John Lennard (abt. 1508 - 1590)

Born about 1508 in Knole, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Harmon) Lennard — married 1538 in Knole, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1590 at about age 82 in Chevening, Kent, England

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Biography

John Lennard was born in Kent, England.

John Lennard, as the eldest son, inherited his father's house and lands. He became a prosperous lawyer at Lincoln's Inn. Under Henry VIII he became a justice of the peace, prothonotary (clerk of court) of the common pleas. and was in the commission of the peace. Under Elizabeth I he was custos brevium (keeper of the writs) of the common pleas, and became sheriff of Kent.

In 1551 he bought the manor of Chevening, and after 1570 he possessed the manor of Knole, in Sevenoke, where he then mostly lived.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Harman, of Elham, in Crayford. He died in 1590 and was buried in Chevening under a sumptuous tomb of alabaster, with figures of himself and his wife.

At the time of his death he held the manors of Chevening, Chepsted, Appulderfield, Northsted, and Wickhurst. He left them all to his eldest son, Sampson. His youngest son, Samuel was knighted and settled in West Wickham. He also left five daughters.

Birth

ABT 1508 Knole near Chevening, Kent, England^[1]

Christening

Chevening, Kent, England

Marriage

ABT 1538 Knole, Kent, England^[1]

Wife: Elizabeth Harmon Payne

Children

According to several reliable sources ^[2][3][4] the children of John Lennard (abt. 1508 – 1590) are:

• Samson
• Benjamin
• Samuel
• Mary(Walshingham, Gresham)
• Timothea (Covert)
• Rachael (Neville)
• Elizabeth (Eure)
• Anne (Darrell)

Any additional children shown must either be duplicates, died young, or erroneous.Gunn-471 11:10, 28 June 2017 (EDT)

Death

12 MAR 1589/90^[1]

Burial

12 MAR 1590 St. Botolph, Chevening, Kent, England

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Tribble, Anna Laura Henderson. The family tree of Henderson. Blacksburg, Va: A. L. H. Tribble, 1983.
2. ↑ N.M.S. "LENNARD, Sampson (c.1544-1615), of Chevening and Knole, Kent; later of Hurstmonceaux, Suss." The History of Parliament, British Political, Social & Local History. Accessed 9 Sep 2018.
3. ↑ Edward Hasted. "Parishes: Chevening," in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3, (Canterbury: W Bristow, 1797), 105-126. British History Online, accessed September 9, 2018, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol3/pp105-126.
4. ↑ Barrett-Lennard, Thomas. An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett. London: Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd, 1908.p 9.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33587373/john-lennard

• Barrett-Lennard, Thomas. An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett (Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., London, 1908) Page 6

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 12, Fynes.