Early Life
Lucy was son of William Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire and his wife Anne Fermer daughter of Richard Fermer of East Neston, Northamptonshire. The family were descended from the Norman de Lucys.
Lucy rebuilt the house of Charlecote Park in red brick in 1558. In 1565 he was knighted by the queen's favourite, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. In 1571, Lucy was elected Member of Parliament for Warwickshire. Queen Elizabeth herself visited Charlecote Park in 1572.
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