Sir Thomas De La Lee

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Shropshire Walcot Family - Chart VIII: The Corbet Family; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id102.html. (Steven Ferry, May 5, 2020.) Relies on the Visitations of Shropshire, which are FRAGGED where the Corbets are concerned.

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Shropshire Walcot Family - Chart IX: The Lee Family of Shropshire; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id103.html. (Steven Ferry, May 6, 2020.) (No, that's a very sketchy stick tree and misses a lot of generations.)

Thomas de la Lee

• Born about 1239 in Lea Hall, Pimhill, Shropshire, England
• Died in Lea Alderton Hall, Shropshire, England
• Son of Johannes Lee and Margaret (Fitton) Lee
• Brother of Henrici (Lea) Lee
• Husband of Petronilla (Corbet) Lee married 1249 in Of, Shropshire, England
• Father of Thomas (Lee) de Lee, Reginald (Lee) de la Lee II and John (Lee) de la Lee Knight

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In 19 Richard II [22 June 1395-21 June 1396], Edward de la Lee of Pemenhulle (Pimhill), sued Ralph, Abbot of Haghmond, for three messuages and a carucate of land in Hadenhale, which Thomas de la Lee, Kt, gave to Reyner, his son, and the heirs of his body; the Abbot called to warranty Hugh Cheyne, Chivaler, son and heir of Hugh Cheyne.[1]

supporting data

William Dugdale, Norrey King-of-Arms, certified the pedigree of this family through the testimony of Sir Humphrey Lee of Langley in 1623 and Thomas Lee of Coton in 1663. Their testimony traces the family back to Hugo de Lega, a contemporary of Reyner de Lea, whose son Reginald de la Lee received a grant of land from William, son of William FitzAlan, ad petitionem Fuconis fillii Warini [by petition of Fulk, the son of Warine, or Fulk FitzWarine]. What follows is the lineage certified in the College of Arms.

Hugo de Lega received land grants from William, son of William FitzAlan, that established this family as landed gentry. William FitzAlan was given the shrievalty of Shropshire by King Henry in c.1160, which gives us a baseline for the lives of Hugo and Reginald. Hugo would have lived in the latter half of the 12th century and Reginald’s lifespan would have extended into first half of the 13th century. Hugo was succeeded by his son Reginald.
Reginald de la Lee had a son Sir John de la Lee who was known to be living in 1298, when he received a land grant from Hugo de Hinton. Sir John was succeeded by his son Thomas. Sir Thomas de la Lee married Petronilla, the daughter of Sir Thomas Corbet. He gave the estate known as Lee Pevenhull to his eldest son Reginald, his successor. Sir Thomas had a younger son, as well, Thomas de la Lee. Sir Reginald de la Lee was succeeded by his son John. Sir John de la Lee, Knight (i), Lord of Roden, married (1) Alicia and (2) Matilda, the daughter of Henry de Erdington. He was survived by his son John. Sir John de la Lee, Knight (ii), was succeeded by his son Robert. Robert de la Lee, who lived in the time of King Richard II, married Margaret, the sister and heir of Thomas Astley of Nordley. Through this marriage, the de la Lees came into ownership of Coton Hall. The Astley family was also ancient, with records back to 1100. According to the pedigree, there were two sons of this marriage, Roger and John. Roger de la Lee married Joan, the daughter and heiress of Edward Burnell of Langley, bringing that estate into the de la Lee lands. He was survived by his son Robert. Robert de la Lee married Petronilla. Since the time this pedigree was certified by the College of Arms, some of the statements have been disputed. Sir William Hardy, Keeper of the Records in the Duchy of Lancaster, (1807-1887) devoted much time to the history of Shropshire and the Lees. It was his finding that Margaret Astley’s husband Robert was NOT the son of Sir John de la Lee, but the son of his brother, Sir Thomas de Lee of Okehirst, and that his name was ROGER, not Robert. He is referred to in documents during the time of Henry V as “Roger Lee of Coton, Gentleman,” and Roger is referred to as “the second son of Sir Thomas Lee, Knight.”

It has become certain that Roger, the husband of Joan Burnell, was not the son of Robert, and that Petronilla was the daughter, and not the daughter-in-law of Roger Lee and Joan Burnell. Petronilla married her kinsman, Robert de Lee of Rodene, who was survived by his son, Ralph de Lee of Lea Hall.

Source: A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, 8th ed. , by Sir Bernard Burke ; Edited by his sons. Published 1894 by Harrison in London. [available as free e-Book]

• 'Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee
• Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee
• Pg. 28
• '. . the first Sir Thomas married to Petronilla Corbet; two of his sons', John and Thomas, married to Petronilla de Drayton and Petronilla de Stanton; and each of his three sons, Sir John, Sir Thomas, and Reyner, having a son John, two of these last three Johns being knighted. The one who married Matilda de Erdington seems to have been son of Thomas and of course nephew to Reyner, not son, as given in the pedigree. He again had an eldest son John, who was knighted, and a daughter Matilda, besides a second son, Sir Thomas de Lee of Okehirst, married (according to Hardy) to Sibilla. This last Sir John is shown in the pedigree as having a son Robert who married Margaret Astley, the heiress of another very ancient family (showing an unbroken descent from 1100-1135) and was the first Lee of Coton. It is quite certain from documentary evidence, including the Inquisition Post Mortem of Margaret herself, that her husband's name was Roger, not Robert, and Sir W. Hardy thought it most probable that he was younger son of Sir John Lee's brother, Sir Thomas of Okehirst, whose eldest son was according to
• Pg. 29
• Hardy, Sir Thomas Lee, Sheriff in 1395.
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• http://www.familytreecircles.com/lineage-of-the-lee-family-s-c-amer...
• "The Lee Family of Stanton, Roden and afterwards of Langley and Coton Hall, Salop, IS stated in Burkes Baronetcies to be ONE of the oldest in England.
• "Reginald de la Lee is identified with the above. He was Sheriff 1201 and one of the knights as REINER DE LEGA AT THE assizes Oct. 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 Le, evidence produced by Eyton and Sir William Hardy, late Keeper of the Records in the Duchy of Lancaster, shows that Reyners son was really 'Sir Thomas de 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 Le had THREE sons:
    • Sir John de la Lee mentioned above
    • Reyner or Reginald de la Lee to whom he gave the V. of Lee Pevenhull 7c,and
    • Thomas de la Lee, this latter m. Petronilla de Stanton about 14(?) and had a SON: . . .
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From Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892: Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the ... By Edmund Jennings Lee Pg. 28

"... the evidence adduced by Eyton and Hardy shows that the first Lee of Langley was Roger, son of John de Lee of Pimhill and Lea Hall, descended from Reyner, younger son of Sir Thomas de Lee and Petronilla Corbert. Further, in the pedigree, Robert de Lee of Roden, married to Petronilla, is given as son of the above Roger and his wife Johanna Burnell, whereas the documentary evidence shows that Petronilla was daughter and heir to Roger and Johanna, while her husband, Robert, was son of John de Lee of Roden, Stanton, etc."