de Lewknor, Sir Roger

Male 1246 - 1295  (51 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name de Lewknor, Roger  [1, 2
    Title Sir 
    Birth Between 1244 and 1246  South Mimms, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FSID GMG2-45G  [1
    Death 24 Sep 1295  South Mimms, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I32034  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Family de Keynes, Joan,   b. 1259, Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1271  Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. de Lewknor, Thomas,   b. Between 1270 and 1271, South Mimms, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1336, Broadhurst Manor, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F12315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Between 1244 and 1246 - South Mimms, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1271 - Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Sep 1295 - South Mimms, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):

      “JOAN DE KEYNES, daughter and heiress. She married before 1271 ROGER DE LEWKNOR (or LEUKENORE), Knt., of South Mimms, Middlesex, Mendlesham, Suffolk, and Little Rayne, Essex, and, in right of his wife, of Greatworth, Northamptonshire, and Horsted Keynes, Selmeston, and Iteford, Sussex, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, 1289-90, son and heir of Nicholas de Lewknor, Knt., of South Mimms, Middlesex, Mendlesham, Suffolk, and Little Rayne, Essex, Keeper of the Wardrobe, Justice of Forest, Justice to the Jews. He was born about 1244-6 (aged 24 or 26 in 1268). They had one son, Thomas, Knt. In 1265, after the Battle of Evesham, he and his father were involved in the seizure of property in Hertfordshire, Middlesex, and Surrey, mostly owned by London citizens who supported Simon de Montfort and his party. He presented to the church of Greatworth, Northamptonshire in 1272. He was going abroad in 1272, as a knight of Thomas de Clare. He and his wife, Joan, were defendants in a fine for the manor of Selmeston. Sussex in 1276. SIR ROGER DE LEWKNOR died shortly before 24 Sept. 1295.

      Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 1 (1791): 125. Berry County Gens.: Sussex Fams, (1830): 130 (Lewknor ped.). Sussex Arch. Colls. 3 (1850): 89-102; 63 (1922): 181-202. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 135. Year Books of Edward III: Years XVII & XVIII 10 (Rolls Ser. 31b) (1903): 584-595. Cal. IPM 1(1904): 211-212; 3 (1912): 179-180. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 432. Feudal Aids 5 (1908): 128. Comber Sussex Gens. 3 (1933): 148-158 (sub Lewknor). VCH Middlesex 5 (1976): 282. VCH Northampton 5 (2002): 77-98.”

  • Sources 
    1. [S2115] ENGLAND: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families Vols. 1, 2, 3 & 4.
      https://www.amazon.com/Magna-Carta-Ancestry-Colonial-Medieval/dp/1461045207

    2. [S2438] USA: FAMILIES: Slovak Yankee.
      https://mhollick.typepad.com/

    3. [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name