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Lionel Duckett (abt. 1511 - 1587)

Sir Lionel "of London" Duckett
Born about in Flintham, Nottinghamshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 29 Jun 1564 in St. Peter Westcheap, City of Londonmap
Died at about age 76 in London, Englandmap
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Biography

Sir Lionel Duckett (b. c. 1511 - d. Aug 1587), was a Merchant Adventurer of London.[1] He also served as sheriff of London in 1564;[2] and as Lord Mayor of London from 1572 to 1573.[3]

Parents

Lionel was the son of:

  • William Duckett, esq. Flintham, co. Notts., son of Richard Duckett, esq. & Eleanor Harrington.
  • and [Jane], dau. of ... Redman or Redmayne of Harewood.

Marriage

Lionel married twice. His first wife was Mary Leighton. He remarried to Jane Packington.[2]

Leighton

m.1 Mary, dau. of Hugh Leighton of Leighton, co. Salop.[2]

children: 1 son

Packington

m.2 (18 Jun 1564 license; 29 Jun 1564 St. Peter Westcheap, London) Jane (will 08 Sep 1589, proved 04 Feb 1590),[5] dau. of Humphrey Packington & wid. of Humphrey Baskerville (will 01 Sep 1563, proved 14 Mar 1564).[2][6][7].

children: 1 son

  1. Sir Thomas Duckett (dsp).[2]

Will

Summary of the Will of Sir Lionell Duckett 1588.[8]

  • Date: 03 Sep 1585
  • Signed: 21 Mar 1585/6
  • Codicil: 09 Jul 1587
  • Proved: 20 Feb 1587/8 by wid. Lady Jane Duckett.[2]

His will addresses him as “Sir Lionell Duckett knighte Alderman of the cittie of London and late maior of the same”[9].

His lands etc he willed to Jane his wife and to his son and only child Thomas Duckett.

His goods and chattels etc were divided into three equal parts in accordance with the Custom of the City of London, one part to his wife, one to his son, and the third for his other legacies and bequests.

Of the third part he made a number of charitable bequests including “to the company of Mercers whereof I am free”; to the poor of the parishes of St Lawrence Old Jurye, St Mary Magdalene Milk Street and St Peter “in Cheape wheare I now dwell”; to the poor of Flintham, ?Rinton, Sibthorpe and Syerston in Nottinghamshire.

To his nephew Stephen Duckett he bequathed £100 and to “Lionell Duckett his sonne my godsonne twentie poundes if he lyve to the age of twentie and one yeares and if he die to John Duckett his brother I give the same somme”.

To Allen Duckett his servant and kinsman he beqeathed £20.

The residue he bequeathed to his wife and son to be equally divided between them excepting that his wife was to have the house in London where he then dwelt.

He named his wife Dame Jane his Executrix and his Overseers were his good friend Mr Thomas Owen gent and his nephew Stephen Duckett gent.

In the Codicil he stated “Now for that my sonne Thomas hathe married one Margarett Nelson without my consent and expresse comanndment” and also that he had sold his house in London. He ensured his wife was provided for by granting her his manor and farm of Barcott [Barcote] in Berkshire for her life. After her death they were to pass to his son Thomas Duckett, and if Thomas were to die without issue then to the Testator’s nephew Stephen Duckett.

Death

Lionel was succeeded by his nephew Stephen (d. 1591), son of John Duckett of Flintham, co. Notts. Stephen served as MP for Calne in 1584 and 1586.[2]

Pedigree of Stephen Duckett in Vis. of Wilts., 1623.

Art History

A portraiture of Lionel by Hans Holbein in the possession of Sir George Duckett, Bt., shows him in his robes of Lord Mayor of London, with a ring on his finger, quartering the arms of Duckett, Redman, Alborough, and Windesore.[10]

Notes

Lyonel partnered with Sir Thomas Gresham, in the building of the Royal Exchange,[10] and was a man of such considerable property, that he is reported to have given the sum of 8000 marks to each of his three daughters; an enormous sum in those days, but deemed so inferior to what his known riches could have intitled him to have given, that he is said to have answered to some one, who questioned him upon it, that it was not becoming in him to give more, since Queen Elizabeth only received 10000.[10]

children of Jane Packington & Humphrey Baskerville.[8]

Janes Packington's had 2 sons and 6 dau. with her first husband, Humphrey Baskerville (d. Mar 1564):
  • Richard (dsp)
  • Humphrey
  • Elizabeth m.1 Henry Hungate; m.2 ... Harte.
  • Angelica m. William Maynard of London
  • Sara m. Thomas Owen
  • Martha m. John May of Mendip, co. Somerset.
  • Anne m.1 Stephen Duckett (Lionel's eventual heir); m.2 Thomas Edwards of Shrewsbury
  • Mary m. Benjamin Gonson

Oxford DNB:

Sir Lionel Duckett, son of William Duckett of Flintham, co. Notts. & Jane Redman of Harwood Castle, co. York.
He was granted the freedom of the Mercers' Company in 1537 after his apprenticeship to John Colet in London. He was master of the Mercers' Company in 1567, 1572, 1578, and 1584.
He acquired former monastic and chantry lands in Surrey, Staffs., & Derby in 1553, additional lands in Somerset & Devon 1556 and 1557, and at his death also owned property in Gloucs., Wilts, Berks. & Kent.
He died in London in August 1587 . The bulk of his personal estate was left to his wife and only son, Thomas, whose share was reduced because of his marriage to Margaret Nelson without his father's approval.

Duckett newsletter 3x3

Sir Lionel acquired property at Calstone Wellington, Wiltshire, from a William Meredith and Martha his wife in 1572. According to Duchetiana William Meredith was the brother of Ellen Meredith who married Geoffrey Duckett after December 1551. Ellen was a coheiress with her sisters Mary and Elizabeth to William Meredith.
2x1 - Geoffrey had a son Edward, admitted to Mercer's Company in 1601.
Elizabeth (Meredith) Locke widow of Sir William Locke, Knt in 1549; Lord Mayor of London
Both buried at MERCERS Chapel

Meredith Line, (Duchetiana, p. 233).

1. Philip Meredith
2. Robert Meredith d. 1548 = Jane, dau. of Sir William Lock, alderman & mercer
3. a. William Meredith dsp = Martha, dau. of Robert Longe d. 1551, mercer.[11]
3. b. Mary Maredith = Richard Springham, mercer
3. c. Elizabeth Meredith = Matthew Field, mercer
3. d. Ellen Meredith (single at funeral of her grandmother Lady Lock in Dec 1551) = Geoffrey Duckett, mercer
other sources say Robert Meredith's wife was Elizabeth and subsequently married Sir William Lock which would account for her granddaughters being mourners at the funeral of *LADY* Lock.
Sir William Lock had 4 wives and 19 children. He was buried 27th August 1550.
1. Alice Spencer d 1522
2. Katharine Cooke d 1537
3. Elinor, wid. of Walter Marsh d 1546
4. Elizabeth, wid. of ... Hutton then Robert Meredith d 1551 buried Mercers' Chapel

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Lionel Duckett
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Marsh, A.E.W. (1903). A History of the Borough and Town of Calne, and Some Account of the Villages, Etc., in Its Vicinity, p. 30. Google Books.
  3. Nichols, J. (2014). "Sir Lionel Duckett (d. 1587)," in John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume II: 1572 to 1578, p. 6. Google Books.
  4. 1 son: George, died young, (Oxford DNB).
  5. Will of Jane Packington. TNA PROB 11/75/77. oxford-shakespeare.com. PDF.
  6. Will of Humphrey Baskerville. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/47/105 1. oxford-shakespeare.com. PDF.
  7. Marriage Licence between Lionell Duckett of St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, and Jane Baskervylle, widow was granted on 18 Jun 1564
    Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London 1520-1610. Publications of the Harleian Society Vol XXV. Edited by Armytage G J (1887).
    The Marriage took place on 29 Jun 1564 at St Peter Westcheap, City of London
    St Peter Westcheap, City of London. Register. Accessed via Ancestry. The page is damaged and legible only in part.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Will of Lionel Duckett. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/72/212 1. oxford-shakespeare.com. PDF.
  9. Will of Sir Lionell Duckett, Alderman of Saint Lawrence Jewry, City of London. 20 Feb 1588. PROB 11/72/212. National Archives.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Duckett, G.F. (1869). Duchetiana, p. 33. Archive.org. eBook.
  11. Duckett, G.F. (1869). Duchetiana, p. 90. Archive.org. eBook.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Catherine Rivera for creating WikiTree profile Duckett-313 through the import of Duckett Family.ged on Apr 4, 2013.





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