Alexander Lee (priest)

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Alexander Lee (also Leigh) (d. ca. 1503) was a Canon of Windsor from 1469 to 1480. [1]

Career

He was King's Scholar at Eton College, then educated at King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA, MA and LLD.

He was for some years the King's resident ambassador in Scotland.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the eleventh stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1469 and held the canonry until 1480.

Notes

  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle


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