See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
LEE (or LEGIT) See also:ROWLAND (d. 1543)
, See also:English See also:bishop, belonged to a See also:Northumberland See also:family and was educated at See also:Cambridge
.
Having entered the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church he obtained several livings owing to the favour of See also:Cardinal See also:Wolsey; after Wolsey's fall he See also:rose high in the esteem of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. and of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Cromwell, serving both See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and See also:minister in the business of suppressing the monasteries, and he is said to have celebrated Henry's See also:secret See also:marriage with See also:Anne See also:Boleyn in See also:January 1 533
.
Whether this be so or not, See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee took See also:part in preparing for the See also:divorce proceedings against See also:Catherine of See also:Aragon, and in January 1534 he was elected bishop of See also:Coventry and See also:Lichfield, or See also:Chester as the see was often called, taking at his See also:consecration the new See also:oath to the king as See also:head of the English Church and not seeking See also:confirmation from the See also:pope
.
As bishop he remained in Henry's See also:personal service, endeavouring to establish the legality of his marriage with Anne, until May 1534, when he was appointed See also:lord See also:president of the See also:council in the See also:marches of See also:Wales
.
At this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the Welsh marches were in a very disorderly See also:condition
.
Lee acted in a stern and energetic See also:fashion, holding courts, sentencing many offenders to See also:death and overcoming the hostility of the English border lords
.
After some years of hard and successful See also:work in this capacity, " the last survivor of the old See also:martial prelates, fitter for See also:harness than for bishops' See also:robes, for a See also:court of See also:justice than a court of See also:theology," died at See also:Shrewsbury in See also:June 1543
.
Many letters from Lee to Cromwell are preserved in the See also:Record See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office, See also:London; these throw much See also:light on the bishop's career and on the lawless condition of the Welsh marches in his time
.
One of his contemporaries was See also:EDWARD LEE (c
.
1482–1544) See also:arch-bishop of See also:York, famous for his attack on See also:Erasmus, who replied to him in his Epistolae See also:aliquot eruditorum virorum
.
Like See also:Rowland, Edward was useful to Henry VIII. in the See also:matter of the divorce of Catherine of Aragon, and was sent by the king on embassies to the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. and to Pope See also:Clement VII
.
In 1531 he became See also:archbishop of York, but he came under suspicion as one who disliked the king's new position as head of the English Church
.
At See also:Pontefract in 1536, during the See also:Pilgrimage of See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace, the archbishop was compelled to join the rebels, but he did not sympathize with the rising and in 1539 he spoke in See also:parliament in favour of the six articles of See also:religion
.
Lee, who was the last archbishop of York to See also:coin See also:money, died on the 13th of See also:September 1544
.
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