Hussey, John (1465 - 1537)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 16
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1465 (possibly born 1466)
Death Date: 1537-06-29 (beheaded)

Notes

Granted (with Thomas, 1st Baron Darcy and Sir Alexander Ratcliff) wardship and marriage of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle, 8 Jan. 1523/4--13 July 1529; wardship of Henry Ryther, brother and heir of Thomas Ryther of Ryther, Yorkshire West Riding 8 Nov. 1530; wardship and marriage of Thomas, son and heir of Christopher Wynbusshe 17 Feb. 1532/3. Indicted 12 May 1537 of conspiracy against the king and raising a rebellion against him at Lincoln; tried and convicted 15 May 1537. Estates forfeited to the Crown and posthumously attainted in 1539

Siblings

Female

Hussey, Mary ( - )

Male

Hussey, William (1473 - 1531)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Blount, Margaret (1474 - 1505)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1492-8-4
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Grey, Anne ( - 1545/6)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1505-2-18
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Blount, Margaret (1474 - 1505)

  1. Male offspring: Hussey, William (1493 - 1556)

From Grey, Anne ( - 1545/6)

  1. Female offspring: Hussey, Bridget (1525 - 1601)
  2. Male offspring: Hussey, Thomas (1530 - 1576)
  3. Female offspring: Hussey, Elizabeth (d. 1572)
  4. Female offspring: Hussey, Dorothy (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Hussey, Mary (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1497-07-17
    Vacated 1537-06-29
  • 1st Baron Hussey
    Assumed 1529-12-01
    Vacated 1537-06-29

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire n.d. before
Receiver, Denbighshire n.d. -05-22
Surveyor of Lands, late of George, Duke of Clarence, Lincolnshire 1481-6-12 1537 For life
Steward, Lincolnshire ca. 1485 n.d. Regranted 25 July 1509
Steward, Lincolnshire 1486-4-7 n.d.
Steward, Leicestershire 1486-4-7 n.d.
Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1493-11-7 1494-11-5
JP, Lincolnshire 1495 1537
Steward, Lincolnshire 1495-3-25 n.d.
Bailiff, Lincolnshire 1495/6-1-16 n.d. Held jointly with Sir Reynold Bray
Steward & Receiver, Lincolnshire 1495/6-1-16 n.d. Held jointly with Sir Reynold Bray
Commissioner of Musters, Lincolnshire 1496 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1497 1537
JP, Lincolnshire 1501 1537
Master of the Wards, England 1503-12-9 1513
Steward, Lincolnshire 1504 1524 Part of the Duchy of Lancaster
Bailiff, Steward & Keeper, Lincolnshire 1505-9-4 n.d. Granted during the life of William de la Pole
Controller, Surveyor & Keeper of the Game, Rutland 1505-8-4 n.d.
Master, Rutland 1505-6-10 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England by 1505-8-4 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1506 1537
JP, Kent 1506 1509
JP, Essex 1506 1513
Comptroller of the Household, England ca. 1508/9 1509
Keeper, Lincolnshire before 1509-7-27 n.d. Royal grant; had previously held office through grants from William, 2nd Viscount Beaumont and John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
Master Forester, Huntingdonshire 1509-7-21 1537 For life
Steward, Lincolnshire 1509-7-8 n.d.
Steward, Lincolnshire before 1509-7-27 n.d. Royal grant; had previously held office through grants from William, 2nd Viscount Beaumont and John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
Steward, Honour of Richmond Lands, Lincolnshire 1509-7-8 n.d.
Steward, Honour of Richmond Lands, Nottinghamshire 1509-7-8 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Kent 1512 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Lincolnshire by 1513 n.d.
MP, Lincolnshire 1515 n.d. Possibly held this office
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Lincolnshire 1520 n.d.
Chief Butler of England, England 1521-6-1 1537
MP, Lincolnshire 1523 n.d.
Head Steward to Thomas, 1st Baron Darcy, England before 1526-9-29 n.d. Lands in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Northumberland and elsewhere
MP, Lincolnshire 1529 n.d.
Chamberlain, Princess Mary's Household, England 1530 1533
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Lincolnshire 1530 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Essex: Dagenham & Cockerell in Havering atte Bower Manors & lands in Dagenham, Cockerell & Hornchurch
    Divested: 1512-07-02
    Exchanged for lands in Lincolnshire
  • Gloucestershire
    Via wife; sold
  • Huntingdonshire: Brampton
  • Lincolnshire: Branston & Blankley Lordships & Manors; lands in Branston, Blankney, Hanwortham, Nocton, Dunston, Metheringham, 'Scopey,' Thorpe, Timberland, Martin, Kirkby Green & Walcot
    Acquired: 1512-07-02
    Granted in exchange for lands in Essex
  • Lincolnshire: Castle & Little Bytham, Hanby, Boston, Sapperton, Folkingham Park, Morton, Rippingale, Lobthorpe, West Willoughby, Whaplode Hall in Bicker, Old Sleaford, Navenby, Ingoldsby, Bicker called Beaumont Rents, Pickworth, Aunby, Grantham, Gunnerby, Corcy, Welby
  • Lincolnshire: King's Lands in Holywell
    Acquired: 1493/4-02-28
  • Nottinghamshire: Beeston & Chilwell
  • Nottinghamshire: Kneesall Manor
    Acquired: 1522-04-19
    Divested: 1537
  • Rutland: King's Lands in Stretton
    Acquired: 1493/4-02-28
    Divested: 1537
    Granted
  • Rutland: Whissendine
  • Somerset
    Via wife; sold
  • Wiltshire
    Via wife; sold
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: North Duffield Manor
    Acquired: 1486-04-27
    Granted (jointly with Thomas Ballard) during the minority of Ann, daughter and heir of John Salvan
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Harewood & Ryther Manors
    Acquired: 1530-11-08
    Granted during minority of Henry Ryther, brother and heir of Thomas Ryther

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1527-1528 Bardney (Unknown), Bardney , Lincolnshire Sir John Hussey's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney , Lincolnshire Sir John Hussey's Performer

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Hussey's Bearward Hussey, John (1465 - 1537) Performing Animals 1
Sir John Hussey's Performer Hussey, John (1465 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Hussey Manor Lincolnshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)