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About Sir Robert Lee, Lord Mayor of London
- Robert Lee, alderman of London, knighted in1603, (fn. 48) was Lord Mayor in 1602–3. He settled the manor of Billesley in 1599 upon his second son Robert Lee and his wife Ann daughter of Sir Thomas Lowe, Lord Mayor in 1604–5. (fn. 49) The younger Robert succeeded to Billesley on his father's death in 1605, (fn. 50) and was knighted in 1608. (fn. 51) Sir Robert's son, a third Sir Robert, married Frances daughter of Sir William Cope, (fn. 52) and succeeded his father in 1637. He died in 1659 leaving an only child, Anne, married to Sir Edward Barkham of Boston, co. Lincs.,and she and her husband sold Billesley manor in 1659 to Charles Lee, Anne's uncle. (fn. 53) Charles sold the manor in 1689 to Bernard Whalley (fn. 54) of Norton, Leicestershire, who rebuilt the church in 1692. In 1721 his son Bernard Whalley and Anne his wife sold the manor to Thomas Sherlock, D.D. (fn. 55)
- From: 'Parishes: Billesley', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 58-61. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56981 Date accessed: 24 June 2011.
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- THIS SOURCE SEEMS TO HAVE CONFUSED FRANCES PRINNE, 1ST WIFE OF FRANCIS SEYMOUR WITH HIS 2ND WIFE CATHERINE LEE WHO WAS DAU. OF ROBERT LEE AND ANNE LOWE.
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- SIR ROBERT LEE, Merchant Tailor, was b. probably about 1550, at Bridgnorth, Salop, being son of HUMPHREY LEE, of that town, and brother of EDWARD LEE (who was living there 1602 with issue) and of ROWLAND LEE (bur. 3 Feb 1603/4, at St. Olave's Jewry, London), Citizen and Ironmonger of London. He was A. of Dowgate, (a) 18 Dec. 1593; of Cordwainer, 31 July 1599; and of Langbourne, 20 Apr 1602, till his death, 22 Dec. 1605. He was S. 1594-95, and M. 1602-03, During his Mayoralty occurred the death of Queen Elizabeth, 24 march 1602/3, on which day he accordingly proclaimed the new Sovereign, being thanked, by Royal Letters 28 March 1603, for the same. In the royal progress from Scotland to London, the King was met, 7 May 1603, on the confines of Middlesex and Essex (near Waltham), by Sheriff Swinnerson (Sheriff Pemberton being absent from ill-health), and at Stamford Hill by Lord Mayor Lee, by whom he was accompanied to the Charter House, where he stayed till the 11th, when he removed to the Tower of London. Eleven days later the Lord Mayor was Knighted, 22 May 1603, at Greenwich, and, on 25 July, with the Aldermen and 12 of the principal citizens, attended the Corona-
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- tion, altho' the Royal party did not, as ws then customary, ride from the Tower of London to Westminster thro' the city, owing to the plague that was then prevalent therein. (a) He was a member of the Levant Company.
- He m., firstly, about 1570, Joanna, (b) sister of Nicholas SUTTON and da. of Henry SUTTON, of London, Goldsmith. She was probably bur. at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch (about 1590?), where was bur., 10 Sept 1593, "Dorothy, da. of Robert Lee, Merchant Tailor". He m., Secondly, Mary, widow of William SMITH, Mercer (who d. 24 Dec., 1594), da. of Sir James HAWES, M. 1574-75. He d. 22 Dec. 1605, & was bur. 16 Jany 1605/6. (c) Funeral certif. (I., xvi., 220) in Coll. of Arms. Will dat. 20 april 1602; pr. 21 Feb 1605/6 (69 or 92 Stafford). Inq. post mortem, 4 Jac., shewing that he held manors and lands at Billesley, co. Warwick; at Twyford, in Willesden, co. Middx.; at Lawshall [near Bury], co. Suffolk, &c. His widow m. (as the 2d of his 3 wives) Sir Thomas GERRARD, 1st Bart., of the Bryn, co. Lancaster, who d. a Westminster, 16 Feb., 1620/1.
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- By his first wife only, of whom 4 sons and 2 daughters were living at his death, viz.:-
- I. SIR HENRY LEE, of Woodford, co. Essex, &c., son & heir, who was Knighted, 20 Dec. 1611, (e) at Theobalds. He m., firstly, about 1598, Mary, da. of Richard Gurney (A. of London), S. 1589-90. She (by whom he had 11 Children, bap. 16 Dec. 1599, to 31 Dec. 1617), (f) d. 31 Dec. 1617, & was bur. 15 Jany following. (b) Funeral cerfit. in
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- Coll. of Arms (I., xvi., 394). He m. secondly, Thomazine, widow of William QUARLES (who d. 5 Jany 1618/9), sister of Sir John ALLOTT, M. 1590-91. She, who was bap. 21 Dec. 1569, at St. Margaret Moses, London, m.(thirdly) Sir Henry DAVY (who d. 1649), and d. Oct., 1651, being bur. at St. Mary's Reading. He d. 21 Jany, & was bur. 1 Feb. 1619/20 (a). Funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms (I., xv., 30). Will dat. 28 Nov. to 28 Dec. 1619; pr. 14 Feb. 1619/20 (11 Soame). Inq. post mortem, 5 Car. Of his issue, which was by his first wife only, but 2 sons & 3 daughters (Mary (b) then wife of Sir William MARTIN; Elizabeth, who, about 1646, married Sir Richard WINGFIELD, of Tickencote, Rutland; & Martha, then unm.) survived him. THOMAS LEE, the youngest son, bap. 5 Dec. 1611, (a) was of the Inner Temple, London, and d. unm., being bur. 27 April 1683; (a) while SIR JOHN LEE, the eldest son, bap. 12 Oct. 1606, (a) was of Lawshall, co. Suffolk, above-named, was Knighted 28 June 1629, and was bur. 22 May 1673, (a) having had issue by his second wife (mar. lic. 18 Jany 1632/3) Catharine, da. of William (FITZWILLIAM), 1st BARON FITZWILLIAM OF LIFFORD (a) (besides 3 daughters), a son, Fitzwilliam Lee, whose son & heir Thomas Lee, was living July 1680, being then under age and "heir-at-law" to his uncle, Thomas Lee, abovenamed.
- II. SIR ROBERT LEE, of Billesley, co. Warwick, which he inherited from his Father, b. about 1573. Knighted before 29 May 1618. (c) He m. 10 Nov. 1600, at St. Peter le Poor, Anne, 1st da. of Sir Thomas Lowe, M. 1604-05. He d. at Blackfriars 19, & was bur. 22 Jany 1637/8, (a) aged 55. Funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms (l., xxiv., 89). Will dat. 8 July 1636; pr. 20 Jany 1637/8 (1.Lee). His widow d. about 1672, aged 90 or upwards. They had issue (besides Henry Lee and John Lee, who d. before their Father) 4 daughters (Anna Maria, m. Sir Robert JENKINSON; Frances, (d) m. firstly, Sir GERVASE ELWES, and 2ndly, Sir Richard EVERARD, Bart.; Elizabeth, m. Sir Richard SHUCKBURGH, Bart.; and Frances, BARONESS SEYMOUR OF TROWBRIDGE) and 2 sons, of whom (1) SIR ROBERT LEE, Knighted 21 Aug. 1642, was of Billesley afsd., but d. without male issue about 1659, aged about 57; and (2) SIR CHARLES LEE, bap. 30 June 1620, at St. Peter le Poor; Knighted 28 Dec. 1645, who succeeded his eldest brother in the Billesley estate, which he afterwards sold. He entered and signed his
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- pedigree at the Heralds' Visitation of Warwickshire in 1683, and having m. and survived 4 wives, d. without male issue, & was bur. 18 Oct., 1700 at Edmonton, co Midx.
- III. JOHN LEE, or SIR JOHN LEE, (a) a minor in 1605. He m., 19 May 1607, at St. Dionis, Backchurch, London, Sarah (bap. there 14 June 1590), sister of Sir John WOODWARD, of Weston sub Edge, co. Gloucester, da. of John WOODWARD, by Catherine (who d. 29 Oct 1613), da. of Thomas BRESSY. They had two sons (1) JOHN LEE and (2) ROBERT LEE, both living in 1613 at the death of their maternal grandmother.
- IV. HUGH LEE, of Little Burstead, Essex, and of Tyford, in Willesden, co. Midx. He m., about 1617, Mary, da. of Francis BARNARD, of Eats Hanningfield, Essex. She survived him. He d. At. St. Barth. by the Exchange, London, 28 Mar, & was bur. 11 April 1620. Funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms (I., vx., 30). Admon., April 1620. Inq. post mortem, 20 Jac. They had issue two sons, viz., (1) ROBERT LEE, aged 2 1/2 years, and (2) THOMAS LEE, aged 14 weeks in April 1620.
- 1. JOANE, 1st da. She m., firstly, before April 1602, William Gore, A. of London, S. 1615, whom see under that date.
- 2. ANNE, 2d & yst. da. She m., 11 June 1605, at St. Andrew's Undershaft, being then aged 18 (Lic. Bp of London), the Hon. Thomas CECIL (bap. 1 Jany 1578), 5th son of Thomas, 1st EARL OF EXETER. They were both living, with issue, in 1619. (b). He was bur. 3 Dec. 1660, at St. Martin's Stamford.
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- SIR THOMAS LOWE, Haberdasher, 2d son of SIMON LOWE, alias FYFIELD, of Bromley, co. Kent, and of St. Magnus, London, Merchant Tailor, by Margaret, da. & heir of Christopher LACY, of London, was younger brother of SIR TIMOTHY LOWE alias FISHIDE, (a) of Bromley aforesaid. He was b. 1550; was A. of Billingsgate, 19 Feb., 1593/4; and of Broad Street, 7 Feb. 1608/9, till his death, 11 April, 1623. S. 1595-96. Admitted to Gray's Inn, 7 March 1598/9. He was Knighted (with 17 (b) other Aldermen) 26 July 1603. M., 1604-05, being also M.P. for London, Dec. 1606 to 1611; 1614 and 1621. He was the first Governor (1605) of the Levant (or Turkey) Company; (c) was President of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1609-23. He m., before 1575, Anne, da. of Gabriel COULSTON, Grocer, of London, by Alice, da. of Michael Fox. He d. 11 and was bur. 15 April 1623, at St. Peter le Poor,
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- London, aged 73. Monument in that church. Funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms (I., xxii., 74). Will dat. 6 March, 1622/3; pr. 23 April 1623 (21 Swan). Inq. post mortem, 21 Jac. His widow (who was 48 years a wife) d. at the house of her da. (Lady Lambard) at Westcombe, Kent, (a) 28 Jany, and was bur. 1 Feb. 1625/6, aged 67, with her husband. . . .
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- Fifteen children in all, of whom . . .
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- 1. ANNE, m., 10 nov 1600 (a) Sir Robert LEE, of Billesley, co. Warwick (2d son of Sir Robert Lee, M., 1602-03), who d. 19 Jany 1637, aged 65. She d. about 1672, aged 90 or upwards, leaving issue.
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- . . . Margaret, (c), 3d da. of Sir James HAWES, Clothworker, sometime (1574-75) M., by Audrey, da. of John COPWOOD. . .
- (c) Of her two sisters (1) Elizabeth, m. Thomas Wilford, Chamberlain of London, and (2) Mary, m. (as her second husband) Sir Robert Lee, M. 1602-03. The pedigree of Hawes is in the Visit. of London, 1633-34.
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- ERROR OF JOANE LEE'S FATHER LISTED AS JOHN BUT OTHER ENTRIES LIST ROBERT.
- IV. HENRY ELWES, of London, bap. 27 Nov. 1580; (a) m. before 4 March 1621/2, Elizabeth, 3d da. of William GORE, S. 1615-16, by Joane, da. of Sir John LEE, M. 1602-03. He d. 1639, having had issue, besides William, who d. young (1) a da., ELIZABETH, who m., as his first wife, Sir Charles LEE, of Billesley, co. Warwich (who was bur. 18 Oct. 1700, at Edmonton, aged 80), and d. 1652, leaving issue; and (2) SIR JOHN ELWES, of Barton Court, Berks, only surv. son, who entered his ped. in the Visitation of Berks, 23 Mar 1664, being then 38, & the father of 8 sons & one da., by Constance, da. & coheir of Sir John DARELL, of Barton Court afsd. This Constance was bur. 29 Nov. 1664, at Kentbury, Berks, and a second wife (afterwards his widow) Sarah, was bur. 19 NOv. 1692, at Bedwyn, Wilt; Sir John himself being bur. 9 Jan. 1681/1, at Hungerford.
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- WILLIAM GORE, Merchant Taylor, 5th of the 8 sons of Gerard GORE, Merchant Taylor, (A. of Bridge without, 1574) by Helen, da. of John DAVENANT, of Davenants, co. Essex; was A. of Bridge within, 27 July 1615 till his death in 1624; S. 1615-16, together with his brother, John Gore, who was M. 1624-25. He m., before April 1602, Joane, 1st da. of Sir Robert Lee, M. (1602-03) of London, by his first wife Joanna, da. of Henry SUTTON, Goldsmith. He d. at his house at Tottenham, Midx. 14 July 1624 "being within three moneths of his tyme of being Lord Mayor" (a) and was bur. 10 Aug., from his house in Carlile Hithe, in St. James Garlickhithe, London, without any monument. Funeral certif. in the Coll. of Arms. (b) Will dat. 24 May, pr. 7 Aug. 1624 (62 Byrde). (c) His widow m. Nov. 1624 (as his second wife) Sir John COKE, of Melbourne, co. Derby, who was b. 5 March 1562/3, Knighted 9 Sep. 1624, some time Sec. of State, and who d. 8 Sep. 1644, aged 88, being ancestor, by his first wife, of the family of Coke of Trusley and of Melbourne, at Tottenham. She was bur., from Tottenham, 2 Sep. 1658 (d) at St. James' Garlickhithe with her first husband. Her will dat. 13 Feb. 1653 to 18 Aug. 1658, pr. 11 Feb. 1658/9 (95) Pell) by Gerard Gore, her eldest son.
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Sir Robert Lee, Lord Mayor of London's Timeline
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Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
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Burghley, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
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December 22, 1606
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London, England
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