Thomas Lucy

Politician in Jacobean and Stuart England died 1640
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IntroPolitician in Jacobean and Stuart England died 1640
PlacesUnited Kingdom
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1583
Death8 December 1640 (aged 57 years)
ResidenceCharlecote Park, United Kingdom
Family
Mother:Constance Kingsmill
Father:Sir Thomas Lucy
Spouse:Alice Lucy
Children:Robert Lucy Richard Lucy Spencer Lucy Sir Fulke Lucy Constance Lucy Alice Lucy Mary Lucy Elizabeth Lucy Bridget Lucy
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Biography

Sir Thomas Lucy III (1585–1640), MP by William Larkin

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. His grandfather Sir Thomas Lucy was an MP and is noted for prosecuting William Shakespeare although there is little evidence to support this claim.

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. 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.

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

Family life

Lucy married Alice Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer of Claverden, Warwickshire. Alice was described 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.
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