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LEE, Sir Walter (c.1350-1395), of Albury, Herts.

Family and Education
b. either 1348 or 1353, s. and h. of Sir John Lee (d.1370) of Albury, steward of the household of Edw. III, by his w. Joan; prob. bro. of Thomas II. m. by July 1373, Margaret, s.p. Kntd. by July 1370.J.E. Cussans, Herts. (Edwinstree), 148-9; CIPM, xiii. no. 34; CCR, 1369-74, p. 577; 1374-7, pp. 514-15; Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), iii (2), 897; Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 173; ii. 390-1.
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Commr. of inquiry, Essex Mar. 1377 (over-fishing of rivers), Herts. July 1380 (persons infringing the King’s right to present to Therfield church), Essex Dec. 1390 (losses sustained during the Peasants’ Revolt), Essex, Herts. Aug. 1392 (estates of Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland); array, Herts. Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392; to enforce customary services upon the tenants of Ramsey abbey, Norf., Suff., Herts. June 1381; suppress the insurgents of 1381, Herts. Mar., Dec. 1382; of oyer and terminer, Essex June 1386 (withdrawal of labour services on the estates of the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s), Herts. June 1387 (an assault on Sir William Fulthorpe at Waltham); to take oaths in support of the Lords Appellant Mar. 1388; make arrests Sept. 1388, Jan. 1391 (persons contesting the King’s right to present to the treasurership of St. Paul’s), Feb. 1390 (an apostate monk); survey the King’s lands in Essex and Herts. Jan. 1390, July 1391.

J.p. Herts. 2 July 1377 – Apr. 1378, 14 Dec. 1381-July 1389.

Assessor of a tax, Herts. Aug. 1379.

Constable and keeper of Colchester castle, Essex 23 Mar. 1388 – d.; keeper of Tendring hundred, Essex 10 Feb. 1393 – d.

Sheriff, Herts. and Essex 15 Nov. 1389–7 Nov. 1390.

Main residence: Albury, Herts.
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Commons 1386-1421
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LEE, Sir Walter (c.1350-1395)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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LEE, Thomas II (d.1391), of Waterford Hall, Herts.

Family and Education
prob. yr. s. of Sir John Lee (d.1370) of Albury, steward of the household of Edw. III, and bro. of Sir Walter. m. by June 1381, Joan (?Webbeley) of Standen-by-Hungerford, Berks.CCR, 1381-5, p. 425.
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Constable of Queenborough castle, Kent 25 Oct. 1384–27 Dec. 1387.

Commr. of inquiry, Kent Mar. 1385 (poaching on the Isle of Sheppey), Herts. Oct. 1387 (poaching at Berkhampstead), Nov. 1388 (holdings of William Grindecob and Sir Nicholas Brembre).

Keeper and surveyor of the King’s woods at Berkhampstead 13 Sept. 1338-prob. d.; keeper of the royal park of King’s Langley, Herts. 20 Oct. 1386 – d.

Main residence: Waterford Hall, Herts.
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Commons 1386-1421
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LEE, Thomas II (-d.1391)

Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
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LEE, Thomas I, of South Bache in Diddlebury, Salop.

Family and Education
s. of John Lee. m. ?Sibyl, 1s.
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J.p. Salop 26 May 1380 – June 1384, 2 Dec. 1385 – July 1389, 18 June 1394 – July 1397, 12 Nov. 1397-Feb. 1408.

Commr. to put down rebellion, Salop Mar., Dec. 1382; of gaol delivery, Bridgnorth Dec. 1385, Shrewsbury Aug. 1391; oyer and terminer, Salop Feb. 1387, Feb. 1389, Mar. 1404; inquiry Oct. 1389 (oppression), Salop, Staffs. Mar. 1395 (false weights), co. Chester July 1395 (concealments), Salop Oct. 1398 (murder), Nov. 1400 (illegal enfooffments of the Strange estates), Sept. 1401 (treasons and insurrections), May 1407 (heresy); to deliver Mold castle, Wales, to the countess of Salisbury Aug. 1391; make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Salop May 1402.

Dep. justiciar of Chester 12 Feb. 1389-c.1390.DKR, xxxi. 216.

Sheriff, Salop 11 Nov. 1394–9 Nov. 1395.

Tax collector, Salop Mar. 1404.

Main residence: South Bache in Diddlebury, Salop.
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Commons 1386-1421
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LEE, Thomas I

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Oxford 1644
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