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• Thomas Lee, Esq.1
• M, b. circa 1494, d. 16 March 1526
• Thomas Lee, Esq. was born circa 1494 at of Langley, Shropshire, England.1 He married Jane Corbet, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet, Sheriff of Shropshire and Elizabeth Vernon, circa 1518.1 Thomas Lee, Esq. died on 16 March 1526 at Nordley Regis, Shropshire, England.
• Family Jane Corbet b. c 1499, d. a 1526
• Child
  • Richard Lee, Esq.+1 b. c 1520
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 484.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2474.htm#...
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• Genealogical history of the Lee family of Virginia and Maryland from A.D. 1300 to A.D. 1866 (1868)
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• "Richard Lee of Langley, in the county of Shropshire, A.D. 1491, twentieth year of Edward IV. Married Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Fulco Sprenchose, knight."
• Here we observe the first omission of DE, or LE. Richard Lee, the only child of Radolphus, succeeds to the whole estate, and married, as it is further stated in the deeds, the widow of Johis
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• Wimsbly, through whom Richard acquired a large estate in Dotinton.
• This Richard Lee is doubtless the "Richard" referred to in our introductory article as enlisting against the Scots.
• From Richard Lee we have seven children, — five sons and two daughters.
• The issue of three of the sons, Thomas, Rodolphus, and Johannes, is not given. The second son, Richard, married a daughter of Macocks, and lived during the reign of Henry VII.: he left one child, a daughter, who succeeded to his property, and married Thomas Kinaston, of Cotton, in the county of Shropshire.
• This Richard Lee, as appears from ancient record, was the king's surveyor, since we find a letter written to "Richard Lee, Esq., surveyor of the king's workes at Guisnes, declaring the kings Highness' pleasure touching the conveyance of water through the town of St. Peter's, and the opening of a drain," &c. ; also "at Windsor, 1540, an order was sent to Richard Lee, surveyor of Calais, to answer charges against him, and to use himself towards the king's ofiicers as his duty doth appertain." *
  • Fulco Lee, the eldest son and heir of Langley, married twice ; first, Alicia, daughter of Henry Cornwall of Birington, in the county of Hereford, of which family, Burke, in his "Landed Gentry of England," says, "The Cornwalls are descended from Richard de Cornwall, who had the manor of Thunneck, in Lin-
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  • colnshire, from Edward, Earl of Cornwall, eighth of Edward I., 1280. He was ancestor of the Cornwalls, barons of Burford, the senior line of which family is now represented by the heir, Gen. George Cornwall Leigh, Esq., of HighLeigh, Cheshire." By his second wife, Richard Lee had one daughter, who married. He is mentioned among the records of the privy council of Henry VIII. as one of the witnesses in a suit of Chandler against Wrotesley for possession of the Lee Manor. Chandler, it seems, made a false accusation, and was made to apologize to Sir Thomas Wrotesley.
    • Margeria, the eldest daughter of Richard Lee, married Thomas Vernon, second son of Sir Henry Vernon of Hodnet, Shropshire, second Earl of Shrewsbury, and who was a descendant of Richard Vernon, a follower of William the Conqueror. By this marriage, there was but one child, a daughter ; and the line became extinct in 1600. Lord George Venable Vernon was made a peer in 1762, and married his second wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Lee of Hartwell, Buckingham, who died Sept. 22, 1742.
    • Thomas Lee, Esq., of Langley, is the only son of Fulco Lee by his first wife. Falling heir to an immense estate, he married into the distinguished family of Corbet, forming the second alliance between the two families. This Robert Corbet, the father of Jana, of Morton-Corbet, Shropshire, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Vernon. Robert Corbet also had another daughter Elizabeth, who married Sir Henry Wallop, Earl of Portsmouth.*
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    • By the union of Thomas Lee and Jane, there were ten children, — three sons and seven daughters.
      • All the daughters married, one of whom was united to another of the Corbet Family, of whom Burke mentions, —
    • "Sir Edward Corbet of Longnor and of Leighton, knight, was created a baronet in 1642. The senior branch of the family expired in 1774, with Sir Richard Corbet, baronet, whereupon the title descended upon Charles Corbet of London, great grandson of Thomas, the second son of the first baronet. Edward Corbet of Longnor Hall, Shropshire, J. P. and D. L., lieutenant-colonel of Shropshire Militia, 1817, is a descendant of this branch."*
      • The eldest daughter, Jocosa, marries Robert Morton of Houghton, who was a widower at the time, as a daughter of his marries Thomas Lee of Nordley. Maria, the fourth daughter, marries Edward Plowden, of which family Burke speaks : —
      • Richard Lee, eldest son and heir, married a daughter of Walter Wrotesley, of Wrotesley, of which family we gather an interesting account: —
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      • Among the chancery proceedings of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, we find an interesting suit between this Richard Lee and his brother Jerome, for an annuity bequeathed the latter by Thomas Lee, their father, issuing out of the Manor of Dotinton, Shropshire, as claimed under the will ; from which fact we may infer that Thomas Lee died some time during the reign of that queen.
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• . . . . this John Wynnesbury was Lord, not only of Donington, but also of Humphreston, . . . . He had issue a sole daughter and heir, Margery, who became the wife of Sir Fulke Springsaux, Sprenchose, Sprengehos, Sprencheaux, or Springhose, for so is the name variously written. This Sir Fulke was born in 1420, was Sheriff of Shropshire in 1447, and the name appears in 1453. . . . He left four daughters his co-heirs, married to William Acton of Aldenham, William Sandford of the Lee, near Whitchurch, . . . , ____ Tyndale, and Sir William Leighton, a younger son of John Leighton . . . Here however, we are met by another difficulty, since Sir Fulke Sprencheaux is called son of Sir Nicholas Sprencheaux, Lord of Plash and Donington, and this is confirmed by Harln. MSS., 1,982 and 1,396, which, however, mention a sister of Fulke, who became wife of John Midleton. If then Sir Nicholas Sprencheaux were Lord of Donington, it is not very evident how that Manor could come into the family through his daughter-in-law, Margery, nee Wynnesbury. By a deed dated at Glazeley 23rd April, 19 Edward IV. (1479), Dame Margery Springseaux, daughter and heir of John Weynnesbury, in her widowhood grants to her daughters and heirs, Margery Lee, Mary Springseaux, Margaret Tyndale, and Sibilla Sandford, all her Lordships of Glazeley, Madle, Wynnesbury, Plash, Didston, Heyghley, Wyntree, Espes, Dunkshull, . . . . .
• Pg. 365
• We must now pass on to the issue of Sir Fulke Sprencheaux and his wife, which consisted of four daughters and co-heirs; 1. Margery, 2. Margaret, 3. Sybilla, born 1452, and 4. Mary, born 1558, all of whom are mentioned in their mother's Deed of 1479, though apparently all were then married save Mary. Margery was the wife of Richard Lee of Langley, son of Ralph, by Isabella, daughter of James Ridley, son of Robert of Langley and Petronilla, his wife, son of Robert, by Joan, or Johanna, daughter and heir of Edward, son
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• of Sir Nicholas Burnell of Acton Burnell. Robert Lee was eldest son of another Robert Lee, by Margaret, heiress of Thomas Astley of Nordley, Co. Salop, son of Sir John Lee, son of another Sir John Lee, by Matilda, daughter of Henry de Erdington, Co. Warwick, son of Reginald Lee, son of Thomas Lee, by Petronilla, daughter of Sir Thomas Corbet, Knight, son of Sir John, 26 Edward I., son of Reginald, son of Hugo de Le or Lega. Such is the pedigree as given in the Visitation of 1623, . . .
• Margaret (nee Sprencheaux) and her first husband, Richard Lee, had issue five sons and two daughters, Margery, wife of Francis Lingeyn, and Johanna, wife of Thomas Vernon. The sons were Fulke Lee, who continued the line, Thomas, Richard, Richard who married ___ Macocks, and John of Stanton and Langley, who left a sole daughter and heiress, Margaret, wife of Richard Brooke . . .
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• Fulke Lee (probably named from his grandfather, Sir Fulke
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• Sprencheaux) married Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Cornwall of Berrington, Co. Hereford, by Jane, his wife, . . . Margaret, daughter of Fulke Lee, was the wife of Reginald Williams of Willaston, . . . Thomas Lee the son and successor of Fulke Lee and Alice, his wife, married Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet of Morton Corbet, Co. Salop, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Vernon of Tong Castle and Lady Anne Talbot, and had a numerous issue. Of the seven daughters, 1. Joyce, was wife of Robert Moreton of Haughton, and mother of co-heirs, . . .
• Pg. 376
• . . . 2. Dorothy, wife of Richard Purcell, by whom she was mother . . . 3. Jane, wife of Edward Moore. 4. Mary, wife of Edward (Edmund?) Plowden of Plowden. 5. Susannah. 6. Margaret, wife of Hugh Bostock of Moreton Say. 7. Katherine, wife of Edward Corbett of Longner. . . . . Besides these seven daughters, Thomas Lee had, by Jane, his wife (nee Corbert) three sons, Richard, Thomas, and John, of whom Thomas Lee, born 1529, married Mary, born 1536, daughter of Edmund Plowden of Plowden, Co. Salop . . . .
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• . . . Richard Lee, the eldest son, married Eleanor, daughter of Walter Wrottesley, do. Stafford, by his second wife, Joyce, daughter of Sir Edward Leighton of Wattlesburgh, and had issue, among others, 1. Elizabeth, wife of Michael Lyster of Shrewsbury, . . . . 2. a son and successor, Sir Humphrey Lee, created a Baronet, who by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Reginald Corbet, . . . .
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• 12. ROBERT CORBET, Knt., of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, Knt., Sheriff of Shropshire, born about 1477. He married ELIZABETH VERNON, daughter of Henry Vernon, Knt., of Haddon, Derbyshire, by Anne, daughter of John Talbot, Knt., K.G., 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [see VERNON 13 for her ancestry]. They had three sons, Roger, Richad, and Reginald, and four daughters, Jane (wife of Thomas Lee), Joan (wife of Thomas Newport), Mary (wife of Thomas Powell), and Dorothy. SIR ROBERT CORBET died testate 11 April 1513 (P.C.C. 27 Fetiplace). His widow Elizabeth died 29 March 1563. They were both buried at Moreton Corbet.
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• 11. ELEANOR WROTTESLEY, married before 1559 RICHARD LEE, Esq. of Langley, Shropshire, son and heir of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Langley, Shropshire, by Jane, daughter of Robert Corbet, Knt. They had four sons, Walter, Humphrey, Francis, and Edward, and six daughters, Jane (wife of Richard Jenkin), Dorothy, Joan (wife of Richard Powell), Mary (wife of Henry Vannor), Elizabeth (wife of Michael Lister), and Katherine (wife of John Heyward). His wife Eleanor, was a legatee in the 1559 will of her sister, Elizabeth Talbot, who bequeathed her three angels of gold.
• 12. DOROTHY LEE, married by settlement dated 27 July 1566 THOMAS MACKWORTH, Esq., of Betton Grange and Sutton, Shropshire, son and heir of John Mackworth, of Sutton, Shropshire, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hosier, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He was born about 1546 (aged 25 in 1571). They had two sons, Richard, Esq., and Thomas, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Katherine, and Margaret. In 27 Elizabeth I (1584-5), Thomas and his wife, Dorothy, conveyed the manor of Sutton to feoffees. THOMAS MACKWORTH, Esq., died 22 August 1587.
• 13. RICHARD MACKWORTH, Esq., of Sutton and Betton Grange, Shropshire, son and heir, born about 1572 (aged 15 in 1587). He married before 1602 DOROTHY CRANAGE, daughter of Laurence Cranage, Gent., of Keele, Staffordshire. RICHARD MACKWORTH, Esq., died 20 My 1618.
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• LEE, Richard (?1501-57 or later), of Oxenbold, Salop.
• MUCH WENLOCK 1553 (Oct.)
• b. ?1501, 2nd son of Fulk Lee of Langley, by Alice, da. of Sir Richard or Thomas Cornwall of Berrington, Herefs. m. by 1538, Joyce, da. of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley, wid. of John Leighton* (d.28 Feb. 1532) of Wattlesborough, Salop.1
• Yeoman of the cellar by Oct. 1532-56 or later; bailiff, Much Wenlock 1543-4, 1548-9, 1556-7.2
• Of two namesakes, an uncle and a nephew, who could have been elected for Wenlock to Mary's first Parliament, the uncle is much the more likely to have been the 'Richard Lee esquire' of the return: the borough had twice chosen him as bailiff, and was to do so again, whereas his nephew Richard Lee of Langley was not to inherit that property, five miles west of Wenlock, until about 1561, nor enter county administration until 20 years later. It is the older man's omission from the pedigrees that has obscured his identification with the Member.
• When Leland, writing about 1538, ranked Thomas Lee of Langley seventh in wealth among Shropshire landowners, he called Lee 'elder brother to he that married Leighton's wife of Wattlesborough', and it was indeed Richard Lee's marriage that both renewed a long-standing connexion with the noble house of Dudley. When he married, Lee was already in the royal household: he was one of the staff of the cellar who remained at home to serve the Queen when the King visited France in October 1532. He was in the same department when in December 1538 Bishop Rowland Lee, president of the council in the marches, recommended him to Cromwell for a lease of the dissolved abbey of Houghmond. Although the bishop quickly went back on this favour of another applicant, Lee was successful in acquiring other monastic property: in 1540 he was granted a 21-year lease of the abbot of Shrewsbury's great house at Eyton-on-Severn, and it was . . .
• In June 1540 Lee acquired the wardship and marriage of his stepson Edward Leighton*. He and his wife had occupied the Leighton manors since their marriage, and he was variously known as of Stapleton and Wattlesborough, as well as of Oxenbold. . . . The William Lee of Oxenbold mentioned in 1568 may have been his son, but there is nothing to connect him with the men of his name appearing in records after 1557.5 . . .
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• Thomas Lee1
• M, #239111
• Last Edited=17 Jul 2007
• Thomas Lee lived at Langley, Norfolk, England.1
• Child of Thomas Lee
  • 1.Mary Lee+1
• Citations
• 1.[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 2, page 2257. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p23912.htm#i239111
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• A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (1894) Vol. 2
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• Richard de Lee m. Margaret Sprenchose
• Fulke Lee m. Alice Cornwall 2m. Elizabeth Leighton
• Thomas Lee m. Jane Morton
• Richard Lee m. Eleanor Wrottlesley
• etc.
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"The Lee Family of Stanton, Roden and afterwards of Langley and Coton Hall, Salop, IS stated in Burke’s Baronetcies to be ONE of the oldest in England.

"Eyton treating of Reyner le la Le about 1195 gives also an unbroken descent thro’ the Stantons of Stanton Hineheath from 1086 to 1173-4. The pedigree of 1623 (when Sir Humphrey Lee’s charters were copied by Vincent) 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 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 Reyner’s 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:

"Sir John de la Lee of Stanton, Roden and given as his nephew, SIR JOHN DE LA LEE married Matilda de Erdington and had (with a daughter, Matilda) two (2) sons: John de la Lee and Thomas de la Lee.

"(These Lees were from Normandy, and this was the French manner of writing the name.)"

"To THOMAS DE LA LEE he gave land called OKEHURST. (MORE OF THOMAS PRESENTLY). John de la Lee as succeeded by his oldest son, 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. He 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 Dec. 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 son:

"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 and heir:

"Sir Thomas Lee of Langley and he married Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Morton and had five sons and seven daughters. He, Sir Richard Lee, died in 1591 and was succeeded by HIS oldest son:

• (ERROR IN THE BEFORE MENTIONED ENTRY??) "Sir Richard Lee of Langley, who m. Eleanor, dau. Of Walter Wrottesley and had four sons and six daus. He, Sir Richard Lee, d. in 1591 and was s. by his oldest son:

"Sir Humphrey Lee, J. J. of Langley and was created a Baronet by King James First of England, 1620. He married Margaret, daughter of Reginald Corbet and had one (1) son and four (4) daughters. He died in 1633 and was succeeded by His son:

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