Publications
Pedigree of the Lewknor Family, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1850 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 3, article, pp.89-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2088] & The Keep [LIB/500222] & S.A.S. library View Online
Sir Edward Lewknor, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.287-288) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]
A Lewknor Seal, by Fane Lambarde, published February 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 5, note, p.151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library
Katherine Lewknor, by Edith M. Hall, published November 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 11 & 12, reply, pp.256-257) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library
Lewknor, by Edith A. Hall, published May 1953 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 13 & 14, note, p.293) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library
The Lewknors of Sussex, by Edward Cobby, published 1991 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11758][Lib 11717]
Driven to Rebellion? Sir John Lewknor, dynastic loyalty and debt, by Malcolm Mercer, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.153-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:The events leading up to the death of Sir John Lewknor, fighting for the Lancastrians at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, are examined in detail. Two reasons are suggested for Lewknor's support: firstly, as a result of previous service ties to Henry VI and the royal affinity; secondly, as a consequence of increasingly desperate personal circumstances. Until the triumph in 1461 of the first Yorkist king, Edward IV, Lewknor had been building a successful career as a royal servant. His world then fell apart. Increasingly beset by financial difficulties as the decade wore on, his lands the subject of litigation, and unable to find even a modest role in Sussex affairs, Lewknor became steadily alienated from a regime which offered him no future. The crisis of the Yorkist monarchy at the end of the 1460s presented a way out of his problems. When Lancastrian rule was restored in 1470, Lewknor had an opportunity to rebuild his fortunes and re-establish a career in royal service. In the event, however, the regime crumbled and Lewknor, with little to lose, died fighting for the Lancastrians.
The Lewknor family, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published Autumn 2010 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 78, article, p.7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/78] & The Keep [LIB/500502]