Career John Husee

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map showing in 1477 pale of calais (in yellow), husee spent of career


in august 1533 husee entered service of newly appointed lord deputy of calais, arthur plantagenet, 1st viscount lisle, illegitimate son of edward iv, , in youth close companion of henry viii. grummitt puts it, husee became lisle s indispensable right-hand man , , consummate tudor servant . carried letters calais england, , kept lord lisle informed of political events @ court. of time, particularly in 1530s, spent in england following lord lisle s suits @ law. husee particularly adept @ relations in upper echelons of power, , @ times offered lord lisle advice on dealing king henry viii.


husee performed more mundane tasks lord deputy , family well, seeing care of lady lisle s children first marriage when in england, finding suitable servants, , purchasing goods in london.


husee compensated services post in calais garrison 1535 provided him daily wage of 8d. in october 1536 received grant life crown searcher of lordships of marke , oye within calais pale , brought him additional 8d day.


the holding of office of lord deputy entailed considerable expense, , lisle wished give post , return england. husee made frequent overtures cromwell obtain funds cover lisle s expenses, , obtain leave lisle , family return home. however, according grummitt, cromwell not agree until had secured himself lisle s manor of painswick in gloucestershire. lisle conveyed manor cromwell in 1539, sold following year sir william kingston , wife, mary.


husee s service lisles brought end lord lisle s arrest on treason charges on 19 may 1540. lisle accused of communicating cardinal reginald pole, , spent next 2 years in tower of london. after master s ruin, husee continued hold position in calais garrison, , in capacity took part in 1544 in english siege of boulogne.


little known of husee s private life. there no evidence married. died @ calais in november 1548.


the lisle papers held national archives. published lisle letters in 1981. husee documented of writers of correspondence. letters joy , revelation read. loyal lisles, friend as agent, , wise 1 in appalling world of tudor court .








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