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Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle (c. 1493–1495 [6] – 1566) was a Cornish lady whose domestic life from 1533 to 1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII is exceptionally well-recorded, due to the survival of the Lisle Papers in the National Archives, the state archives of the UK.
Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle (c.1493-1566) Honor Grenville was born around c.1493-95; the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville and his wife, Isabella Gilbert. Thomas was of Cornish origin, from the parish of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall. Honor was first married to Sir John Basset (1462-1528) of Umberleigh in the Parish of Atherington in ...
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Apr 26, 2022 · Anne Bassett was the third daughter of Sir John Bassett (1462-January 21,1528) and his second wife, Honor Grenville (c.1494-April 1566). Her stepfather, Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, was Lord Deputy of Calais and Anne was sent to a French family to be educated. In 1537 she obtained a post at court as one of Queen Jane Seymour’s six ...
- Kilkhampton, England
- England
Lady Honor Grenville (b.1493) was the obscure widow of Sir John Bassett and gentlewoman living in Hampshire with her eight children. In 1529, Honor married Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, the illegitimate (but recognized) son of Edward IV and half uncle to Henry VIII, and almost 25 years her senior. The famous Lisle Letters published by ...
Aug 25, 2021 · Honor Grenville was a member of the aristocracy in England. Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle (c.1493/5-1566) was a daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville (d.1513) of Stowe in the parish of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, and lord of the manor of Bideford in North Devon, by his wife Isabella Gilbert. She m.
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- John Basset KB, Arthur Plantagenet KG
James BASSETT. Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle. Church of St. Mary, Atherington, Devonshire. Honor Grenville was the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Stow in Kilkhampton, Cornwall; and his wife Isabella Gilbert. In 1515 she married Sir John Bassett of Umberley and by him had three sons: John, George, and James, and four daughters ...
Honor Grenville (c.1493/5 [4] –1566) was a Cornish lady whose domestic life from 1533–1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII is exceptionally well recorded, due to the survival of the Lisle Papers in the National Archives, the state archives of the United Kingdom. Origins
