'Lucas2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Lucas of Bury St. Edmunds, Lucas of Horsecroft, Lucas of Little Saxham, Lucas of St. John's Colchester, Lucas of Shenfield

                               
Edmond FitzLucas (a 1359)
m. Elizabeth Merieux (dau/heir of Sir John Merieux or Morieux)
1. John FitzLucas (a 1412)
  m. Maude or Christian Brampton (dau/coheir of Walter Brampton of Brampton by Christian, dau of William Bennett)
  A. Edward FitzLucas (a 1418)
  i. John FitzLucas (a 1460)
a. Thomas Lucas of Little Saxham, Suffolk (d before 12.03.1531/2, Solicitor General)
  m. Elizabeth Kemeys (d before 08.1528, dau of John Kemeys of near Raglan Castle)
  (1) Jasper Lucas of Saxham, Lackford, etc. (dvp 09.1515)
  m. Margery Gedding (dau/heir of Robert Gedding of Lackford)
  (A) Thomas Lucas of Little Saxham & Horsecroft in Horringer (bur 29.05.1595)
  The following is supported by 'History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred' (John Gage, 1938, p515).
  m. Mary Jermyn (dau of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrook)
  (i) Thomas Lucas (dvp?)
  (ii) Clement Lucas of Horsecroft in Horringer (bur 18.02.1603)
  m1. (sp) Mary Kemp of Finchibngfield
  m2. Mary Barker (dau of William Barker of Bury)
  (a) William Lucas of Horsecroft (bpt 29.12.1581, d 01.1639)
  m. Christian Gibson (b 1586-7, d 09.1666, dau of Thomas Gibson (alderman of Norwich), m2. Thomas Sach of Great Horningsherth)
  ((1)) Gibson Lucas of Horsecroft (bpt 01.03.1615, d 24.05.1698, 2nd son)
  m1. Elizabeth (bur 24.06.1668)
  ((A)) William Lucas, last of Horsecroft (a 1706)
  m. (after 14.04.1674) Margaret Cobbs (dau of James Cobbs of Bury St. Edmund's)
((B))+ other issue - Gibson (bpt 16.04.1646, bur 29.08.1691), Richard (bpt 12.12.1649), Thomas (bpt 21.03.1657), John (bpt 06.01.1654), Sach (bpt 21.03.1657), Charles (bpt 06.10.1661, bur 16.07.1663), Clement (bpt 08.01.1663, bur 10.06.1665), Christian (bpt 17.04.1647, d infant?), Christian (bpt 20.02.1652), Mary (bpt 10.05.1665)
  m2. (13.09.1688) ?? (Mrs. Capell of St. Edmunsbury)
  ((2))+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 10.03.1613, dvpsp), Jasper (bpt 16.12.1624), William (bpt 28.07.1619), Lucy (bpt 19.04.1609), Lydia (bpt 29.05.1620, bur 14.07.1628), Mary (bpt 09.05.1625)
  (b)+ other issue - Anthony (bpt 25.04.1584), Thomas (bpt 24.04.1586), John (bpt 06.07.1588-9), Clement (bpt 16.05.1591, bur 19.08.1591)
(iii) Anne Lucas (d 1614)
  m1. Richard Jocelyn of High Roding & Hyde Hall (d 1604)
  m2. Henry Higham
  (iv) Joan Lucas
  m. (08.07.1572) Jeffery Berrie
  (v) Elizabeth
  m. (14.06.1575) John Benningfield
  (B) Margaret Lucas
  m. Humphrey Conisby
  (C) Jane Lucas
  m. Anthony Norton of Bristol
  (2) Henry Lucas of Bury St. Edmunds (d 10.08.1559)
m1. Mary Grene (dau of Edward Grene of Bury)
  (A) Edmund Lucas of Bury St. Edmunds (d 07.1575)
  m. Frances Nevill (dau of Sir Thomas Nevill of Picotts in Ardleigh)
  (B) John Lucas (3rd son)
  m. (1543) Joan Tiler
(C) Mary Lucas
  m. Edward Slegg of Comberton
  (D)+ other issue - Thomas, Clement, Henry, Gabriel, Edward, William, Jasper, Katherine
  m2. Alice Brodock (dau of Simon Brodock (or Bradock) of Brodock's Manor in Horham)
  (L) Francis Lucas of Hollinger
  m. Anne Munings of Monk's Ely
  (M)+ other issue - Henry, Thomas, Martha
  (3) John Lucas of Colchester (Master of the Requests) - continued below
  m1. Mary Abell of Essex (probably of West Bergholt & Fordham)
  m2. Elizabeth Christmas (dau of George Christmas of Colchester)
  (4) Anne Lucas (d 1560)
  m. Sir Thomas Barnardison of Kedington (Barnardeston of Ketton)
  (5) Lettice Lucas
  m. John Greenfield of Exeter
  (6) Elizabeth Lucas
  m. _ Ayloffe of Essex

 

 

John Lucas of Colchester (Master of the Requests) - continued above
m1. Mary Abell of Essex (probably of West Bergholt & Fordham)
1. Sir Thomas Lucas of St. John's Colchester, Sheriff of Essex (d 29.08.1611)
  m. Mary Fermor (dau of Sir John Fermor of Easton Neston)
  A. Sir Thomas Lucas of St. John's Colchester, Sheriff of Essex (d 25.09.1625)
  m. Elizabeth Leighton (dau/coheir of John Leighton of Leighton)
i. Sir Thomas Lucas (d by 1650) Thomas was born before his parents were married.
  m. (27.01.1628/9) Anne Byron (dau of Sir John Byron)
  a. Charles Lucas, 2nd Lord Lucas of Shenfield (d c28.11.1688)
  m. Penelope Leke (a 1705, dau of Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale)
  (1) Penelope Lucas (b c1663, d 10.02.1701/2)
  m. (17.07.1690) Isaac Selfe of Benacre
(2) Anne Lucas
  m1. Edward Cary of Caldecot (bpt 25.04.1656, d 1692)
  m2. Arhicbald Hamilton (son of Ann, Duchess of Hamilton)
  b. Thomas Lucas, 3rd Lord Lucas of Shenfield (b c1649, d unm 31.01.1704/5)
  ii. Sir John Lucas of Colchester, 1st Lord Lucas of Shenfield (b 23.10.1606, d 1670)
  m. (12.1628) Anne Nevill (b c1611, d 22.08.1660, dau of Sir Christopher Nevill of Newton St. Lo)
  a. John Lucas (b 1633, d young)
b. Mary Lucas, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (d 01.11.1702)
  m. (02.03.1662/3) Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent (b c1645, d 19.08.1702)
  Mary was created a Baroness in her own right. The barony passed to her successors.
iii. Mary Lucas
  m. Sir Peter Killigrew (b c1593, bur 07.1668)
  iv. Elizabeth Lucas (b c1612, bur 12.05.1691)
  m. (12.1632) Sir William Walter, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Bart of Saresden or Sarsden (b c1604, d 23.03.1674)
  v. Margaret Lucas (b 1617, dsp 15.12.1673)
  m. (c12.1645) Sir William Cavendish, Lord Ogle, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d 25.12.1676)
  vi. Catherine Lucas (b c1612, d 1701)
  m. Sir Edmund Pye, Bart of Lekhamsted & Bradenham (d 1672-3)
  vii.+ other issue - Sir Charles (d unm 28.08.1648), Anne
  B. John Lucas
  C. Anne Lucas
  m. Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Pauler's Perry, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (d 07.1626)
D. Constance Lucas
  m. Sir Rowland Lacye of Skipton
  E. Mary Lucas
  m. Sir Gwine Harvy of Marshall in Rumford
2.+ other issue - Robert, John (dsp)
m2. Elizabeth Christmas (dau of George Christmas of Colchester)
4. John Lucas of Roydon Hall in Ramsey, Essex
  m. Mary Roydon (dau/heir of John or Christopher Roydon of Roydon Hall)
  A. John Lucas of Ramsey 'of Royden Hall'
  m. Margaret Brewse (dau of Sir John Brewse of Wenham Parva)
  i.+ issue - Alexander, Thomas, Anne, Mary (dsp), Mary
  B. Christopher Lucas (youngest son)
  m. Bridget Baspoole (dau of John Baspoole of Beeston)
  C. Mary Lucas
  m. William Bedingfield of Fleming Hall
  D. Elizabeth Lucas
  m. Robert Darcy of Typtree
  E. Margaret Lucas
  m. _ Tillingham
  F.+ other issue - Roydon (dsp), Edward, Edmond
5. Margaret Lucas
  m. Thomas Penney
6. Elizabeth Lucas (d unm)

Main source(s): Visitation (Essex, 1558 & 1612 & 1634, Lucas), Visitation (Suffolk, 1561, Lucas of Little Saxham & Lucas of Bury St. Edmunds) with some support for the upper section from BLGI1912 (Lucas-Scudamore of Castle Shane) and some input/support for the lower section (which was originally uploaded on 08.10.04 within LZmisc01) from BE1883 (Lucas of Shenfield), TCP (Lucas of Shenfield)
Back to top of page