![]() He also possessed the manor of Archer’s Court in the parish of River, Kent. At about this time he acquired the lease from the dean and chapter of Canterbury of the manor of Great Chart, Kent, but he refused to renew it when they asked for a higher rent shortly afterwards. Perhaps the most important work with which Lee himself was concerned was the scheme for improving navigation on the river Stour, made possible as a result of the large sum of money left to the city by John Rose. In the House, the burgesses for Canterbury were appointed to a committee concerning kerseys on 23 Mar. He joined the Canterbury council, became a freeman of the city, and was chosen as one of its Members in 1593. He soon began to play an active part in civic and county affairs. Through this marriage to Sir James Hales’s widow, he acquired the manor known as Dane John or the ‘Dungeon’ in Canterbury, and went to live there. Perhaps his second marriage diminished his interest in the dispute. The outcome of the case is not known, but by 1591 the Crokers were in possession of both manors once more and Lee seems to have been on friendly terms with them again. Richard Lee, for his manor of Hook Norton’. The anonymous author of the 1584 libel known as Leycester’s Commonwealth accused him of oppression in ‘his dealing with Mr. During Lee’s absence abroad in 1582, the Earl of Leicester took a hand in the matter, probably using the opportunity to further his own interests. The case dragged on after the death of Lee’s wife, despite the Queen’s attempts to arbitrate and the intervention of the Privy Council. But difficulties soon arose when Sir Gerald Croker’s son John claimed them as his inheritance, and lengthy proceedings in the court of wards and in Chancery ensued. The first of these, Lady Croker, brought him the lease of two manors at Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. Both Lee’s marriages were to wealthy widows. At his death his father left Lee either a lump sum of £100 or £5 a year in land and 200 ewes, a choice he would not have been able to exercise himself since he was still an infant. Lee himself was born before his father married Ann Hassall in 1548, when he was still married to Sir Henry Wyatt’s daughter Margaret. ![]() Lee’s father was in Henry VIII’s service. from c.1592 constable, Harlech castle 1600 ambassador to Russia 1600-1 ranger of Canterbury park by 1604. 2 Offices Heldįreeman, Canterbury 1590, common councilman by 1593 j.p. of Sir James Hales of Dane John, Canterbury. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, wid. of John Blundell † of Finmere and Steeple Barton, Oxon., wid. of Richard Hassall of Hassall and Hankelow, Cheshire half-bro. of Sir Anthony Lee † of Quarrendon, Bucks. Advised a Fortune 500 technology company in the formation of its internal incubator program.B.Advised Gilead and Xencor in a number of strategic collaborations and investments.Advised a Fortune 500 technology company in a strategic collaboration with a manufacturer of high-speed data converter systems.Advised Premise Data Corporation in its $85 million Series E financing.Advised sovereign wealth fund clients in a number of U.S. ![]() Advised Third Point in the preferred equity financing and the subsequent IPO of a clinical-stage biotechnology company.Advised Loon in its $125 million financing transaction and option for reciprocal investment with HAPSMobile, majority-owned by Softbank.Advised CapitalG, Google LLC, and Gradient Ventures in a number of venture capital and PIPE investments.Advised Kofu Hong Kong Holdings, a joint venture between Shenzhen Yitoa Intelligent Controls (YITOA) and G Tech Systems Group (GTSGI), in its acquisition of Pioneer MTC Technology, a subsidiary of Pioneer Corporation.Advised Voltage Security, Inc., an encryption and tokenization technology provider, in its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company.Advised HCT Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of cosmetics products, in its acquisition by KDC/ONE, a global supplier of cosmetics and personal care products. ![]()
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