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b. 4 Mar. 1591,Par. reg. St Peter, Cornhill, London. 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Lucy (1551-1605) of Charlecote, Warws., and his 2nd w. Constance, da. of Richard Kingsmill of Highclere, Hants; bro. of Sir Thomas Lucy* and Francis Lucy†.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 288. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 19 June 1607, ‘aged 15’; BA (Exeter Coll.) 4 July 1611;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 23 Jan. 1608;LI Admiss. i. 146. travelled abroad (Low Countries, France), 1615.HMC Downshire v. 368-9. m. (1) ?bef. 8 Jan. 1618, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Cocke† of Broxbourne, wid. of Robert West† of Testwood, Hants, and Sir Robert Oxenbridge I† (d. 28 May 1616) of Hurstbourne Priors.Vis. Warws., 261; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 154; N. and Q. (n.s.), xxxiv. 86-7; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 55; Shaw, Knights of Eng., ii. 167. (2) ?1645, Jane (bap. 18 July 1622, d. bef. 1660), da. of Thomas Chapman (d. 1626), Draper, of St Pancras, Soper Lane, London, and Wormley, Herts., 1s., 1da.Par. reg. St Pancras, Soper Lane, London; Hist. Gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside, ed. D.J. Keene and V. Harding (1987), 743-6; The Gen. (n.s.) xxxiv. 4-5; PROB11/323/546. Kntd. 8 Jan. 1618;Shaw, Knights of Eng., ii. 167. cr. bt. 11 Mar. 1618. d. 6 Apr. 1667.CB.
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commr. oyer and terminer, Herts. 7 Aug. 1622, 18 June 1640 – aft.July 1644, 24 Dec. 1664;C181/3, f. 69v; C181/5, ff. 175v, 240; C181/7, p. 304. Home circ. 23 Jan. 1630 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/4, ff. 35, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222; C181/6, pp. 12, 372. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 7 July 1623 – aft.May 1645, 4 Mar. 1657, 14 Dec. 1663;C181/3, ff. 91v, 184v; C181/5, ff. 20v, 252; C181/6, p. 221; C181/7, p. 223. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656-aft. Aug. 1660.C181/6, pp. 175, 399; C181/7, p. 37. J.p. Herts. by Jan. 1624 – aft.Mar. 1660, 11 Sept. 1660–d.;Herts. Recs. v. 39, 115, 126, 230, 342; vi. 523; The Names of the Justices (1650), 26 (E.1238.4); CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 197; A Perfect List (1660), 20; C231/7, p. 38. Hants by Feb. 1650-bef. Mar. 1657.C193/13/3, f. 56v; C193/13/4, f. 86. Commr. inquiry into lands in Herts. forfeit by treason, 6 Aug. 1624;C181/3, f. 128v. Forced Loan, Herts. 1627.C193/12/2, f. 23. Dep. lt. by July 1628–?SP16/31, f. 150; HMC Hatfield xxii. 311; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 186. Commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. aqueduct, Hoddesdon to London, 21 July 1631;C181/4, f. 93. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 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, 1664; Hants. 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), Herts. 27 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O.

member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651;CJ vi. 558a. surveying forests and chases, 19 June 1657.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
LUCY, Sir Richard (1591-1667), of Broxbourne, Herts., and Faccombe, Hants.
of Broxbourne, Herts. and Hants., Faccombe.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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LUCY, Sir Richard (1591-1667), of Broxbourne, Herts., and Faccombe, Hants.

Will
4 Apr. 1667, pr. 22 Apr.PROB11/323/546.
Estates
?bef. 8 Jan. 1618, in right of wife Elizabeth but for his life, manor of Broxbourne, Herts;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 53; VCH Herts. iii. 432. share in manor and advowson of Anstey;Coventry Docquets, 557, 566. lands in Cheshunt.E214/412, E214/1591; E330/10, E330/11. In 1620, grant by James VI and I ?in exchange for Cheshunt lands, manor of St Neots, Hunts.; sold 1631 to Sir Sidney Montagu.VCH Hunts. ii. 339; PC2/33, f. 178. In 1635, acquired manor of Godsfield, Hants. (held jointly with mother until her d. 1637).VCH Hants, iv. 190. In 1637, inherited from parents manors of Hurstbourne Fauconers and Wyke, Hants.VCH Hants, iv. 290; PROB11/174/426 (Dame Constance Lucy). From c.1646, in right of wife Jane but for his life, third share in estate of Thomas Chapman in Soper Lane, London.Hist. Gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside, ed. Keene and Harding, 743-6; P.E. Jones, The Fire Court (1970), ii. 18-19. From 1655, bought 2 manors of Faccombe, Hants, from Francis Reade.VCH Hants, iv. 316-17. Bef. 1657, lease at Nazeing, Essex.Burton’s Diary i. 20. 1657, with Edward Atkyns of Lincoln’s Inn, acquired manor of Holes or Barley, Herts., originally property of Thomas Chapman.Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 382.
Oxford 1644
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