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s. and h. of Sir Walter Lucy (d.1444) of Dallington by Eleanor (c.1383-1447), da. and coh. of Sir Warin Archdeacon† (d.1400) of Ruan Lanihorne, Cornw., and Elizabeth (c.1364-1407), da. of Sir John Talbot of Richard’s Castle, sis. and coh. of John Talbot (d.1388). m. (1) by Mar. 1424, Margaret, da. of John, Lord Neville (d.1420), by Elizabeth (d.1423), sis. and coh. of Edmund Holand, earl of Kent, s.p.; (2) by 5 May 1434, Elizabeth (c.1413-28 Sept. or 16 Oct. 1455), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Percy (d.1432) of Atholl by Elizabeth (d.1441), wid. of Robert, Lord Scales (d.1402); wid. of Thomas Burgh (d.1432/3) of Cowthorpe, Yorks., CP, xi. 503-4. s.p.; (3) Margaret (c.1440-4 Aug. 1466), da. of (Sir) Lewis John* by his 2nd w. Anne (d.1457), da. of John Montagu, earl of Salisbury, s.p. Kntd. by 5 July 1425. CIPM, xxii. 481.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Northants. 1437, 1455.

Lt. of Humphrey, earl of Stafford, capt. of Vernon 27 Mar. – 29 Nov. 1431, of John, earl of Arundel, capt. of Vernon 29 Nov. 1431–?, 29 Nov. 1432–4 Feb. 1433, 29 Dec. 1433 – Mar. 1434; jt. lt. with Sir John Cressy* of the earl of Arundel, capt. of Rouen by 9 Mar. 1432; capt. of Vernon 10 Oct. 1434 – 12 Nov. 1435; lt. of Thomas, Lord Scales, capt. of Vire, by 12 Oct. 1444–? A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph. D. thesis, 1985), ii, app. pp. cxlvi-vii, cl.

J.p. Bucks. 20 Aug. 1446 – July 1459, Northants. 9 July 1452 – d.

Treasurer and receiver of subsidy granted in Parlt. of 1449 (Nov.). PROME, xii. 84–87.

Commr. to take muster of force of Richard Wydeville, Lord Rivers, Plymouth Mar. 1451; of inquiry, Scottish march Apr. 1451 (conduct of keepers of the truce with Scotland), Yorks., Northumb., Cumb., Westmld. July 1453 (riots), Yorks., Northumb. July 1453 (offences against the Hanse), Herefs. Dec. 1453 (escapes of prisoners); to treat for loans, Northants. Dec. 1452, Bucks. May 1455; E34/1B/199; PPC, vi. 242. of gaol delivery, Northampton castle Mar. 1454, Northampton June 1456, Northampton castle May 1459, Feb., Mar. 1460; C66/478, m. 14d; 481, m. 17d; 486, m. 11d; 488, m. 7d; 489, m. 22d. array, Northants., Bucks. Sept. 1457, Northants., Worcs. Dec. 1459, Bucks. May 1460; to assign archers Dec. 1457; summon and lead men to resist Yorkist invasion, Northants., Worcs. ? Apr. 1460.

Envoy to negotiate with Scots. Apr., July 1451.

Member of King’s Council c.1453–4. PPC, vi. 147–9, 154.

Steward, Alice, duchess of Suffolk’s manors of Grovebury and Leighton Buzzard, Bucks. by Mich. 1455-aft. Mich. 1456. St. George’s Chapel, Windsor recs. XV.61.37.

Sheriff, Herefs. 7 Nov. 1459 – d.

Parlimentarian
LUCY, Sir William (d.1460), of Cublington, Bucks. and Dallington, Northants. and Richard’s Castle, Herefs.
Main residences: Cublington, Bucks.; Dallington, Northants.; Richard’s Castle, Herefs.
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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