Leonard Hakluyt

Sir Leonard Hakluyt (c. 1352 – August 1413) was an English politician. He sat as MP for Herefordshire in 1385, February 1388, 1394 and as MP for Somerset in October 1404 and 1406.[1][2]

He also served as justice of the peace in Herefordshire from July 1389 to June 1394 and May 1401 to February 1407, escheator of Herefordshire and adjacent march from 8 November 1401 to 14 February 1402, sheriff of Herefordshire from 14 February to 29 November 1402 and 15 November 1408 to 5 February 1409 and as tax collector for Herefordshire in March 1404.[1]

He was the son of Sir Edmund Hakluyt and Emma, the widow of John Berenger. By 1394, he married Margaret Longeland (c.1362–1414), the widow of John Deviock, and the daughter/heiress of Sir John Longeland.[3] He had been knighted by 1389.[1] He died in August 1413, without an heir.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kightly, Charles. "HAKLUYT, Leonard (c.1352-1413), of Herefs. and Grove in South Brent, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  2. ↑ The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421 (4 v.) John Smith Roskell (1964) p462
  3. ↑ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. N.P., Douglas Richardson., p91
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