Thomas Lucas (abt. 1460 - 1531)

Born about 1460 in of Saxham, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Keymes) Lucas — married 1489 in Little Saxham, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1531 at about age 71 in Little Saxham, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Thomas Houchon Lucas was born in Little Saxham, Suffolk, around 1460, a son of John Fitz-Lucas, born in West Stow, Suffolk, England, in 1420 AD. ^[1] In 1489, Thomas married Elizabeth, the daughter of ____Keymes, of Ragland, in Wales. ^[2] Children of Thomas and Elizabeth include:

• Elizabeth Lucas, who married _____Ayloff, of Essex, solicitor to King Henry, the Seventh

• Jasper Lucas, of Saxham

• Thomas Lucas, who married the daughter of Edmund Green, of St. Edmundsbury

• Ann married to Thomas Barnardiston

• Henry

• Lettice

• John married to Mary Abel of Essex

Thomas Lucas made his last will 1 July 1531

Thos Lucas, born circa 1460, son of John Fitz-Lucas of West Stow and a grandson of Edmund, with this Thos. Lucas, the connections with West Stow comes to an end altogether, for he appears to have sold his lands there to Sir John Crofts. In early life this Thos Lucas was secretary to Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Bedford. In grateful memory of his patron, this Thos Lucas called his eldest son, Jasper. Jasper Tudor was the younger brother of Edmund Tudor, so uncle to Henry VII. Lucas probably owed some of his success in after life to his connections with Jasper Tudor. In his will Lucas left money for a Priest to pray especially for the soul of Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford . From his position in the household of Jasper Tudor, uncle of Henry VII, Lucas gradually rose to be privy Councillor and Solicitor General to Henry VII. This was in 1504 and various manors were bestowed upon Lucas and also acquired by him. The Duke of Bedford granted Lucas, for life, the manor of Pembroke and Dunham Hall in Westley, Suffolk.

Having acquired wealth about 1505 Lucas purchased the lands of Little Saxham where he immed. set to work to build a mansion and hall. Nothing of this house remained in 1900, only the foundations. It is said the mansion was there in 1713 and the moat which surrounded the mansion was there in 1900

Research Notes

The children listed are from Thomas Wright's book. Others are listed in Thomas Lucas' genealogieonline: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/genealogie-richard-remme/I538000.php

Could not find any primary sources for Houchon Michael Christmas

Sources

1. ↑ https://coadb.com/surnames/lucas-arms.html
2. ↑ History and Topography of the County of Essex, by Thomas Wright, Esquire, of Trinity College, Cambridge, George Virtue, Publisher, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, Volume I, 1836, page 323

• The visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey, Clarenceux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond herald, 1612, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk pedigrees by Harvey, William, d. 1567; British Museum. MSS (Harleian 1103); Cook, Robert, d. 1593; Raven, J. E. (John Earle); Metcalfe, Walter Charles Publication date 1882 Page 51

• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m19091x25088.htm

• Walter Arthur Copinger, The Manors of Suffolk, Vol. 7 (Manchester: Taylor, Garnett, Evans, and Co., 1911), page 100-101

• http://www.lucasfamily.uk/page111.html

• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m19091x25088.htm (Notes for Thomas Lucas and Elizabeth Kemys by Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy with full list of references)

• Walter Arthur Copinger, The Manors of Suffolk, Vol. 7 (Manchester: Taylor, Garnett, Evans, and Co., 1911), page 100-101

• Will of Thomas Lucas, Suffolk Green Books (George Booth, Woodbridge, 1901) No. 5, Page 120-25.
• Inquisitio Post Mortem Thomas Lucas, Suffolk Green Books (George Booth, Woodbridge, 1901) No. 5, Page 126-27.