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 and in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. He waa knighted and made a Privy Councillor in 1752. He died 18 Dec. 1758. As a lawyer he was held in great repute, and his Decisions in the Ecclesiastical Courts were edited and published by Dr. Joseph Phillimore in 1832-3.

Admitted 9 March, 1595-6.

Son of Humphrey Lee, of Bridgnorth. In 1594, the year preceding his admission, he served the office of Sheriff of London, and in 1602, the year when James I. was invited to assume the Crown of England, he was Lord Mayor and subscribed the memorial before all the other great Olficers of State and nobility. With the Aldermen, Chief Officers and Common Council, and five hundred citizens of London, "well mounted, clad in velvet coats and chains of gold," he met the King at Stamford Hill, 7 May, 1603, and conducted him to the Charterhouse, and was present at the Coronation 25 July. He was of the Guild of Merchant Taylors, and a person of great consideration in all civic affairs. At his death he left £100 to the poor of his native place (Bridgnorth).

Admitted 1 February, 1703-4.

Second son of Sir Thomas Lee of Hartwell, Bucks, Bart. He was called to the Bar 22 Jan. 1710-1, but removed to the Inner Temple in 1717, of which Inn he became a Bencher in 1725. He was a man of classical attainments, and was appointed Latin Secretary to the King in 1718. In 1727 he entered Parliament for the borough of Chipping Wycombe, and three years afterwards was called to the King's Bench, and in 1737 raised to the head of it, with the honour of knighthood. During his Chief Justiceship he had to try the rebels of 1745. In 1754 he held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer till it could be filled up. He died 8 April, 1754, and was buried at Hartwell.

Admitted 3 February, 1725-6.

Son and heir of Edward Leeds of Hackney, Middlesex (Citizen and Mercer of London). He was admitted ad eundem from the Inner Temple, where he had been called to the Bar 29 June, 1718. He was elected a Serjeant in 1742 and King's Serjeant in 1748. He died 5 Dec. 1758.

Admitted 30 October, 1624.

Second son of Henry Leigh of Rushall, Staffordshire. He was born at Shawell, Leicestershire, on 24 March, 1602. At the Middle Temple, according to Wood, he made considerable progress in the study of the common law, but this he subsequently abandoned for the more congenial pursuits of theology and history. On the Civil War breaking out he sided with the Parliament and was chosen member for the town of Stafford. He was a Presbyterian Member of the Assembly of Divines; but, being in favour of coming to terms with the King, he was ejected from the house by Colonel Pride. After this time to the King's restoration he devoted himself chiefly to writing books, of