Elizabeth Lee

Elizabeth Brookes

Elizabeth Bendy was the wife of Richard Lee, Gent., in 1599.

• Seen as daughter of John Bonde & Margaret, but also seen as daughter of John Brooke of Raughton & Margaret Brooke
• Seen as widow of William Bendy of Kingswinford & mother of William Bendy
• Was she the mother of Colonel Richard "the Immigrant" Lee?
• Death: seen as before April 23, 1631 Place of Burial: Saint Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Alveley, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom). “ She was originally buried in the 13th century chapel at Coton Hall. In 1878 the chapel roof collapsed and all the Lee monuments were moved to Alveley church.”

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Biography

https://www.morganfourman.com/articles/lancelot-lee/

” …Richard Lee, Gent, who seemingly married an Elizabeth Bendy on 21 Oct 1599 in St Mary’s, Alveley. She was the widow of William Bendy of Kingswinford, the father of William Bendy (1593-1657). Lancelot Lee’s daughter Dorothy Lee was much later to marry William Bendy’s son in about 1652. …”

https://www.morganfourman.com/articles/elizabeth-bendy/

”William Bendy married Elizabeth Brooke on 24 Jun 1590. She was baptised on 8 Sep 1566. In the Worfield Parish register it records “William Bendy of Kingswinford married Elizabeth Brooke daughter of John Brooke of Raughton”. This marriage produced only one child as far as we know, when William Bendy was born in about 1593. He was orphaned when his father William Bendy died young in 1598. It is enigmatic that this young grandson William is not mentioned in Elizabeth’s will. One interpretation could be that when she appoints her “daughter” Elizabeth Bendy, executor she could, in fact, mean Elizabeth her “daughter in law”, the widowed mother of the young William.
”A more plausible explanation is that William Bendy’s widow, Elizabeth, had already remarried and remarried well. The marriage of Richard Lee and an Elizabeth Bendy is recorded in St Mary’s Alveley on 21 Oct 1599. This would mean that the six year old William Bendy gained a stepfather and was brought up in and around Coton Hall, the Lee estate. This would help explain why William Bendy was able to advance his career and marry so advantageously to the daughter of William Barnesley in 1619.”
” …. the will of John Brooke of Raughton in 1602. He is Elizabeth’s father and bequeaths a sheep to each of his children. Here we see “Richard Lea, Gent” taking the inventory, easily explained as John Brooke would be his father-in-law. …”

https://profchrisbaker.com/2021/02/18/kingswinford-families-the-cor...

A simplified Bendy family tree is shown above. This is still quite complex and shows marriage links with a number of local families. Much of this information is taken from the excellent Morgan web site, which includes information from a range of wills and other sources.
The early members of the tree were associated with the general Kingswinford area, with Richard Bendy (-1592) and Elizabeth Jones being married in Dudley, and Elizabeth being buried in Kingswinford. Their son William (1560-1598) was married to Elizabeth Brookes in Worfield, over the county border in Shropshire. They had just one child, another William (1593-1657). After the death of the elder William in 1598, Elizabeth probably married again to Richard Lee in Alveley, again in Shropshire, and thus, with her son, would have lived on the Lee estate at Coton Hall. The younger William married Mary Barnesley from Trysull on the Staffordshire / Shropshire border, and their eldest son (inevitably another William) was born there in 1620.
William Bendy (1593-1657), although referred to as a yeoman (farmer) in his will, was clearly well connected, perhaps because he was bought up in Coton Hall …

GEDCOM Note

Category:Lee

Biography

Birth

: Birth: :: Date: 1565
:: Place: Alveley, Shropshire, England : Birth: :: Date: 1563 :: Place: Alveley, Salop, England

Death

: Death: :: Date: 12 APR 1630 :: Place: Alveley, Shropshire, , England Elizabeth was born in 1565 England. Elizabeth Bendey married Richardus(Richard) Lee in 1599 England. She passed away in 1630 England.

Sources

• Elizabethe Brooke in England Marriages, 1538-1973. Marriage: June 24 1590 - Worfield, Shropshire, England. Husband: William Bendy. Parents: John Brooke, Margett. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKHJ-488 : 13 March 2020), Elizabethe Brooke in entry for William Bendy, 1590
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139415352/elizabeth-lee has errors. It seems Elizabeth Lee was a widow Bendy, not a daughter Bendy.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bendy-1
• England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription; First name(s) Elizabeth; Last name Bendy; Name note -; Marriage year 1599; Marriage date 21 Oct 1599; Marriage place Alveley; Spouse's first name(s) Ric.; Spouse's last name Lee; County Shropshire; Country England; Record set England Marriages 1538-1973; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); SubcategoryParish Marriages; Collections from England, United Kingdom; Repository: FamilySearch Intl. (link to image); (full size image)
• Shropshire marriages Transcription; First name(s) Elizabeth; Last name Bendy; Marriage year 1599; Marriage date 21 Oct 1599; Marriage place Alveley; Denomination Anglican; Spouse's first name(s) Ric; Spouse's last name Lee; County Shropshire; Register date range 1561-1721; Archive reference P10/A/1/1; Page 37; Register type Composite; Record set Shropshire Marriages; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers);Subcategory Parish Marriages; Collections from United Kingdom, England; Repository: DC Thomson Family History.
• Shropshire burials Transcription; First name(s) Elizabeth; Last name Lee;Birth year -; Death year 1631; Death date ? ? 1631; Burial year 1631;Burial date 23 Apr 1631; Burial place Fitz; Denomination Anglican; County Shropshire; Archive refererence P109/A/1/1; Page 33; Register type Composite; Register date range 1559-1774; Record set Shropshire Burials; Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Subcategory Parish Burials; Collections from United Kingdom, England; Repository: DC Thomson Family History.
  • "Fitz is a small village in Shropshire, England. It is close to the River Severn, downstream from Montford Bridge and upstream of Shelton, near Shrewsbury, in the civil parish of Pimhill." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz,_Shropshire - and the map shows it northwest of Shrewsbury, even farther away from Nordley/Alveley/Coton.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Name Elizabeth Bendy; Gender Female; Spouse Name Richard Lee; Spouse Birth Year 1562; Number Pages 1; Household Members ; Name Age; Elizabeth Bendy ; Richard Lee; Source number: 112.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: ZJL
• England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973; Name Elizabeth Bendy; Gender Female; Marriage Date 21 Oct 1599; Marriage Place Alveley,Shropshire,England; Spouse Ric. Lee; FHL Film Number 502909, 506789; Household Members ; Name Age; Elizabeth Bendy ; Ric. Lee; Publisher; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Publisher Date; 2014
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Name Richard Lee; Gender Male; Birth Year 1563; Spouse Name Elizabeth Bendy; Spouse Birth Year 1593; Marriage Year 1599; Number Pages 1; Household Members ; Name Age; Elizabeth Bendy ; Richard Lee; Source number: 975.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DPS.
• Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. AncestryImage Lee, Elizabeth Dates: 1630 Place: Shropshire, England Book: Baptisms and Burials, 1769-1799. (Baptism) Collection: Shropshire: Lichfield - Wills and Administrations, 1516-1652 Volume: Series V.-1624-1652 Chapter: 1630 Text: 1630 Lee, Elizabeth
• https://www.morganfourman.com/articles/lancelot-lee/
• https://www.morganfourman.com/articles/elizabeth-bendy/
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