John Lee (priest)

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John Lee was an English Anglican priest in the 17th century. [1]

Lee was born in Surrey and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. [2] He held livings at Milton-next-Gravesend, Southfleet, and Bishopsbourne. Lee was archdeacon of Rochester from 1660 until his death on 12 June 1679. [3]

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  1. National Archives
  2. 921–955 Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Lee-Llewellin [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 3, pp. 57–59


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