Lionel Duckett

Lionel Duckett
Lionel Duckett
Born	1511
Died	August 1587 (aged 76)
Occupation	Lord Mayor of London, four times Master of the Mercers' Company
Spouse(s)	Mary Leighton; Jane Baskerville (née Pakington) (m. 1564⁠–⁠1587);
Children	George Duckett; Thomas Duckett;
Parent(s)	William Duckett; Jane Redman;

Lionel Duckett (1511 – August 1587) was one of the Merchant adventurers of the City of London. He was four times Master of the Mercers' Company, and Lord Mayor of London in 1572.

He was born in 1511 to William Duckett of Flintham, Nottinghamshire and his wife Jane (née Redman), of Harwood Castle, Yorkshire. He served an apprenticeship with John Colet, of the Mercers' Company of the City of London, and was granted the freedom of the Company in 1537.

He became enormously wealthy through his trading. He subscribed to Martin Frobisher's three voyages in search of the North-West Passage and to John Hawkins' voyage of 1562 which led to the formation of the Africa Company. In 1553, he acquired monastic and chantry lands in Surrey, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. In 1556, he also acquired lands in Somerset and Devon. In 1572, he bought the manor of Calne, Wiltshire. He later acquired property in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, and Kent.

In 1565 he served as a Sheriff of London. In 1566, he also became Master of the Mercers' Company - a position he also held in 1571, 1577, and 1583. In 1572-73 he was Lord Mayor of London.

He died in August 1587 and his will was proved on 20 February 1588.[1]

Family

He married twice.

Mary Leighton, by whom he had a short-lived son, George Duckett
Jane Baskerville, (née Pakington, the widow of Humphrey Baskerville), on 29 June 1564 at St Peter, Westcheap, by whom he had a son Thomas Duckett (1566-1608)

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References

Duckett, T.E.; "The Duckett Family History"; Privately published: 1960, Bristol, UK

Political offices
Preceded by William Allen	Lord Mayor of London 1572	Succeeded by John Ryvers
Other offices
Preceded by William Allen	Master of the Mercers' Company 1566	Succeeded by Roger Martin
Preceded by William Allen	Master of the Mercers' Company 1571	Succeeded by Roger Martin
Preceded by William Allen	Master of the Mercers' Company 1577	Succeeded by Richard Barnes
Preceded by William Allen	Master of the Mercers' Company 1583	Succeeded by Richard Barnes

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[1] Duckett, T.E.; "The Duckett Family History"; Privately published: 1960, Bristol, UK