Roger de Lewknor, Sheriff of Sussex

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Roger de Lewknor

Also Known As: "Roger Lewckenor", "Roger Lewkenor"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England
Death: March 14, 1363 (54-63)
Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England
Place of Burial: Memorial ID 137125692, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas de Lewknor and Sybille Lewknor
Husband of Barbara Lewknor
Father of Beatrice Roper; Sir Thomas de Lewknor, Knight and Richard Lewknor
Brother of John de Lewknor; Pernal de Lewknor and Isabel de Lewknor

Occupation: Sheriff of Sussex, Member of Parliament
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About Roger de Lewknor, Sheriff of Sussex

He was Knight of the Shire (1336), and Sheriff of Sussex (1341, 1347, 1356, 1358). He seems to have been a retainer of the de Clare family. He held the manors of Horsted Keynes and Selmeston (Sussex), Greatworth (Northampton), and South Mimms (Middlesex). He also had a house in Winchelsea in the quarter adjacent to the Grey Friars, holding one of the original tenements in 1292.

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Roger de Lewknor, Sheriff of Sussex's Timeline

1304
1304
Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England
1335
1335
Gretworth, Northamptonshire, England
1341
1341
Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, UK
1350
1350
1362
March 23, 1362
Age 58
Memorial ID 137125692, England, United Kingdom
1363
March 14, 1363
Age 59
Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England