Location: Sussex, England

Surname/tag: Lewknor
Biography
Bennett Lewknor was the daughter of Richard Lewknor and (Miss) Michelgrove of Sherfield, near Fletching in Sussex.[1][2][3][4]
Her year of birth is not known but estimated as circa 1457 as she was married to William Barnes and had 3 children in 1479.[5] Bennet was probably born in Sussex, however, it is not known where in Sussex. Her father, Richard Lewknor, did not inherit the manor of Sheffeld/Sherfield, Sussex until 1478 when his father, Sir Roger Lewknor, died.[6]
Bennett married three times to:
1) William Barnes[2][3] of Wye, Kent, before 1479,[5]
2) Thomas Twysden[1][2][3][4] of Chelmington in Great Chart, Kent[7], after 1479,[5]
3) Vincent Finch[2][3] of Sandhurst, Kent, after 1500.[7]
Children
1) Children of Bennett and William Barnes
- Alice Barnes born before 1479[5][8]
- Joan Barnes born before 1479[5]
- Thomazine Barnes born before 1479[5]
The three daughters were all unmarried in 1479 according to their father's will.[5]
2) Children of Bennett and Thomas Twysden
- William Twysden, under 22 years in 1500[1][4][7]
- Roger Twysden, under 22 years in 1500[1][4][7]
- Alys Twysden[7]
- Mary Twysden[7]
- Johan Twysden[7]
The three daughters were unmarried in 1500 according to their father's will.[7]
No children of Bennett and Vincent Finch were mentioned in the will of Vincent Finch[9][10]
Family Wills
- Beneficiary in the will of her husband William Bernys of Wye written 27th Nov 1479.[5]
- Beneficiary in the will of her 2nd husband Thomas Twysden of Chelmington in Great Chard written 12th October 1500.[7]
- Beneficiary in the will of her 3rd husband Vincent Finch of Sandhurrst gent, written 10th March 1523.[9]
Bennett was buried with her second husband Thomas Twysden in the church of Blessed St Mary in Chart, Kent.
Bennett probably died after the death of her 3rd husband Vincent Finch who died in circa 1524.[9] Bennet was buried in the church of Blessed St Mary in Great Chart, Kent, next to her 2nd husband Thomas Twysden.[11]
South Isle.
- On a Flat Stone, under the Figg. of a Man and Woman in Brass, is this Inscription. Hic Jacet Thomas TWESDEN Generosus qui obijt VII Die Decbris A.Dni MCCCCC (1500) et Benedicta Uxor ej. Quorum, Aiab? ppicietur Deus.
Research Notes
Bennett is not included in the Lewknor pedigree chart in the visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the year 1530.[12]
Chancery C 1/330/38 1504-1515[13] Bennett was not included in the list of children of Richard Lewknor who brought a case to Chancery concerning the manor of Sheffeld in Sussex.
- Lewkenour v Lewkenour.
- Plaintiffs: John, Richard, John the younger, Agnes, Joan, Eleanor, and Anne, children of Richard Lewkenour, deceased.
- Defendants: John Lewkenour, clerk, John Erneley, the elder and the younger, John Apesley, and Thomas Thetcher, feoffees to uses.
- Subject: Rent charged on the manor of Sheffeld (Annexed is an interpleader by Roger Lewkenour, eldest son of the said Richard.) Decree endorsed 6 May, 21 Henry VII.
- Sussex
Will Vincent Finch of Sandhurst written 10th March 1523 and proved 1st June 1524:
- In the transcription of the above will in Testamenta Vestuta vol 2, the wife of Vincent Finch is "Beatrice". This is probably a transcription error for Bennett/Benedict.[9]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Publication of the Harleian Society volume 42 page 135: The Visitation of Kent 1619-1621 by John Philpot Internet Archive (accessed [8 Dec 2023])
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Topographer and Genealogist, Edited by John Gough Nichols Volume 2 1853. Honywood Evidences, page 269 Google Books (accessed [8 Dec 2023])
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sussex Archaeological Collections Volume 3 1850. Pedigree of the Lewknor Family, page 98 Google Books (accessed [8 Dec 2023])
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Baronetage of England, first volume 1771. Twisden Family, page 90 Google Books (accessed [8 Dec 2023])
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for William Bernys, will, written 27 Nov 1479 & proved 18 Dec 1479 (accessed [8 Dec 2023]); citing The Tyler Collection; Notebook: Bachelor - Blaxland; Notebook Number: 396. Ancestry Record 1900 #14875Ancestry Sharing Link
- ↑ Will of Sir Roger Lewkenor of Tratton, Sussex, The National Archives. Ref: PROB 11/7/12, Date: 28 Nov 1478, (accessed [12 Dec 2023]).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Archaeologica Cantiana Vol 3 1860 page 203 "Last Will & Testament of Thomas Twysden of Chelmington in Great Chart" written 12th Oct 1500 & proved 18th Jan 1500, Link. (accessed [8 Dec 2023])
- ↑ Alice Barnes daughter & coheir of William Barnes. Published in the profile of HONYWOOD, John (by 1466-1534 or later), of Hythe and Honywood in Postling, Kent "The History of Parliament": the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982, The History of Parliament, (accessed [14 Dec 2023]).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Will of Vincent Finch of Sandhurst and Battle, The National Archives. Ref: Non stated, Date: 1524. Transcription available in "Testamenta Vestuta Vol 2, Nicholas Harris Esq 1826" Internet Archive, (accessed [11 Dec 2023]).
- ↑ Will of Vincent Finch of Sandhurst, 26 Jan and 10 Mar 1524, proved in the diocese of Canterbury, 1 Jun 1524 The National Archives. Ref: AMS6547/2, Date: 1524, (accessed [12 Dec 2023]).
- ↑ Monumental Inscription in the church of Blessed St Mary in Grat Chart, Kent Kent Archaeology Society, (accessed [12 Dec 2023]).
- ↑ The Publication of the Harleian Society volume 80 page 27: The Visitation of Sussex by Thomas Benolte Internet Archive (accessed [10 Dec 2023])
- ↑ Chancery, Lewkenour v Lewkenour, Sussex, The National Archives. Ref: C 1/330/38, Date: 1504-1515, (accessed [11 Dec 2023]).
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