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Richard Lee (MP for Rochester)

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Richard Lee was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648.

Early life

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Lee was from a family of Rochester and in 1621 became one of the bridge wardens of Rochester Bridge, a post he held until 1653.[1]

Career

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In April 1640, Lee was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Rochester in November 1640 for the Long Parliament where he sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648.[2] 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.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nigel Yates Traffic and politics: the construction and management of Rochester Bridge
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ^ '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
Parliament of England
Vacant Member of Parliament for Rochester
1640–1648
With: Sir Thomas Walsingham
Succeeded by