454, Surr., Suss. May 1484, Suss. Dec. 1484, June, July 1490; arrest, Suss. May 1454 (Robert Poynings*); inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); goal delivery, Guildford castle Apr. 1482, Dec. 1484; C66/549, m. 23d; 558, m. 21d. to assess subsidies on aliens Apr., Aug. 1483, Jan. 1488; summon men of Kent and Suss. to besiege rebels in Bodiam castle Nov. 1483; raise body of archers, Suss. Dec. 1488.

Constable of Lewes castle and master forester of Worth, Suss. for the 3rd and 4th dukes of Norfolk bef. 1461-aft. 1479; L.E. Moye, ‘Estates and Finances of the Mowbray Fam.’ (Duke Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1985), 440–1; DL29/454/7312, 7313. jt. receiver of the late dukes’ estates, Suss. Mich. 1481–2; receiver, Surr. and Suss. 1497–8. Arundel Castle mss, A1869; Suss. Arch. Collns. lvii. 188, 193.

Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 5 Nov. 1469 – 6 Nov. 1470, 5 Nov. 1490–1, 1495 – 96.

J.p. Suss. 16 July 1474 – 5 Dec. 1483, 3 June 1484 – Aug. 1488, 6 Sept. 1488 – Feb. 1491, 18 May 1493 – Feb. 1496, 12 Dec. 1496 – d.

Master forester, Ashdown forest, Suss. 8 Mar. 1486–d. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 621.

Parlimentarian
LEWKNOR, Richard (d.1503), of Horsted Keynes and Brambletye, Suss. and Southwark, Surr.
Main residences: Horsted Keynes; Brambletye, Suss.; Southwark, Surr.
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L.S.C.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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