LECHMERE FAMILY TREE

Josselyn de Lechmere
fl. 1066, built Norman house

Reginald de Lechmere de Hanlee

fl. 1173

Adam de Lechmere = Isabella

Robert Lechmere
fl. 1357, bought land after the Black Death

Richard Lechmere = Joan Whytemere [heiress of adjoining manor in Hanley]

of Lechmersfeyld d.1504
m.1459 d.1515
Built manor house at Severn End

Thomas Lechmere = Eleanor Frere [heiress of Claines]

2 son, lived at Rhydd Green, bought land 1516-1530
m.1506 b.1474
nd

assumed family motto Christus Pelicano

Richard Lechmere = Margaret Rocke [heiress of Ripple]

1516-1568
1525-1573
Bought Severn End from his cousin in 1540

Edmund Lechmere = Anne Dineley

1550-1616
1557-1620
Edmund Lechmere = Margaret Overbury [8 sons & 7 daughters]
1577-1650
1593-1634
(Sir) Nicholas Lechmere = Penelope Sandys [4 sons & 6 daughters]
1613-1701
1617-1690
Judge & MP, supported Parliament in Civil War, extended Severn End

Edmund Lechmere = Lucy Hungerford [6 sons & 2 daughters]

1648-1703 Barrister
1646-1729
Anthony Lechmere = Anne Foley
1674-1720
Barrister

Nicholas Lechmere (Baron Lechmere of Evesham)

1675-1727
Solicitor-General, Attorney-General & Privy Councillor

Edmund Lechmere = 1. Elizabeth Charlton

1710-1805
d.1762

= 2. Elizabeth Whitmore

(Col.) Nicholas Lechmere-Charlton = Susannah Case (Sir) Anthony Lechmere = Mary Berwick [2 sons & 6 daughters]
1733-1807
1766-1849
1769-1820
inherited Severn End & succeeded to
Charlton estate, Herefordshire, in 1784

built Rhydd Court in 1805,

created baronet in 1818

Edmund Lechmere-Charlton
1789-1845
sold Severn End in 1830

(Sir) Edmund Hungerford Lechmere = Hon. Maria Murray

1792-1856
repurchased Severn End in 1852 & installed farm steward

(Sir) Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere MP = Louisa Haigh

1826-1894
1837-1904
(Sir) Edmund Arthur Lechmere = 1. Alice Samuels
Anthony Hungerford Lechmere = Ciceley Lupton
1865-1937
1865-1896
1868-1954
1884-1964
rebuilt Severn End after fire of 1896
2. Katherine Wright
1872-1955
(Sir) Ronald Lechmere = Marguerite Long
(Sir) Reginald Lechmere = Anne Dind
1886-1965
1890-1981
1920-2010
b.1932
inherited baronetcy

(Sir) Berwick Lechmere =Norah Nonie Elkington

1917-2001
1919-2010

Nicholas Lechmere = Caroline Gahan

b.1960
b.1960

died without issue

Freddie
b.1992

Charlotte
b.1995

George
b.1998

Harry
b.1999