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Family and Education
b. c. 1619, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Lucy*, bro. of Fulk Lucy*.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 94; Dugdale, Warws. i. 506. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1634;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 19 Nov. 1652.G. Inn Admiss. i. 262. m. c.1648, Elizabeth, da. of John Urry of Thorley, I.o.W. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. bro. Robert Lucy bef. 12 June 1658.Warws. RO, L6/86. d. 21 Dec. 1677.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 94.
Offices Held

Local: member, cttee. of safety, Warws. and Coventry by 27 Oct. 1646–?49.SP28/248. Sheriff, Warws. 1646–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147. J.p. c.Jan 1646–d.;E372/490; HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Richard Lucy’. Hants 27 June 1649-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 160. Commr. assessment, Warws. 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Hants 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1672, 1677; Westminster 1677;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Warws. and Coventry 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; I.o.W. 26 July 1659;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 15, 371; C181/7, pp. 16, 642. Mdx. 15 May-aft. June 1654;C181/6, pp. 33, 61. ejecting scandalous ministers, Warws. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Capt. militia ft. Apr. 1660.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Richard Lucy’. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Hants, I.o.W., Warws. 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653, 28 Jan. 1654, 20 Aug. 1657, 9 Feb., 3 June 1658, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658–9, p. 48. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653. Judge, probate of wills, 3 Apr. 1654. Commr. high ct. of justice, 13 June 1654; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Civic: recorder, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. 26 Aug. 1657–d.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, BRU 2/3, p. 454.

Parlimentarian
LUCY, Richard (c.1619-77), of Charlecote Park, Warws.
: of Charlecote, Warws.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1658.NT, Charlecote Park.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LUCY, Richard (c.1619-77), of Charlecote, Warws.

Will
13 Nov. 1678, pr. 3 Mar. 1680.PROB11/362, f. 305v.
Estates
Held glebe and tithes of Hampton Lucy, 1649;Warws. RO, L6/439. awarded salary of £300 as probate judge, 30 Aug. 1654;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 343. inherited manors of Charlecote, Hampton Lucy, Thelsford, Hatton, Cherington, Sherborne, Hunscote, Fulbrook; Fulbrook Park; and messuages and lands in Charlecote, Hampton Lucy, Thelsford, Hatton, Cherington, Fulbrook and Alveston; rectories of Sherborne and Charlecote; advowsons of Hampton Lucy, Charlecote, Preston Bagot, Sherborne and Cherington, Warws.; manors of Highclere and Burghclere, Hants, 1658.Warws. RO, L6/86, L6/1160. VCH Hants, iv. 278.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Cross gallery and queen’s closet, Somerset House, Westminster July 1653 resident there, Aug. 1657.CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 23, 26, 37, 66; Cheshire RO, Mf 122/3/MA T/I/50.
Religion
Presented to Burghclere rectory 1661, 1663; to Highclere, 1663;VCH Hants, iv. 278; CCEd. to Preston Bagot, Warws. 1677; to Charlecote, 1677.Worcs. RO, 778:7324/BA 2442/995, 1013.
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