Family and Education
yr. s. of Sir Thomas Lewknor* by his 3rd w. Elizabeth Etchingham; half-bro. of Roger* and bro. of John* and Richard*; half-bro. of Thomas Hoo II*. m. Elizabeth (fl.1495), at least 2s.
Offices Held

Commr. of arrest, Suss. May 1454 (Robert Poynings*); inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); array May 1484, July 1490.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Chichester 12 Nov. 1456–?27 Oct. 1457. CFR, xix. 169–71. There is no account for Lewknor’s term of office; the dates given here have been drawn from the two adjacent accts., and to complicate matters further the acct. from 27 Oct. 1457 names the prior collector as William Lewknor: E356/21, rots. 42, 42d.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 5 Nov. 1466–7.

J.p. Suss. 20 June –Dec. 1471, 6 Dec. 1471-May 1472 (q.), 5 May 1472-July 1474, Called ‘senior’ to distinguish him from his nephew: KB9/337/34. 24 Nov. 1474–5.

Main residences: Horsted Keynes; East Grinstead; Goring, Suss.
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