Lucy Franke

Lucy was the youngest surviving daughter of John St John and Lucy Hungerford. Both her parents died when she was a small child. In the portrait at St Mary, Lydiard, Tregoze, painted in 1615, Lucy is on the left, the only one not yet married [although she did marry Sir Allan Aspley later that year].[L-R Lucy, Barbara, Eleanor, Jane, Anne & Katherine, in order of age, youngest to oldest]

"Heere lieth the body of Sir John St John, Knight who maried Lucy daughter & co heire
of Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley, Knight by whom he had issue Walter that died young
Sir John St John Knight & Baronet, Oliver that died young Katherine Anne Jane Elinor Barbara
Lucy & Martha that died a child. He deceased the 20 of September 1594. She was secondly maried to
Sir Anthony Hungerford Knight by whom she had Edward Bridget and Jane & then died the 4 of June 1598

This was erected by Sir John St John Knight & Baronet in the year of our Lord 1615 the 20 of Jul"

Lucy was Allen Aspley's third wife. After his death, she married Leventhorpe Franke

Reference pages 97-98 of "Calendar of State Papers--Domestic, Charles I, 1634-5." An entry dated 29 Jun 1634 states the following: "49. Petition of Sir John St. John and Sir Edward Hungerford, brothers of Dame Lucy, wife of Sir Allen Apsley, deceased, on behalf of Allen, William, James, Lucy, and Barbara, children of the said Sir Allen by the said Dame Lucy, to the King...in trust for Sir Allen Apsley, who dying the 20th of the same month, before the grant passed, his Majesty directed that the reversion should be granted to William Alston .... and without a surrender and new grant no present benefit for the children can be raised thereby. Pray a declaration how his Majesty intended the benefit of the grant, and to refer the care of seeing the same performed to some of the Council. (The King ruled for the children)

In Vol.2 Index to Acts of administration in the Perogative Court of Canterbury is the following: (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Administrations Vol. II 1655-1660 British Record Society volumes 72, 74, 75) : Franke als Apsley, Dame Lucy, widow, Bpps, Burton, Yorkshire, 1658. Folio 28.

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic series, of the reign of Charles I
DOMESTIC- CHARLES I. 121 - Vol. CCCLVI. May 17. 119. Petition of Sir John St. John to the Council. Petitioner's name being used in trust for purchase of an annuity of 1001. from Peter Apsley, for the maintenance of the 5 younger children of Sir Allen Apsley, deceased, the care of which children was committed to Dame Lucy, sister of petitioner, who is since married to Sir Leventhorpe Frank, your Lordships, by order dated 10th February last, directed that thenceforward petitioner should receive said annuity and pay it over to the use of the said children. Dame Lucy, who has the custody of the younger children, desires petitioner to pay the money to Allen Apsley, one of her sons, ....

Sir Leventhorpe Franke and Dame Lucy his wife, late wife of Sir Allen Apsley, to the Council. According to the Lords' order of the 17th May (see calendar of 17th May, No. 119. 1.), we certify that desire is that the annuity paid to Sir John St. John for the use ot the children may be hereafter paid over by Sir John St. John to Allen Apsley, eldest son of Sir Allen, by the respondent, Dame Lucy, he being assisting in the oversight and education of the younger children...