John de Lee, of Coton Hall

LEE Family Lineage according to Burke's Peerage:

The Lee Family of Stanton, Roden and afterwards of Langley and Coton Hall, Shropshire, is stated in Burke's Baronetcies to be ONE of the oldest in England. Eyton's treating of Reyner de la Lee about 1195 gives also an unbroken descent through the Stantons, of Stanton Hineheath from 1086 to 1173-4.

Begins with HUGO DE LEGA, 1100, whose son; Reginald de la Lee is identified with the above. He was Sheriff 1201 and one of the knights known as REINER DE LEGA at the assizes October 1203. He received a grant of land from William, son of William FitzAlan and according to the pedigree had a son; Sir John de la Lee, but evidence produced by Eyton and Sir William Hardy, late Keeper of the Records in the Duchy of Lancaster, shows that Reyner's son was really,… Sir Thomas de la Lee, given as his grandson in the pedigree. He married Petronilla, daughter of Sir Thomas Corbet(Sheriff) in time of King Henry 3rd of England, king from 1266-1272.

Sir Thomas de la Lee had THREE sons:

• a. Sir John de la Lee;
• b. Reyner or Reginald de la Lee, to whom he gave the V. of Lee, Pevenhull 7c, and
• c. Thomas de la Lee,

this latter married Petronilla de Stanton about

   14(?) and had a SON: IR JOHN DE LA LEE , (stated as being a nephew of a

   Sir John de la Lee of Stanton, & Roden), married Matilda de Erdington and

   had (with a daughter, Matilda), two (2) sons:

   (a) Sir John de la Lee, succeeded by his son John, (immediately below)

   and (b) Thomas de la Lee of Okehurst.

   Sir John de Lee, who is shown by Eyton to have been succeeded by HIS son,

   Sir John de Lee, who was succeeded by HIS son, Sir Robert de Lee * of

   Roden (b. 1392).

   Robert Lee (b. 1392)married Petronilla, a daughter of Roger Lee of

   Pimhill, by his wife, Joan, daughter of and heir of Edward Burnell of

   Aston Burnell, and Langley and was succeeded by HIS son: Sir Ralph de Lee

   of Lee Hall, Langley Aston, Burnell, 1447. He married first Isabella, and

   second Isabella, a daughter of James Ridley, and died December 14, 1479.

   Sir Ralph was succeeded by HIS son: Sir Richard de Lee of Langley and

   married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Fulke Sprenchose and had

   five sons and two daughters. He was succeeded by HIS 2 sons: Sir Fulke

   Lee** of Langley; married Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Cromwell, and

   secondly Elizabeth, daughter of John Leighton. He was succeeded by HIS

   son ** [Thomas was Fulke's brother, not his son, Burke is in error here]

   and heir: Sir Thomas Lee of Langley and he married Jane, daughter of Sir

   RobertMorton and had five sons and seven daughters. He, Sir Richard Lee,

   died in 1591 and was succeeded by HIS oldest son: Sir Richard Lee of

   Langley, who married Eleanor, daughter of Walter Wrottesley and had four

   sons and six daughters. He, Sir Richard Lee, died in 1591 and was

   succeeded by his oldest son.

   Our Lee Lineage ends with one of his daughters, Dorothy Lee who married

   Thomas Mackworth.

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Return, please, to (b) THOMAS DE LA LEE of Okehurst. Records of the

   second visitation make him the father of: Roger Lee, who had a son; Roger

   Lee who married Margaret, sister and heiress of Thomas Astley of Nordley,

   whose descent is given by Eyton from the time of King Henry First of

   England (b. 1068-1135) king from 1100-1135, the youngest and only

   "ENGLISH-BORN SON OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR according to tradition, at

   Selby, Yorkshire. The first visitation shows that RogerLee, Margaret's

   husband, was of the Second House, and it is probable that hewas a son,

   and not a grandson, to THOMAS LEE OF OKEHURST, who died about 1419 and

   was succeeded by HIS son: John Lee. *Robert Lee (b. 1392) was another

   son.

   Robert Lee (b. 1392) married Petronilla, a daughter of Roger Lee of

   Pimhill, by his wife, Joan, daughter of and heir of Edward Burnell of

   Aston Burnell, and Langley and was succeeded by HIS son: 

This John de Lee information goes as follows:

Ancestors of John or de Lea Lee

Generation No. 1

1. John or de Lea Lee, born Abt. 1420 in of, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died 1478 in of, Coton, Nordley Regis, Shropshire. He was the son of 2. John or de Lea Lee and 3. Joyce or Jacosa PACKINGTON. He married (1) Elizabeth CORBIN. She was born Abt. 1428 in Heiress West Bromwich, Stafford, England. She was the daughter of Thomas or CORBYN CORBIN.

More About John or de Lea Lee: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About Elizabeth CORBIN: Record Change: 26 Jul 2001

Generation No. 2

2. John or de Lea Lee, born Abt. 1372 in at, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died 1424 in Nordley Regis, Shropshire, , England. He was the son of 4. Roger Lee and 5. Margaret ASTLEY. He married 3. Joyce or Jacosa PACKINGTON. 3. Joyce or Jacosa PACKINGTON, born Abt. 1374 in of, Coton, Nordley Regis, England. She was the daughter of 6. John PACKINGTON sir.

More About John or de Lea Lee: Record Change: 05 Sep 2006

More About Joyce or Jacosa PACKINGTON: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002 Child of John Lee and Joyce PACKINGTON is: 1 i. John or de Lea Lee, born Abt. 1420 in of, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died 1478 in of, Coton, Nordley Regis, Shropshire; married Elizabeth CORBIN.

Generation No. 3

4. Roger Lee, born 1352 in Roden, Shropshire, England; died 1419. He was the son of 8. John Lee and 9. Matilda. He married 5. Margaret ASTLEY. 5. Margaret ASTLEY, born Abt. 1354 in Heiress, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died 1423 in at, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England. She was the daughter of 10. Thomas ASTLEY Knight and 11. Elizabeth de HARCOURT.

More About Roger Lee: Christening: 1387, Sheriff, Shropshire Record Change: 26 Jul 2001

More About Margaret ASTLEY: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002
Child of Roger Lee and Margaret ASTLEY is: 2 i. John or de Lea Lee, born Abt. 1372 in at, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died 1424 in Nordley Regis, Shropshire, , England; married Joyce or Jacosa PACKINGTON.

6. John PACKINGTON sir, born Abt. 1345 in of, Shropshire, , England.

More About John PACKINGTON sir: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002
Child of John PACKINGTON sir is: 3 i. Joyce or Jacosa PACKINGTON, born Abt. 1374 in of, Coton, Nordley Regis, England; married John or de Lea Lee.

Generation No. 4

8. John Lee, born Abt. 1316 in of, Roden, Shropshire, England; died 1430 in England. He was the son of John or de Lea Leeof Pimhill, Roden and Matilda de ERDINGTON. He married 9. Matilda. 9. Matilda

More About John Lee: Christening: 1346, occurs, Shropshire Record Change: 31 Mar 2002

More About Matilda: Record Change: 31 Mar 2002
Child of John Lee and Matilda is: 4 i. Roger Lee, born 1352 in Roden, Shropshire, England; died 1419; married (1) Margaret ASTLEY; married (2) Joanna Burnell in Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England.

10. Thomas ASTLEY Knight, born Abt. 1332 in Coton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died Bef. 1372 in at, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Lord of ASTLEY and Elizabeth De Beauchamp. He married 11. Elizabeth de HARCOURT. 11. Elizabeth de HARCOURT, born Abt. 1330 in of, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England. She was the daughter of Richard de HARCOURT sir and Catherine Joan SHARESHILL or SKARESHULL.

More About Thomas ASTLEY Knight: Christening: Astley And, Kings Nordley, Shropshire Record Change: 17 Jun 2001

More About Elizabeth de HARCOURT: Christening: daughter, sir, Richard, de HARCOURT Record Change: 31 Mar 2002
Child of Thomas ASTLEY and Elizabeth de HARCOURT is: 5 i. Margaret ASTLEY, born Abt. 1354 in Heiress, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; died 1423 in at, Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England; married (1) Roger Lee; married (2) Roger Leigh 11 Jun 1376 in Coton Hall, Nordley Regis, Shrop, England.

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From the Lee Chronicles by Casanove Gardner Lee, Jr., pub. 1957, New York University Press, NY, NY; on page 10--:

"In 1385 Roger Lee of Roden and Stanton married Margaret Astley of Coton and Nordley Regis. About the same time, another Roger Lee, of Pimhill and Lea Hall, married Johanna Burnell of Acton Burnell and Langley. Their daughter Petronilla's marriage to Robert Lee, eldest son of the above Roger Lee and Margaret Astley, united all these estates except that of Coton and Nordley Regis, which went to Robert's younger brother, John."