Thomas Lucy (died 1640)

Sir Thomas Lucy (1583/86 – 8 December 1640) of Charlecote Park, Warwickshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1640.

Early life

Lucy was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park and his wife Constance Kingsmill, the daughter of Sir Richard Kingsmill of High Clere, Hampshire.^[1]

His grandfather Sir Thomas Lucy was an MP and is noted for prosecuting William Shakespeare although there is little evidence to support this claim.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 1614, Lucy was elected Member of Parliament for Warwickshire. He held the seat through several elections until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament. He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1632.

In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Warwickshire in the Short Parliament. In November 1640 he was elected MP for Warwick in the Long Parliament but died in December.^[2]

Lucy died after falling from his horse and was buried at St Leonard's Church, Charlecote.^[3] It was said of him that "his tables were ever open to the learned and his gates never fast to the poor".^[1]

Family life

Lucy married Alice Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer of Claverden, Warwickshire.^[1] Alice was described as an archetypal gentlewoman, known for her charity and piety. They had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, including

Sir Fulke Lucy
Richard Lucy
Constance Lucy, who married firstly Sir William Spencer and secondly Sir Edward Smith, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3
^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
^ The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 34. Oxford University Press. 2004. p. 706. ISBN 0-19-861384-9.Article by Richard Cust.
^ Richard Cust, ‘Lucy, Alice, Lady Lucy (c.1594–1648)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 25 Nov 2015

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Edward Greville Sir Richard Verney	Member of Parliament for Warwickshire 1614–1629 With: Sir Richard Verney 1614 Sir Fulke Greville 1621 Sir Francis Leigh 1621–1622 Sir Clement Throckmorton 1624–1626 Sir Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baronet 1628–1629	Parliament suspended until 1640
Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Warwickshire 1640 With: William Combe	Succeeded by Richard Shuckburgh James Compton
Preceded by William Purefoy Godfrey Bosvile	Member of Parliament for Warwick 1640 With: William Purefoy	Succeeded by William Purefoy Godfrey Bosvile

[Burke-1] John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3

[2] Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

[odnb-3] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 34. Oxford University Press. 2004. p. 706. ISBN 0-19-861384-9.Article by Richard Cust.

[4] Richard Cust, ‘Lucy, Alice, Lady Lucy (c.1594–1648)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 25 Nov 2015

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