Biography of John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield 1606-1671
Paternal Family Tree: Lucas
In Oct 1606 John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield was born to Thomas Lucas (age 47).
On 25 Sep 1625 [his father] Thomas Lucas (age 66) died.
On 17 Dec 1628 John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 22) and Mary Neville (age 17) were married.
In 1633 John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 26) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
Around 1643 [his brother-in-law] Richard Neville died.
Around 1644 [his daughter] Mary Lucas Countess Kent was born to John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 37) and [his wife] Mary Neville (age 33).
On 03 Jan 1645 King Charles I (age 44) rewarded his supporters with Baronies ...
John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 69) was created 1st Baron Cobham. Frances Bampfield Baroness Cobham by marriage Baroness Cobham.
John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 38) was created 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield with special remainder to the male issue of his brother [his brother] Thomas Lucas (age 66).
On 14 Jun 1645 Maurice Palatinate Simmern (age 24) fought at Naseby, Northamptonshire [Map] during the Battle of Naseby for the Royalist army.
John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 38) fought for the King.
Colonel John Russell (age 25) was wounded.
On 22 Aug 1660 [his wife] Mary Neville (age 49) died.
Between 02 Mar 1662 and 1671 [his son-in-law] Anthony Grey 1453 1490 11th Earl Kent (age 26) and [his daughter] Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent and Amabel Benn Countess Kent (age 54).
Evelyn's Diary. 25 Apr 1667. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle (age 74), with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where the [his sister] Duchess (age 44) had obligation to my wife's (age 32) mother for her marriage there; she was sister to Lord Lucas (age 60), and maid of honor then to the Queen-Mother (age 57); married in our chapel at Paris. My wife (age 32) being with me, the Duke (age 74) and Duchess (age 44) both would needs bring her to the very Court.
On 02 Jul 1671 John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 64) died. His nephew Charles Lucas 2nd Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Shenfield although technically illegitimate his parents had married after his birth.
Richard Neville and Sophia Carew were married.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lucas
GrandFather: Thomas Lucas
Father: Thomas Lucas
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fermor 
GrandMother: Mary Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Vaux
