Constituency Dates
Rye 1383 (Oct.), 1390 (Jan.), 1391
Family and Education
prob. bro. of Simon Lunceford. m. bef. 1397, Joan, da. and coh. of John Ivory of Rye.1Ivory was mayor of Rye 1371-2: Cat. Rye Recs. ed. Dell, 136/118, 147.
Offices Held

Mayor, Rye Aug. ?1387 – 88, 1389 – 90, 1392–3.2Ibid. 136/134; E101/18/7.

Address
Main residence: Rye, Suss.
biography text

Lunceford witnessed deeds at Rye between 1390 and 1397, and in February 1399 was acting as a churchwarden of the local parish church of St. Mary. Meanwhile, in 1393, it had been alleged that, as mayor, he had falsely imprisoned a man from Hope, Sussex, and so maltreated him at Rye that he almost died. He is not recorded after 1405-6, when he paid a maltolt of 3s.4d.3Cat. Rye Recs. 136/134, 148, 153; Ct. Rolls Rape of Hastings (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxvii), 133; Rye Corporation ms 60/1.

Author
Notes
  • 1. Ivory was mayor of Rye 1371-2: Cat. Rye Recs. ed. Dell, 136/118, 147.
  • 2. Ibid. 136/134; E101/18/7.
  • 3. Cat. Rye Recs. 136/134, 148, 153; Ct. Rolls Rape of Hastings (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxvii), 133; Rye Corporation ms 60/1.