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Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1481-1495).
According to Burke, 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 serjeant at law, was
constituted lord chief 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,
for greater 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 miles capitalls justiclarius de banco regis, temp. R. Henry VII."
In one of the windows of the chapel, belonging to the same inn, are his
arms impalling those of his wife, with the following inscription.
"Will. Hussee miles capitalis justic. ad placita coram rege, et Elizabeth
a uxor ejur filia Thomae Berkeley arm."
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. 1471; 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 of Lincoln 23 Dec 4
Henry 7, 1489; died 8 Sept 11 Henry 7, 1495; burried at Sempringham.
Will dated 15 Dec 10 Henry 7; proved (C.P.C.) 4 July 1496.
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 by King Edward IV July 16, 1463
to inventory the estate of William Viscount Beaumont,
according to "Cambridge Society Publications," Volume I,
Series III. He and John Murdock received property from the
king at Staunford, Lincolnshire in 1464, according to
"Hussey Record." He became commissioner of sewers for
Kesteven, Lincolnshire in 1467 and was summoned to
Parliament in the same year to represent Grantham,
Lincolnshire.
William Hussey was appointed Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas April 21, 1470. Part of his compensation was "a fee
of 40 marks and a cask of wine from the Port of London
yearly." He was a resident of Lincolnshire in 1475, ac-
cording 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 Kings Bench on May 7,
1481 at a salary of 140 marks a year. This appointment was
repeated by each of the next three kings of England. He
received a portion of Tateshall manor, Lincolnshire August
8, 1481, according to "Manuscripts of Lord DLisle." Under
Henry VII he was a commissioner who decided the claims to
fill various offices at the coronation. He was a member of
Parliament in 1485, 1486 and 1487. In 1489 he was
Commissioner of Array in Lincolnshire. In 1492 he was
appointed to negotiate with the French ambassadors.
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."
Sir. Mark Hussey, who previously held the office of chantry priest in
Charing church, died in London in 1499.
Elizabeth Berkeley Hussey wrote her will in August 1503 in
which she also requested to be buried at Sempringham. Her
will was probated December 21, 1504.
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
Mary Hussey born about 1475
!BIRTH: G.E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage or a history of the house of Lords
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