Francis Lucy (born ca. 1600 – 1687) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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from 1624 to 1629. Lucy was the son of Sir Thomas Lucy of

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, Warwickshire. He matriculated at

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on 5 May 1615, aged 15. He was called to the bar at

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in 1623. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Lloyd-Lytton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 921-955 Date accessed: 5 May 2012
/ref> In 1624, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was elected MP for Warwick again in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Lucy obtained a licence on 9 December 1630, to marry Elizabeth Molesworth, daughter of Bevill Molesworth of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

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1610s births 1687 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 {{17thC-England-MP-stub