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LEE, John (c.1535-c.1603), of London.
Family and Education
b. c. 1535, 4th s. of Roger Lee (d.1552 or 1553) of Pitstone by Isabel, da. of John Cheyne of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks. m. Elizabeth, da. of William Arden of Hawnes, Beds.
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Dep. to Sir Henry Lee (his uncle’s grandson) in the armoury by July 1588; keeper of the great store in the ordnance office by 1596 – d.
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Main residence: London.
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Unless otherwise stated this biography is based upon E. K. Chambers, Sir Henry Lee, 112, 114-29, 203, 247-9.
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LEE, Richard (bef.1548-1608), of Hook Norton, Oxon.; Dane John, Canterbury and the Savoy, London.
Family and Education
b. bef. 1548, illegit. s. of Sir Anthony Lee of Quarrendon, Bucks. by Ann, da. of Richard Hassall of Hassall and Hankelow, Cheshire; half-bro. of Sir Henry and Robert Lee. m. (1) Mary, da. of John Blundell of Finmere and Steeple Barton, Oxon., wid. of Sir Gerald Croker of Hook Norton, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 1589, Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, wid. of Sir James Hales of Dane John, Canterbury. Kntd. 1 June 1600.E. K. Chambers, Sir Henry Lee , 23, 175-6; Genealogist, n.s. viii. 232; xii. 191; PCC 23 Coode; HMC 7th Rep. 527; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 466; Bucks. Recs. vols. iii, iv.
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Freeman, Canterbury 1590, common councilman by 1593; j.p. Kent from c. 1591, q. from c. 1592; constable, Harlech castle 1600; ambassador to Russia 1600 – 01; ranger of Canterbury park by 1604.
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Main residences: Hook Norton, Oxon and Dane John, Canterbury and the Savoy, London.
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LEE, Robert (c.1533-98), of Hatfield, Yorks.
Family and Education
b. c. 1533, 2nd s. of Sir Anthony Lee, bro. of Sir Henry and half-bro. of Richard Lee. educ. Winchester, scholar 1542; scholar, New Coll. Oxf., fellow 1548-53; G. Inn 1556. m. Jane, da. of Edward Restwold of The Vache, Bucks., wid. of Sir Francis Hastings of Fernwick, Bucks., 1da. d.v.p. At least 1s. illegit.
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J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) from c. 1577, q. c. 1583; keeper of the game in Hatfield chase by 1570 to 1594; receiver, duchy of Lancaster lands in Beds., Hunts., and Northants. 1591–4.
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Main residence: Hatfield, Yorks.
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LEE, Walter (c.1550-aft.1597), of the Inner Temple, London and Langley, Salop.
Family and Education
b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Richard Lee of Langley by Eleanor, da. of Walter Worstley of Worstley, Salop. educ. Shrewsbury 1562; I. Temple 1569. unm.
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Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; Langley, Salop.
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LEE, Walter (c.1550-aft. 1597)
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LEE, Thomas (bef.1527-72), of Clattercote, Oxon.
Family and Education
b. bef. 1527, 1st s. of Thomas Lee, merchant taylor, of London, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Rolleston of Swarkeston, Derbys., wid. of William Whitlock, merchant taylor, of London. educ. M. Temple bef. 1550. m. Mary, da. of Morgan Wolfe of Meriden, Warws., s.p. suc. fa. 1527.
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J.p. Oxon 1562.
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Main residence: Clattercote, Oxon.
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LEE, Thomas (bef. 1527-72)
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