Lionel was born about 1511 in Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Wiliam Duckett and Jane Redman.
He died on 20 AUG 1587 in London, England.
His wife was Jane “Johanna” Pakington. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Thomas (1565-1608).
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Note 1
!Source: WikiTree Lionel Duckett https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duckett-313
Born about 1511 [uncertain] in Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England [uncertain]
Died 20 Aug 1587 at about age 76 in London, England
Sir Lionel "of London" Duckett
Son of William Duckett esq and Jane Redmayne
Brother of John Duckett
Husband of Mary Duckett — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Husband of Jane Duckett — married 29 Jun 1564 in St. Peter Westcheap, City of London map icon
Father of George Duckett and Thomas Duckett
Biography
Sir Lionel Duckett , was a Merchant Adventurer of London.[1] He also served as sheriff of London in 1564;[2] and as Lord Mayor of London from 1572 to 1573.[3]
Parents
Lionel was the son of:
William Duckett, esq. Flintham, co. Notts., son of Richard Duckett, esq. & Eleanor Harrington.
and [Jane], dau. of ... Redman or Redmayne of Harewood.
Marriage
Lionel married twice. His first wife was Mary Leighton. He remarried to Jane Packington.[2]
Leighton
m.1 Mary, dau. of Hugh Leighton of Leighton, co. Salop.[2]
children: 1 son
George [2][4]
Packington
m.2 Jane ,[5] dau. of Humphrey Packington & wid. of Humphrey Baskerville .[2][6][7].</div></div>
children: 1 son
Sir Thomas Duckett .[2]
Will
Summary of the Will of Sir Lionell Duckett 1588.[8]
Date: 03 Sep 1585
Signed: 21 Mar 1585/6
Codicil: 09 Jul 1587
Proved: 20 Feb 1587/8 by wid. Lady Jane Duckett.[2]
His will addresses him as “Sir Lionell Duckett knighte Alderman of the cittie of London and late maior of the same”[9].
His lands etc he willed to Jane his wife and to his son and only child Thomas Duckett.
His goods and chattels etc were divided into three equal parts in accordance with the Custom of the City of London, one part to his wife, one to his son, and the third for his other legacies and bequests.
Of the third part he made a number of charitable bequests including “to the company of Mercers whereof I am free”; to the poor of the parishes of St Lawrence Old Jurye, St Mary Magdalene Milk Street and St Peter “in Cheape wheare I now dwell”; to the poor of Flintham, ?Rinton, Sibthorpe and Syerston in Nottinghamshire.
To his nephew Stephen Duckett he bequathed £100 and to “Lionell Duckett his sonne my godsonne twentie poundes if he lyve to the age of twentie and one yeares and if he die to John Duckett his brother I give the same somme”.
To Allen Duckett his servant and kinsman he beqeathed £20.
The residue he bequeathed to his wife and son to be equally divided between them excepting that his wife was to have the house in London where he then dwelt.
He named his wife Dame Jane his Executrix and his Overseers were his good friend Mr Thomas Owen gent and his nephew Stephen Duckett gent.
In the Codicil he stated “Now for that my sonne Thomas hathe married one Margarett Nelson without my consent and expresse comanndment” and also that he had sold his house in London. He ensured his wife was provided for by granting her his manor and farm of Barcott [Barcote] in Berkshire for her life. After her death they were to pass to his son Thomas Duckett, and if Thomas were to die without issue then to the Testator’s nephew Stephen Duckett.
Death
Lionel was succeeded by his nephew Stephen , son of John Duckett of Flintham, co. Notts. Stephen served as MP for Calne in 1584 and 1586.[2]
Art History
A portraiture of Lionel by Hans Holbein in the possession of Sir George Duckett, Bt., shows him in his robes of Lord Mayor of London, with a ring on his finger, quartering the arms of Duckett, Redman, Alborough, and Windesore.[10]
Notes
Lyonel partnered with Sir Thomas Gresham, in the building of the Royal Exchange,[10] and was a man of such considerable property, that he is reported to have given the sum of 8000 marks to each of his three daughters; an enormous sum in those days, but deemed so inferior to what his known riches could have intitled him to have given, that he is said to have answered to some one, who questioned him upon it, that it was not becoming in him to give more, since Queen Elizabeth only received 10000.[10]
children of Jane Packington & Humphrey Baskerville.[8]
Janes Packington's had 2 sons and 6 dau. with her first husband, Humphrey Baskerville :
Richard
Humphrey
Elizabeth m.1 Henry Hungate; m.2 ... Harte.
Angelica m. William Maynard of London
Sara m. Thomas Owen
Martha m. John May of Mendip, co. Somerset.
Anne m.1 Stephen Duckett ; m.2 Thomas Edwards of Shrewsbury
Mary m. Benjamin Gonson
Oxford DNB:
Sir Lionel Duckett, son of William Duckett of Flintham, co. Notts. & Jane Redman of Harwood Castle, co. York.
He was granted the freedom of the Mercers' Company in 1537 after his apprenticeship to John Colet in London. He was master of the Mercers' Company in 1567, 1572, 1578, and 1584.
He acquired former monastic and chantry lands in Surrey, Staffs., & Derby in 1553, additional lands in Somerset & Devon 1556 and 1557, and at his death also owned property in Gloucs., Wilts, Berks. & Kent.
He died in London in August 1587 . The bulk of his personal estate was left to his wife and only son, Thomas, whose share was reduced because of his marriage to Margaret Nelson without his father's approval.
Duckett newsletter 3x3
Sir Lionel acquired property at Calstone Wellington, Wiltshire, from a William Meredith and Martha his wife in 1572. According to Duchetiana William Meredith was the brother of Ellen Meredith who married Geoffrey Duckett after December 1551. Ellen was a coheiress with her sisters Mary and Elizabeth to William Meredith.
2x1 - Geoffrey had a son Edward, admitted to Mercer's Company in 1601.
Elizabeth Locke widow of Sir William Locke, Knt in 1549; Lord Mayor of London
Both buried at MERCERS Chapel
Meredith Line, .
1. Philip Meredith
2. Robert Meredith d. 1548 = Jane, dau. of Sir William Lock, alderman & mercer
3. a. William Meredith dsp = Martha, dau. of Robert Longe d. 1551, mercer.[11]
3. b. Mary Maredith = Richard Springham, mercer
3. c. Elizabeth Meredith = Matthew Field, mercer
3. d. Ellen Meredith = Geoffrey Duckett, mercer
other sources say Robert Meredith's wife was Elizabeth and subsequently married Sir William Lock which would account for her granddaughters being mourners at the funeral of *LADY* Lock.
Sir William Lock had 4 wives and 19 children. He was buried 27th August 1550.
1. Alice Spencer d 1522
2. Katharine Cooke d 1537
3. Elinor, wid. of Walter Marsh d 1546
4. Elizabeth, wid. of ... Hutton then Robert Meredith d 1551 buried Mercers' Chapel