Richard Lee (1502 - 1575)

Born 1502 in Sopwell, Hertfordshire, England

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Died 1575 at about age 73 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Richard Lee, Sir of Sopwell

Origin

Richard was born in 1501/2 at Sopwell, Hertfordshire, England and was a son of Richard Lee and Elizabeth Hall.^[1][2]

Family

Richard married between July and August of 1537 to Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Grenville I of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall.^[1][3] Margaret's father opposed the match because of Richard's "modest birth and limited means."^[3]

They had two daughters:^[1]

1. Ann; mar Humphrey Coningsby
2. Maud; mar Edward Sadler

Offices and Honors

Richard was knighted at Leith on 11 May 1544.^[1]

Richard was a friend of Thomas Cromwell.^[3] Richard's father had been Henry VII's yeoman of the jewel house, and in 1532 Cromwell attained the post of master of the jewel house.^[3] Perhaps this is the connection whereby Richard became acquainted with Cromwell.^[3]

On 8 August 1536, Richard was appointed to the important post of surveyorship of Calais.^[3]

Death and Legacy

Richard 11 April 1575, probably at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England and was buried in St. Peter’s church, St. Albans.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Coros, D.F., The History of Parliament (Online) > Research > Member Biographies > 1509-1558 > LEE, Sir Richard (1501/2-1575), of Sopwell, Herts. Citing The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982.
2. ↑ Cooke, Robert; St. George, Richard. (Ed. by Walter C. Metcalf). The Visitations of Hertfordshire. London: [Harleian Society], 1886. (Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 22). Appendix II: Lee of Sopwell, p. 149).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Boydell & Brewer, The House of Commons, 1509-1558, Volume 1 (Vol 1, Page 511) 1982, GoogleBooks.com accessed April 23, 2015

• Sopwell, Hertfordshire, England page 459 rjc ref 632

• History of Hertfordshire by John Ewin Cussans (RJCW Ref 78)

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p. 42.
• FamilySearch Person: G8ZV-QXY: Sir Richard Lee (1501-1575).
• Lydekker, Richard. Hertfordshire. Cambridge: University Press, 1920. p. 151.
• Salmon, N. The history of Hertfordshire; describing the county, and its antient monuments, particularly the Roman. With the character of those that have been the chief possessors of the lands. London, 1728. p. 78; 92.