Sir Robert Lewknor & Elizabeth Tuchet

92350. Sir Robert Lewknor & 92351. Elizabeth Tuchet   

1466, Robert Leukenore born in Sussex, England.

1477, Eleanor born in Surrey, England, d/o 184702. John Tuchet & 184703. Anne Echingham.

9/5/1517, Robert’s daughter’s 1^st husband, Christopher Pykering, died, leaving a daughter Anne as the heir. Jane married 2^nd, Sir Arthur Pole, knt., brother of Henry Pole, then lord Montague, s/o the Countess of Sarum.

1526, Sir Robert Lewknor, kt., ..., and others, to appear before commissioners of the estate of Sir Goddard de Oxenbridge, “The Giant”.

1536, Robert sold Barkley Mill to John Barham of Woodlande.

1536, Sir Arthur Pole, husband of Jane died. Daughter Jane was ‘forced’ into a vow of chastity by Arthur’s relatives because they “greatly coveted … that Henry Poole, son of Sir Arthur and her, lord Montague's nephew, then living, …, should inherit the lands of Sir Roger Lewkenour, their grandfather, then aged 70 and worth 500 mks. a year.” (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V18, Pt1, 1901. [Jane went on to marry a third husband, Sir Wm. Barentyne.]

1541, Dispute between the said Sir Roger and Elizabeth and the said Sir Wm. Barentyne and Jane Pole (46175), concerning the lands of the said Sir Roger and other matters submitted to the Court of Chancery. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V18, Pt1, 1901.

Bef. 1/23/1543, Robert of Dedisham and Bodiam, Sussex, died. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V18, Pt1, 1901.

(S) Plantagenet Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, 2004, P56.           

Family notes:

·         The difficulties of dealing with the Lewknor pedigree were noted by Durrant Cooper in S.A.C., III., 90. No definitive parent for Robert, in an extensive Lewknor family, was found; nor were many associated historical records.

Children of Robert and Eleanor:

i. Jane Lewknor (46175), born 1503 in Sussex, England.