Sir William Hussey, Lord Chief Justice

William Hussey (judge)

Sir William Hussey (or Huse or Husee), SL (1443 – 8 September 1495) was an English lawyer who served as Attorney General and as Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.

William Hussey was the son of John Hussey or Huse of Old Sleaford, Lincolnshire, and Elizabeth Nesfield or Neffield of Yorkshire.[1]

He was a member of Gray's Inn, and on 16 June 1471 was appointed Attorney General, with full power of deputing clerks and officers under him in courts of record. As Attorney General he conducted the impeachment of the Duke of Clarence for treason. In Trinity term of 1478 he was made a Sergeant-at-Law, and on 7 May 1481 was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, in succession to Sir Thomas Billing, at a salary of 140 marks a year. This appointment was renewed at the ascension of each of the next three kings, and under Henry VII, he was also a commissioner to decide the claims made to fill various offices at the coronation.[2]

In the first year of this reign, he successfully protested against the king's practice of consulting the judges beforehand upon crown cases which they were subsequently to try. In June 1492, he was a commissioner to treat with the ambassadors of the King of France.[2] He died 8 September 1495,[1] and was buried at Sempringham.[3] On 24 November of that year, Sir John Fineux succeeded him as Chief Justice.[2]

About 1474 Hussey married Elizabeth Berkeley (c.1453 - 1504), daughter of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire, and Petronella Brooksby. They had five sons, and two daughters:

• John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (1476–1537), eldest son and heir, who married firstly Margaret Blount and secondly Anne Grey.[4]
• Sir Robert Hussey (1483 – 20 May 1546)[citation needed] of Linwood, Lincolnshire, second son, who married firstly Anne Saye and secondly Jane Stydolf.[4] By his second wife he had a daughter, Elizabeth Hussey, who was the 'Mistress Crane' involved in the printing of the Marprelate tracts.[5] From Sir Robert Hussey descend the Hussey family of Honnington, Leicestershire (see Hussey Baronets).
• Sir William Hussey (d.1531), who married Anne Salvaine, the daughter and heir of Sir John Salvaine of Thorpe, Yorkshire.[4][6]
• Elizabeth Hussey (d. Ampthill, 19 November 1516, bur. Warden Abbey),[citation needed] who married Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, but died without issue.[4]
• Mary Hussey (1484),[citation needed] who married William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (d.1525).[4]

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hussey_(judge)

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• Sir William Hussey, Chief Justice of the King's Bench1,2,3,4,5
• M, #34655, b. circa 1443, d. 8 September 1496
• Father John Hussey b. c 1417, d. c 1440
• Mother Elizabeth Sheffield b. c 1419
• Sir William Hussey, Chief Justice of the King's Bench was born circa 1443. He married Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, Sheriff of Leicestershire and Petronella Brooksby, circa 1464.3,4,5 Sir William Hussey, Chief Justice of the King's Bench died on 8 September 1496.
• Family Elizabeth Berkeley b. c 1445, d. b 21 Dec 1504
• Children
  • Sir John Hussey, Baron Sleaford+ b. 1466, d. 27 Aug 1537
  • Mary Hussey6 b. c 1478, d. b 5 Jun 1516
  • Elizabeth Hussey2,3,4,5 b. c 1480, d. 19 Nov 1516
  • Sir Robert Hussey+7 b. c 1483, d. 20 May 1547
• Citations
• [S10726] Unknown author, The Hussey Connection to the Plantagenet Lineage, by Roy Leggitt.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 168.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 281.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 110.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 133.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 671.
• [S31] Unknown author, Wikipedia.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1154.htm#... ________________
• Sir William Hussey1
• M, #234612, b. 1443, d. 8 September 1495
• Last Edited=22 Sep 2014
• Sir William Hussey was born in 1443.2 He married Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley and Petronella Brooksby, circa 1474.2 He died on 8 September 1495.2
• He lived at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. He held the office of Attorney-General in 1471.2 He held the office of Chief Justice of teh King's Bench in 1481.1
• Children of Sir William Hussey and Elizabeth Berkeley
  • Elizabeth Hussey1 d. 19 Nov 1516
  • Sir William Hussey2 d. 1531
  • John Hussey, 1st Lord Hussey+1 b. 1476, d. 1537
  • Sir Robert Hussey+ b. 1483, d. 20 May 1546
  • Mary Hussey b. 1484
• Citations
• [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 137. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
• [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p23462.htm#i234612 ___________
• William HUSSEY (Sir Knight)
• Born: 1443, Gray's Inn
• Died: 8 Sep 1495/96, Sempringham, England
• Buried: Sempringham
• Notes: See his Biography.
• Father: John HUSSEY of Old Sleaford
• Mother: Elizabeth NOFFIELD (or Nesfield)
• Married: Elizabeth BERKELEY ABT 1464
• Children:
  • 1. Robert HUSSEY of Linwood
  • 2. William HUSSEY (Sir)
  • 3. Mary HUSSEY
  • 4. Elizabeth HUSSEY (C. Kent)
  • 5. John HUSSEY (1º B. Hussey of Sleaford)
  • 6. Thomas HUSSEY
  • 7. Gilbert HUSSEY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HUSSEY.htm#William HUSSEY (Sir Knight)1
• Sir William Hussey, knight, an eminent lawyer in the time of Edward IV, after filling the office of attorney-general, and having been called by writ to the degree of sergeant at law, was constituted lordchief justice of the court of the King's Bench, in the 17th year of that monarch's reign, when he received an allowance of 140 marks, forgreater state. He was living temp. Henry VII, as is evident by this inscription over his arms, in the semicircular or bow window, of Grey's Inn Hall, viz., "W. House mile capitalls justiclarius de bancoregis, temp. R. Henry VII" One of the windows of the chapel, belonging to the same inn, are his arms impaling those of his wife, with the following inscription, "Will. Hussee miles capitalis justic. ad placita coram rege, et Elizabeth a uxor ejur filia Thomas Berkeley arm."
• He served as commissioner for sewers for Kesteven in 1467, was electedas Member of Parliament for the town of Grantham in the same year and on 16 Jun 1471, was appointed Attorney-General. It was in this capacity that he conducted the impeachment of the Duke of Clarence for treason. In 1477 he reached the position of Sergeant-at-Law and four years later crowned his career by gaining the appointment of Chief Justice of the King's Bench, in succession to Sir Thomas Billing, at a salary of 140 marks a year. This appointment was renewed at the accession of each of the next three kings and under Henry VII he was also a commissioner who decided the claims to fill various offices at the Coronation. During the first year of Henry VII's reign he successfully protested against the king's practice of consulting judges before hand upon upon crown cases which they are afterwards to try. In 1489 he was commissioner of Array Lines and in Jun 1492 acommissioner to treat with the Ambassadors of the King of France. He died on 8 Sep 1495, being buried at Sempringham. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire, whose will, dated Aug 1503, gave instructions for her to be buried at Smpringham. They left five children, the most famous of whom was Sir John Hussey (later, Lord).
• According to the Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Sir William Hussey, Knight of Gray's Inn; Commissioner of Sewers for Kesteven 7 Edward 4; M. P. for Grantham 1467; Attorney-General 16 June 11 Edward 4; Sergeant-at-Law 14 Oct 17 Edward 4, 1477; Chief Justice of King's Bench 7 May 21 Edward 4, 1481; Commissioner of Array in county pf Lincoln 23 December 4 Henry 7, 1489; died 8 Sep 11 Henry 7, 1495; buried at Sempringham. Will dated 15 Dec 10 Henry 7,; proved 4 Jul 1496.
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WilliamHussey.htm _____________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 28
• Hussey, William by John Andrew Hamilton
• HUSSEY or HUSE, Sir WILLIAM (d. 1495), chief justice, was probably a son of the Sir Henry Huse who received a grant of free warren in the manor of Herting in Sussex in the eighth year of Henry VI. Campbell, however, describes him as belonging to a Lincolnshire family of small means. He was a member of Gray's Inn, and on 16 June 1471 was appointed attorney-general, with full power of deputing clerks and officers under him in courts of record. As attorney-general he conducted the impeachment of the Duke of Clarence for treason. In Trinity term of 1478 he attained the degree of sergeant-at-law, and on 7 May 1481 was appointed chief justice of the king's bench, in succession to Sir Thomas Billing, at a salary of 140 marks a year. This appointment was renewed at the accession of each of the next three kings, and under Henry VII he was also a commissioner to decide the claims made to fill various offices at the coronation (Rutland Papers, p.8).
• In the first year of this reign he successfully protested against the king's practice of consulting the judges beforehand upon crown cases which they were subsequently to try (Year-book, 1 Hen. VII, p. 26). In June 1492 he was a commissioner to treat with the ambassadors of the king of France. He seems to have died late of 1495, as on 24 Nov. of that year Sir John Fineux [q. v.] succeeded him as chief justice. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, and had two sons, John, lord Hussey of Sleaford [q. v.] and Robert, from whom descend the Husseys family of Honnington, Leicestershire.
• [Foss's Lives of the Judges; Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 309; Burke's Extinct Baronetage, p.275; Rymer's Fœdera, xii. 481; Coke's Institutes, iii. 29; Cal. Rot. Pat. pp. 39, 276, 316, 326; Campbell's Lives of the Chief Justices.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hussey,_William_(DNB00) _____________________
• Sir William Hussey
• Birth: 1443
• Death: Sep. 8, 1495
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• Elizabeth Berkeley Hussey (____ - 1505)
• Children:
  • John Hussey (____ - 1537)*
  • Robert Hussey (____ - 1546)*
• Burial: Sempringham Priory, Sempringham Fen, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 140780252
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140780252 _______________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 28
• Hussey, John by William John Hardy
• HUSSEY, JOHN, Lord Hussey (1466?–1537), was the eldest son of Sir William Hussey [q. v.], by Elizabeth his wife; he is referred to as a knight in his mother's will, which is dated in 1503. He fought on the king's side at Stoke in 1486, and became comptroller of the royal household. .... etc.
• He married Anne, daughter of George Grey, earl of Kent. According to Dugdale he had a second wife, Margaret Blount; but in the documents written by him shortly before his death he speaks of his wife as 'Anne.' Possibly Margaret Blount may have been a first wife. One of his sons, William, seems to have been knighted at Tournai in 1510, and became a privy councillor. His children were restored in blood in 1563, but his attainder was not reversed.
• [Letters and Papers, Henry VIII; Record of the Trial and Conviction of Lord Hussey and other original documents at the Public Record Office; Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 310; Notes and Queries, 6th ser. iv. 531; Froude's Hist. of England; Nicolas's Peerage, ed. Courthope.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hussey,_John_(DNB00) __________________
• HUSSEY, Sir John (1463/65-1537), of Sleaford, Lincs.; Dagenham, Essex and London.
• b. 1463/65, 1st s. of Sir William Hussey of Sleaford and Dagenham by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, Leics., bro. of William Hussey I. m. (1) by Aug. 1492, Margaret (d. June 1509), da. and h. of Simon Blount of Mangotsfield, Glos., at least 2s. inc. William Hussey II; (2) Anne, da. of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, at least 1s. Thomas II 4da., 1 other s. suc. fa. 8 Sept. 1495. Kntd. 17 June 1497, banneret 1513; cr. Lord Hussee or Husey, adm. Lords 1 Dec. 1529.4
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/hu... _________________ Sir William Hussey, knight, an eminent lawyer in the time of Edward IV, after filling the office of attorney-general, and having beencalled by writ to the degree of sergeant at law, was constituted lordchief justice of the court of the King's Bench, in the 17th year of that monarch's reign, when he received an allowance of 140 marks, forgreater state. He was living temp. Henry VII, as is evident by this inscription over his arms, in the semicircular or bow window, of Grey's Inn Hall, viz., "W. House mile capitalls justiclarius de bancoregis, temp. R. Henry VII" One of the windows of the chapel, belonging to the same inn, are his arms impaling those of his wife, with the following inscription, "Will. Hussee miles capitalis justic. ad placita coram rege, et Elizabeth a uxor ejur filia Thomas Berkeley arm."

He served as commissioner for sewers for Kesteven in 1467, was electedas Member of Parliament for the town of Grantham in the same year and on 16 Jun 1471, was appointed Attorney-General. It was in this capacity that he conducted the impeachment of the Duke of Clarence for treason. In 1477 he reached the position of Sergeant-at-Law and four years later crowned his career by gaining the appointment of Chief Justice of the King's Bench, in succession to Sir Thomas Billing, at a salary of 140 marks a year. This appointment was renewed at the accession of each of the next three kings and under Henry VII he was also a commissioner who decided the claims to fill various offices at the Coronation. During the first year of Henry VII's reign he successfully protested against the king's practice of consulting judges before hand upon upon crown cases which they are afterwards to try. In 1489 he was commissioner of Array Lines and in Jun 1492 acommissioner to treat with the Ambassadors of the King of France. He died on 8 Sep 1495, being buried at Sempringham. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire, whose will, dated Aug 1503, gave instructions for her to be buried at Smpringham. They left five children, the most famous of whom was Sir John Hussey (later, Lord).

According to the Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Sir William Hussey, Knight of Gray's Inn; Commissioner of Sewers for Kesteven 7 Edward 4; M. P. for Grantham 1467; Attorney-General 16 June 11 Edward 4; Serjeant-at-Law 14 Oct 17 Edward 4, 1477; Chief Justice of King's Bench 7 May 21 Edward 4, 1481; Commissioner of Array in county pf Lincoln 23 December 4 Henry 7, 1489; died 8 Sep 11 Henry 7, 1495; buried at Sempringham. Will dated 15 Dec 10 Henry 7,; proved 4 Jul 1496.

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He was a member of Gray's Inn, and on 16 June 1471 was appointed Attorney General, with full power of deputing clerks and officers under him in courts of record. As Attorney General he conducted the impeachment of the Duke of Clarence for treason. In Trinity term of 1478 he was made a Serjeant-at-Law, and on 7 May 1481 was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, in succession to Sir Thomas Billing, at a salary of 140 marks a year. This appointment was renewed at the ascension of each of the next three kings, and under Henry VII, he was also a commissioner to decide the claims made to fill various offices at the coronation.[2] In the first year of this reign, he successfully protested against the king's practice of consulting the judges beforehand upon crown cases which they were subsequently to try. In June 1492, he was a commissioner to treat with the ambassadors of the King of France.[2] He died 8 September 1495,[1] and was buried at Sempringham.[3] On 24 November of that year, Sir John Fineux succeeded him as Chief Justice.[2]

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Hussey of Sleaford and Honington.

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