Edward Lewknor (died 1605)

Sir Edward and Dame Susan Lewknor at prayer (Denham tomb)

Sir Edward Lewknor or Lewkenor (1542 – 19 September 1605) was a prominent member of the puritan gentry in East Anglia in the later Elizabethan period, and an important voice on religious matters in the English Parliament.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ J.W. Bridgen, 'Lewkenor, Sir Edward (1542–1605), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).
  2. ^ J.H., 'Lewknor, Edward (1542–1605), of Kingston Buci, Suss. Denham Hall, Suff.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603 (from Boydell & Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament online. A. Thrush, 'Lewknor, Sir Edward I (1542–1605), of Denham Hall, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629 (Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament online.
  3. ^ P. Collinson, '17. Magistracy and Ministry – A Suffolk Miniature', in Godly People: Essays on English Protestantism and Puritanism, History Series 23 (Hambledon Press, London 1983), pp. 445-66 (Google preview).