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John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
Personal details
Born1465/1466
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Died1536[1]/1537[2]
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Spouse(s)Margaret Blount
Anne de Grey
RelationsSon of William Hussey
Son-in-law of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent
Brother-in-law of Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent
Brother-in-law of William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
ChildrenSir William, Thomas, Sir Giles, Elizabeth, Bridget, Anne, Dorothy, Mary, William
ResidenceSleaford
OccupationChief Butler of England

John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (sometimes "Huse"; 1465/1466 – 1536/1537) was Chief Butler of England[2] from 1521 until his death.[3] He was a member of the House of Lords, and a Chamberlain to King Henry VIII's daughter, Mary I of England.

Early years

Hussey was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, son of Sir William Hussey, an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. His mother was the former Elizabeth Berkeley.[4] Hussey's siblings included Sir Robert Hussey (d.1546), the father of Elizabeth Hussey, the 'Mistress Crane' at whose home at East Molesey the first of the Marprelate tracts, Martin's Epistle, was printed in October 1588; Elizabeth Hussey, who married Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent; and Mary Hussey, who married William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

In 1497, at the Battle of Blackheath, Hussey was knighted. Six years later, he was made "Knight of the Body", bodyguard to King Henry VII, followed by an appointment as "Master of Lyfield Forest", Rutland in 1505 and Comptroller of the Household in 1509. On 16 August 1513, at the battle of the Spurs, he was promoted to Knight banneret.

Career

In 1493 Hussey was appointed Sheriff of Lincolnshire and by 1513 he was custos rotulorum for the county. On 6 July 1523, he was elected Member of Parliament as a knight of the shire for Lincolnshire. Three years later, 5 February 1526, he was appointed a judge. On 3 November 1529 he was re-elected to Parliament as knight of the shire for Lincolnshire but received a Writs of Summons on 1 December 1529 to the House of Lords as 'Johannes Hussey de sleford, chivaler'. In June 1530, Hussey was named Lincolnshire Castle's Commissioner for Gaol Delivery, and later that same year, Hussey sold some of his large holdings (the Somersetshire manors of Batheaston, Bathampton, Bathford, Twerton; the Wiltshire manors of Compton Bassett, Comerwell, and North Wraxall).[5]

On 10 September 1533, Lord Hussey attended the christening of princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I), daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and carried the canopy over the three-day old child with George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, Lord Thomas Howard, and William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham.

Hussey was Chamberlain to King Henry's daughter, Mary, while Hussey's second wife, Lady Anne, was one of Mary's attendants. Though King Henry forbade anyone from calling his daughter, Mary, by the title of Princess, Lady Anne did do so, after which she lost her attendant position around June 1534 and was imprisoned in the Tower of London in August. Asking for the King's pardon, she was released before the end of the year.[3]

In addition to his responsibilities at Court and Parliament, Hussey was steward to John Longland, the conservative Bishop of Lincoln,[6] and King Henry's confessor.[7]

Downfall

Hussey Tower: The ruins of Lord Hussey's medieval manor house - Hussey Tower - are all that is left following the orders of King Henry VIII to destroy it.[8]

Hussey was implicated along with his cousin as complicit in the 1536 uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. Though Hussey denied participation in the rebellion, he was accused of conspiring to change laws and depose the king, and that he abetted those who made war on the king in October 1536.[9] The charges may have been levied in part because of Hussey's Catholic sympathies,[10] and because Hussey and his wife, having served 'Princess' Mary, were partisans on her behalf.[11] Hussey was indicted and tried for treason, and found guilty by the House of Lords. He was beheaded in Lincoln in 1536,[1] while his cousin, Thomas Darcy, was executed on Tower Hill.[3] Hussey's statement ("confession") survives.[12]

Family

Hussey first married the widowed Margaret Barr (née Blount), daughter of Sir Simon Blount, around 1492 at Keynsham, Gloucestershire, by whom he had a daughter and four sons:[13]

  • Sir William Hussey b. c 1493, d. 19 Jan 1556
  • Sir Giles Hussey b. c 1495 - Knighted by the Earl of Surrey at the Sacking of Morlaix in France 1522,[14][15] who married Jane Pigot, and had issue; his descendants include President Richard Nixon, actor James Dean and entrepreneur J. A. Folger. Sir Giles's great grandson was John Hussey (buried 24th July, 1632 in Dorking, Surreyshire[16]) who married Mary Wood (Moor) in 1593. Their son was Captain Christopher Hussey (d.1686) who was a founder of Nantucket.[17][18][19][20] Captain Hussey's daughter, Huldah Hussey (born c.1643-d.1740), is recorded as a Daughter of the American Colonists.[21][22]
  • Elizabeth Hussey b. c 1497
  • Sir Gilbert Hussey b. c 1499
  • Reginald Hussey b. c 1501

Hussey secondly Lady Anne Grey in the year 1509 at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent - by his second wife, Catherine Herbert. George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent's mother was Lady Katherine Percy, the great great granddaughter of King Edward III.[23]

Hussey and Lady Anne Grey had eight children:[3]

After his execution, Hussey's home in Sleaford,[1] as well as his other estates were confiscated by the crown.[4] His children were restored to Parliament in 1563 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but Hussey's title was forfeited, and the estates were not returned.[3]

Honors

  • 6 December 1533, John Fewterer, Confessor-General of Syon Abbey, dedicated his book, The myrrour or glasse of Christes passion, to "the Honorable 'Lord Husey', from Syon".[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Sleaford History". sleaford.gov.uk. 2006. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Maddison, A.R.; Larken, A.S. (1903). Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Lincolnshire: Ye Wardovr Press. p. 527. OCLC 3978908.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "John HUSSEY (1st B. Hussey of Sleaford)". tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 19 June 2008.[unreliable source]
  4. ^ "Medieval Deeds of Bath and District"
  5. ^ "Annex A, Prominent Sleafordians and Local History". artistpetermontgomery.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  6. ^ Fideler, P.A.; Mayer, T.F. (1992). Political Thought and the Tudor Commonwealth. Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 0-415-06672-7.
  7. ^ "Hussey Tower and King Henry VIII". lincolnshire.org. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ^ Hoyle, R.W. (2001). The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s. Oxford University Press. p. 407. ISBN 0-19-925906-2.
  9. ^ Hoyle 2001:159
  10. ^ Hoyle 2001:67
  11. ^ Hoyle 2001:25
  12. ^ Burke, B. "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire". Harrison, 1866 - Baron Hussey of Sleaford - page 294 (N.B. Burke's has order of Hussey's marriages incorrect - Hussey married Margaret Blount, daughter of Sir Simon Blount, first and Lady Anne second). Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  13. ^ Collins, Arthur. "The Baronettage of England: Being an Historical and Genealogical Account of Baronets from Their First Institution in the Reign of King James I : Containing Their Descents, the Remarkable Actions and Employments of Them and Their Ancestors, as Also Their Marriages, Issue, &c., with Their Coats of Arms and Crests Engrav'd and Blazon'd, Volume 1". W. Taylor 1720 - Page 258. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  14. ^ Peile, John. "Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905". Cambridge University Press, 25 Sep. 2014 - page 38. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  15. ^ "John Hussey and Mary Wood or Moor". Michelle Boyd. 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2015. A John Hussey, aged 74, was buried 24 May 1632 in Dorking, Surrey, England {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  16. ^ "The Hussey Family of Hawaii". Retrieved 30 October 2017. The history of Surrey County, specifically the history of the Hussey and Stydolf families in Norbury (now "Norbury Park"), which is next to Dorking, indicates that John Hussey, father of Christopher, is the same John listed as a son of George in the English "Lincolnshire Pedigrees". (MS. C.23, Herald's College). Dorking Parish church records, Mickelham Parish records, and the connection between the Husseys of Sleaford and their double marriages to the Stuydolfs of Norbury (near Dorking) are among the reasons many, including the Plantagenet Organization (USA) now accept that this John is the son of George and Elizabeth Hussey (and not Hugh Hussey and Ellen Devereux as stated in some incorrect genealogies).
  17. ^ "Hussey family". Tudor Place 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  18. ^ Cracroft. "Cracroft's Peerage - The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage - John Hussey, Baron (E, created 1529 - forfeited 1537)". 2006 Copyright: Heraldic Media Limited. All rights reserved. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  19. ^ http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=272245
  20. ^ "Daughters of the American Colonists". The Daughters, 1957 - United States. Retrieved 29 October 2015. Descendant of John Eastman, Christopher Hussey, Ephraim Marston, Jeremiah Marston, ... 1677 Abial Sanborn (1653-1743); John Smith (d. 1708) m. 16G7 Huldah Hussey (c.1643-1740). 9. Robert Tuck....
  21. ^ Burke, B. "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire". Harrison, 1866 - Baron Hussey of Sleaford - page 294 (N.B. Burke's has order of Hussey's marriages incorrect - Hussey married Margaret Blount first and Lady Anne second. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  22. ^ Burke, B.; Burke, J. (1866). A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. OCLC 11501348.
  23. ^ Angerville, H. (1959). Living descendants of blood royal , Volume 1. Madison: World Nobility and Peerage.
  24. ^ Foster 1883, p. 93.

References

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