LEE, Sir Henry (c.1532-1611), of Quarrendon, Bucks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1532, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Lee of Quarrendon by Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Wyatt of Allington Castle, Kent; bro. of Robert and half-bro. of Richard Lee. educ. New Coll. Oxf. m. by 1554, Anne, da. of William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, 2s. 1da. all d.v.p. suc. fa. 24 Nov. 1549. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553; KG 23 Apr. 1597.

Offices Held

?In King’s household c. 1545; clerk of armoury by 1550; capt. of Berwick 1558; on embassy to France May 1559; royal champion Nov. 1559–90; regent marshal against Scots 1573; master of the leash by 1574, of the armoury June 1580 to at least 1602; constable of Harlech castle to 1600.

J.p. Bucks. from c. 1559, rem. for a short time 1564, commr. musters by 1573, enclosure Bucks. and Oxon.; j.p. Oxon by 1575; lt., steward and keeper of Woodstock park 1573; high steward Woodstock by 1580.G. Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 407 seq.; Add. 5756, f. 243; APC, ii. 412; Cam. Misc. ix (3), p. 32; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 652; Add. 1547–65, p 474; Lansd. 47, f. 41; 56, f. 168; PRO Index 6743; E101/64/11; HMC Hatfield, iv. 529; x. 180; CPR, 1572–5, p. 291; Woodstock boro. mss.

Parlimentarian

LEE, Sir Henry (1530/31-1611), of Quarrendon, Bucks.

Main residence: Quarrendon, Bucks.

Notes

This biography is based upon E. K. Chambers, Sir Henry Lee.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

LEE, Sir Henry (c.1532-1611)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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