About Richard Lewknor
Lived 1542 – 1616 (aged 73–74). Richard Lewknor was a politician.
Richard Lewknor (bapt. 14 March 1541 – 6 April 1616) of Downeley, West Dean, Sussex, was an English politician.
Family
Lewknor was the son of Edmund Lewknor of Tangmere, Sussex and Jane Tirell. He was the brother of Thomas Lewknor. He was baptised on 14 March 1542. He was educated at the Middle Temple and there called to the bar.
Career Lewknor was made a bencher in 1581 and sergeant-at-law in 1594. He was appointed Recorder of Chichester from 1588 to 1590
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Richard Lewknor was born in 1542.
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Richard Lewknor died in 1616.
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