Thomas de Lee of Okehurst

taken from the book: Genealogy of WILLIAM LEE 1 of England And of Virginia and HIS DESCENDANTS By: Elizabeth Hoyle Rucker in 1945

"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.

Records of the second visitation make him the father of:

"Roger Lee, who had a son; ...

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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 Hardy, Sir Thomas Lee, Sheriff in 1395. One of the Harleian MSS. of about 1593 supports this view as follows: "Sir Thomas Lee Knight, temp. E. 3, had issue Roger Lee, Esq., a secound sonne whoe mar. Margaret daughter and heir of Thomas Aveley (Astley) sonne to Roger sonne to John (J'n the 2 had another John to his sone) and had issue John Lee, Esq., whoe mar. J . . . so . . . e (Jacosa or Joyce) Packington, etc., etc., etc." (MS. Harl. 2163 fo. 40 B.) . . .

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