LUCAS. 171 LUCAS OF SHEFFIELD. Barony. I. Sir John Lucas, of Colchester, 1st (legit.) s. and h. T lG-Li " f Sir 5S* !,n * M Lucas, of the tame (.Sheriff for Essex, 1617), by Elizabeth, da, and coheir of John Leighton, of London, was 4. 1606 ; sue. his father 25 Sep. 1625; and, having early espoused the Royalist cause, was imprisoned (his stately house at St. John's Colchester being pluudered by the rabble in Aug. 1612), but escaped and fought at Newbury &c. He was a: 3 Jan. l644/6,(») BARON LUCAS OK S HEN FIELD, co. Essex with rem., in default of heirs male of his body, to Ciiarles Lucas, {) Rut., his brother, rem. to Thomas Lucas,^') Rut., a bastard br., in like manner. Some 20 years later he, having no male issue, procured another peerage for his da. ; see " Lucas of Crud- wkll." He m. before 1633 Anne, da. of Sir Christopher Neyill, K.B. (son of Edward, Lord AnERGAVENNy), by Mary, da. and coheir of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt, Darcy, co. Essex. She d. 22 Aug. 1600. He s.p.m.s. 2 July 1671, aged 05. ( c ) Both bur. it St. Giles, Colchester. His will pr. 1672. II. 1 G7 1. 2. Charles ( Lucas), Baron Lucas op Sheffield, nephew, sue. to the peerage in 1671, according to the spec. rem. in its creation, he being s. and h. of Sir Thomas LUCAS (of Lexden, within Colchester), by Anne( f ) da. of Sir John Byron, K.B.. which Thomas, was eldest, but illegit., br. of the late Lord. He lived at the Tenter House in Lexden parish. He m. Penelope, da. of Francis i,Leke), 1st Earl ok ScaksdaLE, by Anne, da. of Sir Edward Carye, of Aldenham, Herts. He d. s.p.m. IOSS.^0 Admon. 19 Dec. 16S8 to his widow, who was living 1705. 3. Robert (Lucas), Baron Lucas op Shenfield, br. III. 1G8S, and h., male, 4. in Ireland ;() entered the army and, being the senior to " protestant " officer in command at the Tower of Loudon at the L 705. revolution, had the Government thereof accordingly and was after- wards confirmed as Lieut, of the Tower,(>') retaining that post during (") The last three peerages or. by Charles I., that are entered on the patent rolls are (1.) Lucas of Sin- ii field, 3 Jan. 1644/5, (2) Bclasyse of Woriaby, 27 Jan. 1644/5, and (3) Rocking/tarn, 29 Jan. 1641/5. Since Dec. 1611, but 12 (in all) including the above three ale so entered, tho' for three others {the Earldom of Sitndrrland, the Barony of Halton of Kirbi/ and the Baron;/ of Widdrington of Blankneif) there are signet bills. ( b ) This Sir Charles Lucas, knighted 27 July 1029, was the yr. br. of the grantee and was a distinguished Royalist. He d. imui., being shot 23 Aug. 1648, together with Sir George Lisle, after the surrender of Colchester, by order of Fairfax, the Pari. General. His admon. 6 July 1652. ( c ) This Sir Thomas Lucas, knighted 11 April 1628, was elder brother by the same mother, of the grantee but was born before marriage. His father settled upon him the estate of Lexden in Fssex. He was sequestered by Pari, and d. in Ireland in or shortly before 1650. Will dat. 18 March 1618/9, pr. 26 Aug. 1650, admon. 5 April 1650. His widow " Ann " living Aug. 1650. ( (i ) Among " the Cavaliers imprisoned in 1655," were the Lords Byron, Coventry, Lucas, Maynard, Petrc, St. John, with Sir Frederick (afterwards. Lord) Coruwallis. Some rather witty verses were written upon them. See and Q., 7th S., x. 41. (°) His only sou John Lucas 4. 1633, d. young, and his only da. Mary, was in 1663 ex. Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. m The lie. for then- marriage (Loudon) is dat. 27 Jan. 1628/9, she being then 16 and he 31. (s) Of his two daughters and coheirs (1) Anne (living Nov. 1 701), m. Edward Carye and was mother of Lucius Henry, who in 1694 sue. as 6th Viscount Falkland [S.], and (2) Penelope, m. 17 July 1690, Isaac Selfe and d. 10 Feb. 1701/2, aged 38, leaving issue. It is to be noted that the Viscounts Falkland use the arms of Lucas as a quartering notwithstanding the illegitimacy of the second Lord's father. (>') So stated in Macky's " Characters, where, in error, he is called " Charles " instead of " Robert." Mucky adds that " it was great cnance that made him a Lord and Governor of the moat considerable garrison in the nation, both at the same time, to neither of which he could have aspired, if they had not dropt upon him, •
