LENNARD, Francis, 14th Baron Dacre (1619-62), of Herstmonceux, Sussex.

Family and Education

b. 12 June 1619, 1st s. of Richard Lennard, 13th Baron Dacre, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Arthur Throckmorton†.CP. educ. Merton, Oxf., 15 Oct. 1634, ‘aged 15’;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France), Oct. 1636-?;‘The Memoirs of Sir George Courthop’, ed. S. C. Lomas (Cam. Misc. xi), 104-5. ?1639-?CSP Dom. 1639, p. 521. m. (contract 16 Apr.) 1641, Elizabeth (d. July 1686), da. of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning;Barrett Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 276-8; CP. 3s. (1 d.v.p.; 1 posth.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Barrett Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 278-9. suc. fa. 20 Aug. 1630, aged 11 years, 3 months, and 8 days.CP; Essex RO, D/DL/L25 (IPM Richard Lennard). d. bef. 12 May 1662.PROB11/308/147; CP.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 10 July 1639, 3 Nov. 1653, 4 Oct. 1660;C181/5, f. 144; C181/6, p. 22; C181/7, p. 60. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 31 Mar. 1640, 23 May 1645, 6 Dec. 1654, 7 Dec. 1660;C181/5, ff. 167, 253; C181/6, p. 78; C181/7, p. 71. Suss. 20 July 1641;C181/5, f. 205v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 14 Aug. 1660.C181/7, p. 75. Ld. lt. Herefs. 5 Mar. 1642–?A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644-aft. Jan. 1645;C181/5, ff. 231, 246v. Home circ. June 1659–d.;C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, pp. 7, 130. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (E., N., W. Riding), Westmld. 20 June 1645; militia, Cumb. 2 Dec. 1648; Suss. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. V.-adm. Suss. by 25 June 1649–19 June 1650.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 206; 1650, p. 549. J.p. by ?Mar. 1657–d.C193/13/5/105v; C193/13/6/88; C220/9/4/86.

Central: member, cttee. for foreign affairs, 6 Sept. 1644;LJ vi. 697a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 9 Apr. 1647;LJ ix. 127. cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

LENNARD, Francis, 14th Baron Dacre (1619-62), of Herstmonceux, Sussex.

: 14th Baron Dacre (1619-62), of Herstmonceux, Sussex. 1619 – 62.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with wife, P. Lely;Whereabouts unknown. oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1658;Essex RO. watercolour, G.P. Harding, nineteenth century.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LENNARD, Francis, 14th Baron Dacre (1619-62), of Herstmonceux, Sussex.

Will

18 Sept. 1655, pr. 12 May 1662.PROB11/308/147.

Estates

1626, fourth part of estate of maternal grandfa. consisting of quarter of manors of Paulerspury, Northants. and Silvester, Worcs., and lands in Northants., Bucks. and Oxon.;Barrett Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 267. 1630, inheritance from fa.;Essex RO, D/DL/L25; Kent AO, U1590/T23/27. 1641, share in Bayning estate at Sutton Marsh, Lincs., and elsewhere through marriage to a co-heir, apparently partly comprised in £20,000 portion, but later increased through deaths of other co-heiresses;Barrett Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 277-8. bef. 1 May 1655, arbitration award of castles and manors of Dacre and Kirkoswald, and manors of Blackhall in Carlisle, Brackenthwaite, Newbiggin, Bouskail, Soulby, Mosedail, Staffol, Lazonby and Glissonby in Gilsland, Cumb; and barony and manor of Barton, manors of Barton Martindaile and Patterdaile, Westmld., worth £1,800 p.a. in 1660s;Barrett Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 274-5; Essex RO, D/DL/C43/4/23. estates valued at £8,440 at death, incl. recently-purchased property costing up to £5000; income (disputed) betw. £3,500-£6000 p.a.C10/69/42; Barrett Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 294; Essex RO, D/DL/L31.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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