Lionel Duckett

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Lionel Duckett
Born	1511
Died	August 1587 (aged 76)
Occupation	Lord Mayor of London, 4 times Master of the Mercers' Company
Spouse	Mary Leighton Jane Baskerville, (née Pakington)
Children	George Duckett Thomas Duckett
Parents	William Duckett and Jane Redman

Lionel Duckett (1511-August 1587) was one of the Merchant adventurers of the City of London, he was 4 times Master of the Mercers' Company, and Lord Mayor of London (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. In 1553, he acquired monastic and chantry lands in Surrey, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. In 1556, he also acquired lands in Somerset and Devon. In 1566, he also became Master of the Mercers' Company - a position he also held in 1571, 1577 and 1583. In 1572, he bought the manor of Calne, Wiltshire. The same year, he became Lord Mayor of London. By the time of his death, he also owned property in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, and Kent.

He died in August 1587 and his will was proved on February 20, 1588.

He married twice:

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

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
Preceded by William Allen	Lord Mayor of London 1572	Succeeded by John Ryvers