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

Family and Education

b. 1530 /31, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Lee of Quarrendon by Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Wyatt of Arlington Castle, Kent; bro. of Robert Lee 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 nom. 23. Apr. inst. 24 May 1597.Aged 80 at death according to MI. E. K. Chambers, Sir Henry Lee, app. A; HMC Hatfield, iv. 529; C142/90/2; Wards 7/5/137; DNB.

Offices Held

Clerk, the armoury by 1550, master June 1580–1602 or later; j.p. Bucks. by 1558/59–77 or later, q. by 1579–96 or later, Oxon. by 1577–96 or later; royal champion Nov. 1559–60; commr. musters, Oxon. 1573; steward, Woodstock, Oxon. 1573; master of the leash by 1574; constable, Harlech castle, Merion. by 1600.Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 407–8; APC, ii. 412; CSP Dom. 1601–3, Add. 1547–65, p. 474; Cam. Misc. ix(3), 32; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 652; Lansd. 47, f. 41; 56, f. 168; Chambers, 43, 47, 82, 109; Index 6743 ex. inf. C. Blair; E101/64/11; HMC Hatfield, x. 180, CPR, 1572–5, p. 291.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Quarrendon, Bucks.

Author

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

LEE, Sir Henry (1530/31-1611)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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