Cromwell Lee

His father is thought to have been in the service of Thomas Cromwell by 1532, and had an active career at court and in local government in Buckinghamshire.

In about 1572 Cromwell Lee matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, but left without taking a degree.

Pleadings from 1587 reveal that Sir Richard Lee had sublet these leases to his half-brother, Cromwell, who resided on the Hook Norton property with his family.

[8] In addition to the leases at Hook Norton, Cromwell Lee had property at Cutteslowe in Oxfordshire, and served as a Justice of the Peace, 'of no very good repute' for that county.

[12] Sir Henry was convalescing at Woodstock when he heard news of the Earl of Essex's rebellion in February 1601.

[7] He gave the work to the library of St John's College, Oxford,[6] 'where a fair copy of it, transcribed by Thomas Potticary, M.A.

[14] His portrait, attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, was included in an exhibition at Oxford in 1904; however, its present whereabouts are unknown.

[16][17][18] In 1575 he married Mary Harcourt, widow of Richard Taverner (d.1575) of Woodeaton, Clerk of the Signet to Edward VI.