Alexander Lee (also Leigh) (d. ca. 1503) was a

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from 1469 to 1480.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Career

He was King's Scholar at

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, then educated at

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where he graduated BA, MA and LLD. He was for some years the King's resident ambassador in Scotland. He was appointed: *Rector of

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, Cambridgeshire 1468 - 1473 *Almoner to King Edward IV *Prebendary of York 1471 - 1501 *Rector of

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1471 - 1485 *Prebendary of Barneby, Howden, 1478 *Prebendary of Ripon 1481 - 1491 *Rector of Spofforth 1481 - 1499 *Temporal Chancellor of Durham Cathedral 1490 *Rector of Houghton-le-Spring 1490 - 1500 He was appointed to the eleventh stall in

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in 1469 and held the canonry until 1480.

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