Richard Lewknor Explained

Richard Lewknor (c. 1589 – 27 May 1635) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1629.

Lewknor was the son of Richard Lewknor, of West Dean, Sussex, and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Christopher Brome of Holton, Oxfordshire.^[1] He was the elder brother of Christopher Lewknor, also an MP.^[2] He came into possession of the family manor of West Dean on the death of his grandfather Sir Richard Lewknor in 1616.^[3]

In 1621, Lewknor was elected Member of Parliament for Midhurst. He was re-elected in 1624, 1625 and 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Sussex.^[4] Lewknor died at the age of 46.

Marriage and issue

He married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Bennett, Alderman of London, and had Sir John Lewknor (1623–1669) who married Anne (d. 1704), daughter George Mynne of Abisham in Surrey and the second cousin of Nicholas Mynne. Anne married secondly Sir William Morley.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: LEWKNOR, Richard (c.1589-1635), of West Dean, nr. Chichester, Suss. History of Parliament Online . 2023-11-10 . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
2. Web site: LEWKNOR, Christopher (1598-1653), of the Middle Temple, London; later of the Grey Friars, Chichester, Suss. History of Parliament Online . 2023-11-10 . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41712 West Dean, A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4: The Rape of Chichester (1953), pp. 97-101. Date accessed: 18 January 2011.
4. 1. 2. 229–239.
5. Book: Sussex Archaeological Society . Sussex Archaeological Collections, Illustrating the History and Antiquities ... . 1850 . Harvard University . 99 . English.
6. Web site: MORLEY, Sir William (1639-1701), of Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss. History of Parliament Online . 2023-11-10 . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.