Thomas de Lewknor

Abt 1347 - 1375  (28 years)

• Name	Thomas de Lewknor
  Birth	Abt 1347
  Gender	Male
  Death	1375	of Broadhurst, Sussex, England
  Person ID	I6015	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Roger de Lewknor,   b. Abt 1304, of Broadhurst, Sussex, England d. 14 Mar 1362, of Broadhurst, Sussex, England (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Katherine Bardolf
  Family ID	F2634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Agnes   d. Bef 1370, of Broadhurst, Sussex, England
  Marriage	1362	, , England
  Family ID	F2633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Joan d'Oyley,   b. Abt 1344, of Ronton, Staffordshire, England d. 1393, , , England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1370	, , England
  Children	1. Roger Lewknor   d. Bef 15 Nov 1400, of Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England   2. John Lewknor   3. Katherine Lewknor
  Family ID	F2626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “THOMAS DE LEWKNOR, Knt., of Broadhurst (in Horsted Keynes), Sussex, South Mimms, Middlesex, and St. Peter Cornhill, London, and, in right of his 2nd wife, of Ronton, Staffordshire, Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, and Whatton, Leicestershire, son and heir, born about 1347 (aged 15 in 1362). He married (1st) in 1362 (date of property settlement) AGNES ___. He married (2nd) by settlement dated 1370 JOAN D'OYLEY, daughter of John d'Oyley, Knt., of Ronton, Staffordshire, Warnham, Sussex, Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, and Whatton, Leicestershire, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas de Tregoz, Knt., 2nd Lord Tregoz. She was born about 1344. They had two sons, Roger, Esq.; and John, and one daughter, Katherine. She was heiress in 1370 to her brother, Thomas d'Oyley, Knt., by which she inherited the manors of Ronton, Staffordshire, Warnham, Sussex, Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, and Whatton, Leicestershire. SIR THOMAS DE LEWKNOR died in 1375. His widow, Joan, married (2nd) in 1376 JOHN COBHAM, of Devonshire, Knight of the Shire for Sussex, Surrey, and Kent, younger son of John Cobham, Knt., of Randall (in Shorne) and Hever, Kent. They had two children, Reynold and Elizabeth. His wife, Joan, died in 1393. JOHN COBHAM died testate 12 Nov. 1399. Berry County Gens.: Sussex Fams. (1830): 130 (Lewknor ped.). Banks Baronies in Fee 2 (1843): 146-148 (sub Tregoz). Sussex Arch. Colls. 3 (1850): 89-102. Top. & Gen. 2 (1853): 124-136. Elwes Hist. of the Castles, Mansions & Manors of Western Sussex (1876): 102 (Tregoz-Lewknor ped.). Cooke & Mundy Vis. of Worcester 1569 (H.S.P. 27) (1888): 86-87 (Lewknor ped.: "Sr Thom. Lewknor Knt Ano 30 E. 3, 1356. = Joane da. & heire of Sr John Doyley."). Boyd & Wrottesley Final Concords (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 11) (1890): 191. Benolte et al. Vis. of Sussex 1530 & 1633-4 (H.S.P. 53) (1905): 25-30 (Lewknor ped.: "Sr Thomas Lewknor knight 30 E. 3, 1356 = Joane d. & heire of Sr John Doyley.”) (D’Oyley arms: Gules, three stags’ heads caboshed or). Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 432. Salzman Feet of Fines Rel. Sussex 3 (Sussex Rec. Soc. 23) (1916): 172. VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 132-3 (Doyley arms: Gules, three harts' heads caboshed argent). Comber Sussex Gens. 3 (1933): 148-158 (sub Lewknor). VCH Sussex 4 (1953): 123; 6(2) (1986): 208. NEHGR 112 (1958): 308-309 (D'Oyley arms: Gules, three bucks heads caboshed argent (adopted from Duston marriage); d'Oyley ancient: Or, two bends azure). C.P. 12(2) (1959): 28, footnote I (sub Tregoz). Roskell House of Commons 1386-1421 2 (1992): 607-608 (biog. of John Cobham).” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “ROGER DE LEWKNOR, Knt., of Broadhurst (in Horsted Keynes), Horsted Keynes, Iteford, and Selmeston, Sussex, South Mimms, Mendlesham, etc., Knight of the Shire for Sussex, Knight of the Shire for Middlesex, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, 1354-5, son and heir, born about 1304 (aged 32 in 1336). In 1320 he was granted protection to go beyond the seas with the king. He married by settlement dated 1340 KATHERINE BARDOLF, daughter and heiress of ___ Bardolf. They had two sons, Thomas, Knt., and Richard. In 1344 he released all his right in the manor of Catteshall, Surrey, to his kinsman, Robert de Northwood, Knt., as lineal heir of Robert de Mankesey who received the manor in 1334. He presented to the church of Greatworth, Northamptonshire in 1351 and 1357. SIR ROGER DE LEWKNOR died 14 March 1362. His widow, Katherine, was assigned her dower 15 Oct. 1362. Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 1 (1791): 125. Berry County Gens.: Sussex Fams. (1830): 130 (Lewknor ped.). Sussex Arch. Colls. 3 (1850): 89-102. Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 9 (1884): 188. Cooke & Mundy Vis. of Worcester 1569 (H.S.P. 27) (1888): 86-87 (Lewknor ped.: "Roger Lewknor An" 14 E. 3, 1339. = Catherin do. & heire of … Bardolph.") (Bardolph arms: Azure, three cinquefoils or). Cal. Entries Papal Regs.: Letters 3 (1897): 180. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 136. C.C.R. 1346-1349 (1905): 2. Benolte et al. Vis. of.Sussex 1530 & 1633-4 (H.S.P. 53) (1905): 25-30 (Lewknor ped.: "Roger Lewknor 14 E. 3, 1339 = Catherin d. & heire of... Bardolphe."). Wrottesley Peds.from the Plea Rolls (1905): 432. C.C.R. 1360-1364 (1909): 364. Cal. IPM 8 (1913): 405. Feudal Aids 6 (1920): 581. Comber Sussex Gens. 3 (1933): 148-158 sub Lewknor).”