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- Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40).
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On 8 Feb. 1513 he obtained a protection (from his creditors) on going to sea with the expedition to Brittany. The ship in which he sailed struck upon a rock, and he and his companions were saved from death almost by miracle.
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40).
On 25 April 1523, Arthur was created Viscount Lisle. Following Elizabeth Grey's death in 1529 he married Honor Grenville (1493-1566) the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville (d. 1513) of Stowe, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, by his wife Isabella Gilbert. She was the widow of Sir John Bassett (d. 1528) of Umberleigh, Devon.
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle was the illegitimate son of King Edward IV with one of his mistress. He was one of the leading figures in the court of King Henry VII. Through his writings in the Lisle letters, he displayed the survival of a huge collection of his correspondence which makes his life as one of the best documentation of ...
He died in the Tower, of old age rather than a sharp pain in the neck, and was buried there, leaving his wife distraught with grief whilst he himself became a footnote in Ambassador Marillac’s letter to Francis I. “Lord Lisle, formerly deputy of Calais, being out of trouble and his Order, honour and goods restored, died a few days ...
Lisle. Who were they? Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, is not a figure who looms large in Tudor political history. In such a major work as J. J. Scarisbrick's full-scale biography of Henry VIII,2 he is mentioned once in the text and once in a footnote. Most simply, Lisle was a bastard of Edward IV, patronized after his father's death by his
Sir John Dudley Title Viscount Lisle, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland Honours & Offices Knight of the Garter Lord Admiral Privy Councillor Lord President of the Council Great Master of the King’s Household Born c. 1504 Died 22 August 1553 Place of Death Tower Hill Cause of Death Execution Spouse/s. Jane Guilford Offspring
