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Henry Lee of Ditchley

Index Henry Lee of Ditchley

Sir Henry Lee KG (March 1533 – 12 February 1611), of Ditchley, was Queen's Champion and Master of the Armouries under Queen Elizabeth I of England. [1]

32 relations: Accession Day tilt, Allington Castle, Anne Vavasour, Anthony Lee, Antonis Mor, Aylesbury, Aylesbury Grammar School, Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency), Ditchley, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabethan era, Greenwich armour, Henry Wyatt (courtier), John Dowland, Kent, Lady-in-waiting, Lee baronets, Margaret Lee (lady-in-waiting), Order of the Garter, Parliament of England, Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, Queen's Champion, Reigate, Richard Lee (died 1608), Richard Lee I, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Royal Armouries, St Mary the Virgin's Church, Aylesbury, Thomas Lee (army captain), Thomas Wyatt (poet), William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers.

Accession Day tilt

The Accession Day tilts were a series of elaborate festivities held annually at the court of Elizabeth I of England to celebrate her Accession Day, 17 November, also known as Queen's Day.

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Allington Castle

Allington Castle is a stone-built moated castle in Allington, Kent, just north of Maidstone, in England.

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Anne Vavasour

Anne Vavasour (c. 1560 – c. 1650) was a Maid of Honour (1580–81) to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the mistress of two aristocratic men.

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Anthony Lee

Sir Anthony Lee (c. 1510 – 24 November 1549) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament, and the father of Elizabeth I's champion, Sir Henry Lee.

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Antonis Mor

Sir Anthonis Mor, also known as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and Antonio Moro (c. 1517 – 1577) was a Netherlandish portrait painter, much in demand by the courts of Europe.

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Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Aylesbury Grammar School

Aylesbury Grammar School is a grammar school in Aylesbury situated in the English county of Buckinghamshire, which educates approximately 1,250 pupils.

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Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency.

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Ditchley

Ditchley Park is a country house and estate near Charlbury in Oxfordshire.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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Greenwich armour

Greenwich armour is the plate armour in a distinctively English style produced by the Royal Almain Armoury founded by Henry VIII in 1511 in Greenwich near London, which continued until the English Civil War.

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Henry Wyatt (courtier)

Sir Henry Wyatt (1460–1537) was an English courtier, knight, nobleman, and politician.

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John Dowland

John Dowland (1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman.

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Lee baronets

There have been four baronetcies created for people with the surname Lee, all extinct.

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Margaret Lee (lady-in-waiting)

Lady Margaret Lee (née Wyatt) (1506(?) – 1543(?)) was a sister of the poet Thomas Wyatt, and a favourite of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England.

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Order of the Garter

The Order of the Garter (formally the Most Noble Order of the Garter) is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III in 1348 and regarded as the most prestigious British order of chivalry (though in precedence inferior to the military Victoria Cross and George Cross) in England and the United Kingdom.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire

Quarrendon is a civil parish and also the name of a now deserted medieval village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Queen's Champion

The feudal holder of the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, England, has, since the Norman Conquest in 1066, held the manor from the Crown by grand serjeanty of being The Honourable The King's/Queen's Champion.

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Reigate

Reigate is a town of over 20,000 inhabitants in eastern Surrey, England.

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Richard Lee (died 1608)

Sir Richard Lee (died 22 December 1608) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1593 and 1608 and served as Ambassador to Russia.

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Richard Lee I

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601), was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599.

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Royal Armouries

The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's National Museum of Arms and Armour.

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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Aylesbury

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury, is an Anglican church of the Diocese of Oxford, in the centre of the town of Aylesbury.

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Thomas Lee (army captain)

Thomas Lee (c. 1551 – 14 February 1601) was an English army captain, who served under Queen Elizabeth I and spent most of his career in Ireland during the Tudor conquest of that country.

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Thomas Wyatt (poet)

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature.

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William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1506 – 9 June 1563), was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.

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Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers

The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_of_Ditchley

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