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Family and Education
bap. 4 Oct. 1613, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Edmund Lechmere of Hanley Castle (1577-1650) and Margaret, da. of Sir Nicholas Overbury† of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Glos.Hanley Castle par. reg.; E.P. Shirley, Hanley and the House of Lechmere (1883), 17-18. educ. Gloucester sch.; Wadham, Oxf. 18 Jan. 1631, scholar 1631, BA 14 Feb. 1634; M. Temple 21 Oct. 1634.Shirley, Hanley, 20; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 130. m. lic. 12 Nov. 1642 Penelope (d. 3 June 1690), da. of Sir Edwin Sandys† of Northbourne, Kent, 4s. 6da. (1 da. d.v.p.).Shirley, Hanley, 23-5, 49; Worcs. Archives, Worcester Marriage Lics. suc. fa. 31 July 1650. Kntd. 31 Oct. 1689;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 265. d. 30 Apr. 1701.Hanley par. reg.; Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 59.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 4 June 1641; bencher, 2 Nov. 1655; treas. 30 Oct. 1657; member, co. to consider readings at M. Temple, May 1661; Lent reader, 1668; asst. reader, 1669 – 71; auditor, 1670 – 74, 1676, 1678–81. June 1655MTR ii. 908; iii. 1084, 1113, 1166, 1231, 1242, 1247, 1250, 1251–1335. Att.-gen. duchy of Lancaster,, 16 Dec. 1658, 14 Mar. 1660.Worcs. Archives, BA 2411/ 2 (ii); Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 22. Lic. to practise in Westminster courts, 17 July 1655.Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 1531/ 65 (vi). Counsellor-at-law, 3 Feb. 1660.C231/6, p. 452. Sjt-at-law, 11 Apr. 1689.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 202–3. 2nd bar. exch. 8 May 1689–23 June 1700.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 523; Shirley, Hanley, 49.

Local: commr. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644.A. and O. Treas. cttee. for Worcs. ?23 Sept. 1644-July 1646.A. and O.; Add. 5508, f. 180; SP28/188, pt. 1 ff. 1–37. Commr. assessment, Worcs. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660. 7 July 1648 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p., 11 Apr. 1689–?d.C231/6, pp. 120, 160; Diary and Pprs. of Henry Townshend ed. Porter, Roberts, Roy, 186; A Perfect List (1660), 56. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Salop, Herefs. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. Feb. 1649–10 July 1660.CJ vi. 148b; C181/6, pp. 11, 374. Under-steward, Kingsland manor, Herefs.; King’s Norton manor, Worcs. 21 Apr. 1649.E163/24/24; Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 1531/ 16 (7). Commr. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ejecting scandalous ministers, Worcs. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. Mar.-July 1660.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p. 10. Dep. lt. Worcs. and Worcester 30 June 1689–d.Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 2411/2 (ii). Commr. for establishing Greenwich Hosp. 12 Mar. 1695.[J. Cooke, J. Maule], An Historical Account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (1789), 11, 17.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 8 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 134b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. cttee. regulating universities, 9 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 557b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers by 15 Oct. 1651, 20 June 1659.CJ vii. 28a, 689b. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Civic: dep. recorder, Worcester 1650–?60.Worcs. Archives, shelf A10, box 3, city acct. book, 1640–69, unfol.

Parlimentarian
LECHMERE, Nicholas (1613-1701), of Hanley Castle, Worcs.
: Worcs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: mezzotint, V. Green aft. G. Powle, 1776.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LECHMERE, Nicholas (1613-1701), of Hanley Castle, Worcs.

Will
26 Nov. 1698, last codicil 25 Feb. 1700, pr. 3 Dec. 1700.PROB11/460, f. 297; original in Worcs. Archives, 705:134/BA 2411/2.
Estates
inheritance of Lechmere Place, Hanley Castle, renamed and greatly extended as Severn End.Shirley, Hanley, 9; Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 2411/ 2 (ii). Welland manor 19 May 1648; Ryall’s Court manor, June 1654-60;Bodl. Rawl. B.236 p.12; Church End House, Hanley Castle, Nicholas Lechmere’s MS acct. of his life, n.p.; Shirley, Hanley, 25. Eastington manor, 1661-4 for £5,000;Lechmere’s MS account of his life, n.p.; Shirley, Hanley, 33. Fanhope estate, Herefs. 1665;Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 2411/ 2; Shirley, Hanley, 34. manor of Cowleigh Park, Worcs. 1669 for £2,355;Lechmere’s MS acct. of his life, n.p. advowson of Hanley Castle, 1672;Shirley, Hanley, 44. sold Middleton manor, Bitterley, Salop, and bought Fladbury manor, Worcs. 1681;Lechmere’s MS acct. of his life, n.p.sold Fladbury manor, 1683, bought Holdfast manor, Worcs.1684;Shirley, Hanley, 47. at d. also lands in Castlemorton, Longdon, Upton-on-Severn.PROB11/460 f. 297.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Friday St., London, by Jan. 1645-?aft. Aug. 1655. Dean’s Yard, Westminster by July 1647-?June 1655.Shirley, Hanley, 23-5. Elm Court, M. Temple by 10 June 1659-?1685.MTR ii. 1138, 1396; 705:134/BA 1531/16.
Religion
Recommended William Willes to vicarage of Cleeve Prior, Worcs. 10 July 1650; Richard Cooper to vicarage of Weston Subedge, Glos. 7 May 1651, John Robinson to Cuxton rectory, Kent 14 Oct. 1651; John Freeston to vicarage of Hampton Lovett, Worcs. 17 Dec. 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 13v, 25v, 30v, 58v. Presented Benjamin Barkley to vicarage of Hanley Castle, 7 Dec. 1685.Worcs. Archives, 778:7324/ BA 2442.
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