Thomas LUNSFORD, Knt.

Abt 1610 - 1653  (43 years)

• Name	Thomas LUNSFORD  [1]
  	Thomas Lunsford, Knt., of Lunsford and Wilegh, Sussex, said to have been born about 1610, but shown as fourth son in pedigree, described by Clarendon "a man, though of ancient family in Sussex, of very small and decayed fortune, and of no good education"; described in youth as "of lawless disposition and violent temper"; committed to Newgate in 1633, escaped next year, fled to the Continent and entered the French service, gaining military reputation, returned to England 1639, granted royal pardon, appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London by King Charles I, 22 Dec 1641, knighted 28 Dec 1641, a commander of Royalist forces against the Parliamentarians until the execution of King Charles in January 1649, license to go to Virginia granted 7 Aug 1649, member of the Council and Lieutenant-General of Virginia troops, 1651, died 1653, buried "Richneck", tombstone, inscribed 1727, later removed to Bruton Church, Williamsburg; will, then of Tooting Graveney, Surrey, dated 4 Jan. 1688, proved 13 June 1691, by "Lady Elizabeth Lunsford, alias Thomas, relict of the deceased"; married, first, Anne Hudson, of Peckham, Surrey, buried at East Hoathly, 28 Nov 1638, one son died as infant; married second 1640, Katherine Neville, died Virginia 1649, daughter of Henry Neville, Knt., of Billingbear, co. Berks (three daughters returned to England as wards of their grandmother, Dame Elizabeth Neville); married third, Elizabeth (?) Kemp, widow of Richard Kemp, of "Richneck", James City County, Virginia. [1]
  Suffix	Knt.
  Birth	Abt 1610  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1653  [1]
  Person ID	I90341	Main Tree
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas LUNSFORD, Gent.,   b. Abt 1586   bur. 4 Nov 1637, Greenwich, Massachusetts (Age ~ 51 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Katherine FLUDD   bur. 19 May 1642, East Hoathly
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F37608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne HUDSON,   b. of Peckham, Surrey bur. 28 Nov 1638, East Hoathly
  Family ID	F37609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine NEVILLE   d. 1649, Virginia
  Marriage	1640  [1]
  Family ID	F37610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth ?
  Family ID	F37611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).