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Lancelot Lancaster (1568 - 1642)

Lancelot Lancaster
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Died at about age 74 [location unknown]
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Biography

Lancelot Lancaster (approx 1568-1642). He married Frances Tancred, who was accused of being a recusant. They had no heir. Strangely, they were still alive when their nephew Christopher, last of the line, wrote his will. So Christopher never took up his position as next line, but already knew that the line was going to end.

Nicolson and Burn (vol. 1) reported:

Lancelot Lancaster esquire, son and heir of Edmund. He married Frances Tankard eldest daughter of Thomas Tankard esquire of Yorkshire, in the reign of king James the first. By indenture dated Aug. 10, in the 2ift year of that king, this Lancelot, and Christopher son and heir of Richard Lancaster deceased late brother of the said Lancelot, in consideration of 48919s id, did covenant to convey, by fine or otherwise, their manor of Strickland Roger, unto Hugh Barrow of Skelsmergh and Matthew Philipson of Strickland Roger yeomen and their heirs.—This Lancelot died without issue; and was succeeded by the said Christopher as next heir, being the son of his younger brother Richard deceased...[1]

It appears there had been a plan that he would marry a Musgrave later in life. Farrer and Curwen:[2]

1619 Inquest taken at Browham, 15 October, 17 James 1 (1619), before Cuthbert Orfeur, gentleman, Roger Otway, esquire, escheator and Robert Curwen, gentleman, feodary, the king's commissioners. Edward Lancaster, esquire, long before his death was seised of the manor of Sockbread and divers lands, &c. in Tirell; the manor of Hartsopp; the manor of Strickland Roger and divers lands, &c. in Ladyford and Skelmerster; a moiety of the advowson of the vicarage of the parish church of Barton; a moiety of the rectory of Barton and of all the tithes of grain, hay, lambs, wool, hemp and other tithes of the parish of Barton, the tithes in Martindell, parcel of the said rectory of Barton excepted. So seised he by deed dated 28 September, 18 Elizabeth (1576) granted to Edward Middleton, esquire, John Wharton, esquire, and George Hudson, gentleman, all the premises and his lands and tenements in co. Westmorland, to the use expressed in certain indentures of same date made between the parties for the advancement of Lancelot Lancaster, son and heir apparent of the said Edward Lancaster, and for the jointure of Jane Musgrave, one of the daughters of William Musgrave, esquire, if a marriage hereafter should be had between the said Lancelot and Jane, namely: To hold the capital messuage called the demesne lands of Ladyford, parcel of the manor of Strickland Roger, and 8 messuages then in the tenure of the wife of Nicholas Redmaine, Mabel Duckett, widow, Edward Redmaine, Christopher Redmaine, Robert Richardson of Hartsopp, Geoffrey Thompson of Gaithowe in Overhartsopp, Lancelot Lancaster of Sockbread and John Lancaster of Tirrell with the lands to the same capital messuage or 8 messuages belonging, to the use of the said Lancelot Lancaster and the said Jane, daughter of the said William Musgrave, for parcel of her jointure and the heirs male of the said Lancelot, with divers other remainders to heirs male; and to hold the residue of the premises to the use of the said Edward Lancaster for term of his life and after his death to use of Lancelot and his heirs male.
Nicholas (sic Lancelot) Lancastre still survives and by force of the statute of uses of Henry VIII, Edward Lancaster was seised for term of his life of the premises aforesaid except the messuage and lands assured for the jointure of Jane.
The manor of Sockbread is held of the heirs of Matthew Redmaine, by a pair of spurs, saving foreign service; a moiety of the manor of Hartsopp, a moiety of the manor of Strickland Roger, a moiety of the lands and tenements in Ladyfoordes and a moiety of the lands and tenements in Skelmerstre are held of James Bellingham, knight, in socage by a pair of spurs and are worth yearly 40s.; and the other moiety of the manors, lands and tenements in Sockbread, Tirrell, Hartsopp, Strickland Roger, Ladyfoordes and Shelmestre are held or Charles, prince of Wales, as of his purparty of the barony of Kirkbykendall called "le Marquesse Fee," by knight service and a yearly rent of 26s. 8d. and are worth yearly £10 clear; the moiety of the advowson or right of patronage of the vicarage of the church of the parish of Barton and the moiety of the rectory of Barton and of all the tithes of grain, &c., of the parish of Barton, except the tithes in Martindell, parcel of the aforesaid rectory of Barton, are held of the king in chief by knight service and are worth yearly clear £3. Edward Lancastre died 20 January, 15 James I (1618) and Lancelot Lancastre esquire is his son and heir, aged 50 years at the time of his father's death; Court of Wards Inq. p.m., vol. 61, n. 141.

Sources

  1. https://books.google.be/books?id=zeEuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA402
  2. 'Strickland Roger', in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 1, ed. William Farrer and John F Curwen (Kendal, 1923), pp. 265-275. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol1/pp265-275 [accessed 31 May 2016].
  • F. W. Ragg (1910), "De Lancaster", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society: 395–493)

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There is a Frances Tankard https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tankard-173 who married Lancelot Lancaster on 4 December 1582 at Aldborough (marriage on FreeReg). The birth date here would make him a bit young but I think he must be the correct one. Please attach her as wife if you agree. Also on Foster's Yorkshire Pedigrees https://archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost/page/n215
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