LESIEUR, STEPHEN [SSNE 1359]
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Lesieur is listed as British ambassador to Hamburg in 1597 and to Denmark in 1602. A letter dated 15 May 1602 from Elizabeth to Lesure survives, concerning a disagreement between Denmark and Sweden., and to the Emperor Rudolph in 1603, 1610 and 1612-13. He went to Florence in 1608 and 1609 and was knighted in 1608.PRO, SP75/3, SP80/2, SP/81/2 and 8; Cotton Manuscripts f 27 ; HMC Salisbury, xii, xv; Rymer, Foedera, xvi; DNB; G. M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509-1688 (London, 1990).
Service record
- ENGLAND, ANTWERP
- Departed 1582-10-30
- Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, CLEVES
- Departed 1584-12-26
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, BREMEN
- Departed 1598-02-02
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, HAMBURG
- Departed 1598-02-10
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, MECKLENBURG
- Departed 1598-02-18
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, BRANDENBURG
- Departed 1598-02-22
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, ANHALT
- Departed 1598-02-26
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, BRUNSWICK
- Departed 1598-03-04
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, LUBECK
- Departed 1598-08-31
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, FRANKFURT
- Departed 1599-02-28
- Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, SPEYER
- Departed 1599-03-30
- ENGLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Departed 1599-12-01
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- Departed 1602-04-30
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, STADE
- Departed 1602-05-15
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, DENMARK-NORWAY
- Departed 1602-07-03
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- ENGLAND, BREMEN [DENMARK]
- Departed 1603-05-27
- Capacity SECRETARY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, PRAGUE [IMPERIAL COURT]
- Departed 1604-01-21
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, FLORENCE
- Departed 1608-12-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, PRAGUE [IMPERIAL COURT]
- Departed 1611-04-09
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, VIENNA [IMPERIAL COURT]
- Departed 1612-10-31
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, DUSSELDORF
- Departed 1612-11-29
- Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY
- STUART KINGDOMS, VIENNA [IMPERIAL COURT]
- Departed 1614-07-11
- Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY