Richard Lee was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was re ...
from 1640 to 1648.
Early life
Lee was from a family of
Rochester and in 1621 became one of the bridge wardens of
Rochester Bridge
Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridg ...
, a post he held until 1653.
Career
In April 1640, Lee was elected
Member of Parliament for
Rochester for the
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on 20 February 1640 and sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640. It was so called because of its short session of only three weeks.
After 11 years of per ...
. He was re-elected MP for Rochester in November 1640 for the
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was an Parliament of England, English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660, making it the longest-lasting Parliament in English and British history. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened f ...
where he sat until he was excluded under
Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge is the name commonly given to an event that took place on 6 December 1648, when soldiers prevented members of Parliament considered hostile to the New Model Army from entering the House of Commons of England.
Despite defeat in the ...
in 1648. Lee was mayor of Rochester in 1643 when he was also appointed a commissioner for Kent to oversee the speedy raising and levying of money for the relief of the Commonwealth.
'May 1643: An Ordinance for the speedy raising and levying of money thorowout the whole Kingdome of England, and dominion of Wales for the relief of the Common-wealth, by taxing such as have not at all contributed or lent, or not according to their Estates and Abilities.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 145-155. Date accessed: 12 November 2010
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See also
* List of MPs elected to the English parliament in November 1640
References
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Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Mayors of places in Kent
English MPs 1640 (April)
English MPs 1640–1648