Amanda Taylor's Genealogy

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  • ID: I11776
  • Name: William, Sir (Knight, Serjeant at Law) of Lincolnshire HUSSEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1443 in Gray's Inn, Kent, England
  • Death: 8 SEP 1495/96 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire
  • Burial: 1495/96 Sempringham, Lincolnshire
  • Note:
    Refer Biography at Tudor Place

    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 serjeant at law, was constituted lordchief justice of the court of the King's Bench, in the 17th year of that monarch's reign.

    William Hussey, son of John Hussey and Elizabeth Neffield Hussey, was born about 1427, probably at Sleaford,
    Lincolnshire. He became the most prominent figure in legal circles in late fifteenth century England.
    He was married about 1460 to Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, Leicestershire.
    "Visitation of Yorkshire" records her father as "Sir Morris Berkeley, knight."

    William Hussey was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas April 21, 1470.
    He was a resident of Lincolnshire in 1475, according to "Hastings Manuscripts."
    As Attorney-General he conducted the impeachment of the Duke of Clarence for treason.
    He was Serjeant-at-Law to King Henry VII on October 17, 1477.
    He was Chief Justice of the King's Bench on May 7, 1481. This appointment was repeated by each of the next three kings of England. He was a member of Parliament in 1485, 1486 and 1487. In 1489 he was Commissioner of Array in Lincolnshire.

    He died September 8, 1495 and was buried at Sempringham, Lincolnshire. His will, dated December 15, 1494, was
    probated July 4, 1496. A probable relative of William Hussey was "Sir Mark [or Marques] Hussey, master of All Saints
    Church in Lombard Street, London," according to "Camden Society Publications." Mark Hussey, who previously held the
    office of chantry priest in Charing church, died in London in 1499.
    Children born to William Hussey and Elizabeth Berkeley Hussey include: John Hussey born about 1465 ; William Hussey born about 1467 ; Elizabeth Hussey born about 1470 ; Robert Hussey born about 1472 and Mary Hussey born about 1475

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    Father: John of Old Sleaford HUSSEY b: Abt 1402 in Old Sleaford, England
    Mother: Elizabeth of Yorkshire (Sheffield, Nesfield or Neffield) NOFFIELD b: Abt 1420 in Old Sleaford, England

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth BERKELEY b: Abt 1450 in of Kent, England
      Children
      1. Has Children John (Johannes) Sir (Knight Banneret) '1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford' HUSSEY b: 1465/1466 in of Sleaford Manor, Lincolnshire, England
      2. Has No Children Thomas HUSSEY b: Abt 1467 in probably Sleaford Manor, Lincolnshire, England
      3. Has No Children William HUSSEY b: Abt 1467 in probably Sleaford Manor, Lincolnshire, England
      4. Has No Children Robert HUSSEY b: Abt 1472 in probably Sleaford Manor, Lincolnshire, England
      5. Has No Children Gilbert HUSSEY b: Abt 1475 in probably Sleaford Manor, Lincolnshire, England
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      Includes some of the Family History compiled by Grace Douglass (researched with Laurel Legge) as published in 'Along the Windsor Richmond Road' 1985(ISBN 0 9589831 0 0 and ISBN 0 9589831 3 5). Some Royal Lineages researched by Joanne Goodsell . Also included is some earlier research of those originally thought to be related and now disproven. However, this information is still included for the benefit of other researchers.
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