Thomas Lucy (died 1640)

Sir Thomas Lucy (1583/86 – 8 December 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1640.

Lucy was the son of Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park and his wife Constance Kingsmill daughter of Sir Richard Kingsmill of High Clere, Hampshire. His grandfather Sir Thomas Lucy was an MP and is noted for prosecuting William Shakespeare.

In 1614, Lucy was elected Member of Parliament for Warwickshire. He held the seat through several elections until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Warwickshire in the Short Parliament. In November 1640 he was elected MP for Warwick in the Long Parliament but died in December.

Lucy died after falling from his horse and was buried at St Leonard's Church, Charlecote. It was said of him that "his tables were ever open to the learned and his gates never fast to the poor".

Lucy married Alice Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer of Claverden, Warwickshire. Alice was described an archetypal gentlewoman, known for her charity and piety. They had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, including Sir Fulke Lucy, Richard Lucy and Constance, who married Sir Edward Smith.

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