HUSSEY, William (c.1430-95), of Old Sleaford, Lincs.

J.p.q. Lincs. (Kesteven) 28 Aug. 1460 – d., Rutland Apr. – Nov. 1470, Nov. 1473 – May 1483, May 1493 – d., Suss. July 1476 – Dec. 1481, Essex Nov. 1476 – Feb. 1483, Surr. Jan. 1477 – June 1483, Herts. June 1477 – May 1482, May 1493 – d., Lincs. (Holland) Dec. 1477 – Sept. 1485, July 1486 – d., Kent Sept. 1479 – June 1483, Suff. Feb. 1482 – Sept. 1485, Nov. 1485 – d., Bucks. May 1482 – d., Norf. Nov. 1482 – d., Cambs. Feb. 1483 – d., Beds. June 1483 – d., Hunts. July 1483 – Sept. 1485, Aug. 1487 – d., Mdx. Jan. 1491 – d., Lincs. (Lindsey) Mar. 1491 – d., Glos. Mar. 1493 – d., Herefs. Mar. 1493 – Dec. 1495, Derbys. May 1493 – Feb. 1495, Leics. May 1493 – July 1494, Northants. May 1493 – Apr. 1494, Notts., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. May 1493 – d., Oxon. May-Dec. 1493, Warws. May 1493 – Sept. 1494, Yorks. May 1493 – Feb. 1495.

Commr. of arrest, Suss. Mar. 1461 (servants of Thomas, Lord Roos), Lincs., Rutland June 1463 (rebels), Lincs. May 1471, Feb. 1477; gaol delivery, Peterborough Feb. 1462, June 1472, July 1480 (q.), Lincoln Sept. 1471 (q.), Oct. 1472 (q.), Lincoln castle Sept. 1472 (q.), Mar. 1477 (q.), July 1478, July 1483, Sept. 1487, Guildford castle, Hertford castle Jan. 1476, Canterbury castle, Colchester castle, Guildford, Hertford June 1476, June 1477, Nottingham Aug. 1476 (q.), Canterbury castle, Guildford, Hertford Feb. 1477, Guildford castle Nov. 1477 (q.), Dec. 1484 (q.), June 1493, Stamford Aug. 1478 (q.), Dec. 1484 (q.), Colchester castle Nov. 1478, Mar. 1495, Hertford castle Jan. 1479, Canterbury castle, Guildford Feb. 1479, July 1480, Feb. 1481, Colchester castle, Guildford castle, Hertford June 1479, Maidstone June 1479, Oct. 1481 (q.), Aylesbury, Bedford castle, Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge castle, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Norwich castle Feb., June 1482, Jan., June 1483, July 1484, Jan. 1485, Feb. 1487, Jan., July 1488, Feb., July 1489, Feb., July 1490, Feb., July 1491, Mar. 1492, Jan., June 1493, Feb. 1494, Newgate Jan., Mar., Dec. 1484, Jan., July 1485, Derby, Gloucester castle, Hereford castle, Leicester, Nottingham, Shrewsbury castle, Stafford castle, Warwick castle, Worcester castle May 1485 (q.), C66/495–560. Cambridge castle July 1486, liberty of Ely Aug. 1491, Bedford, Newgate Jan. 1492, Gloucester, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Worcester Mar. 1493; inquiry, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Northants. July 1463 (theft of King’s swans), Cambs., Herts., Lincs., Norf., Oxon., Suff. July 1463 (estates forfeited by William, Viscount Beaumont), Lincs. Sept. 1471 (estates of John, late earl of Worcester), June 1472 (estates of Sir Richard Tempest), Aug. 1474 (smuggling), Lincs., Rutland Mar., Apr. 1478 (estates of George, duke of Clarence), Notts. Feb. 1479 (land dispute), DL42/19, f. 45v. Lincs. Dec. 1483 (treasons and insurrections), Feb. 1484 (complaint of the duchy of Lancaster tenants of Sutton against the tenants of the bp. of Ely), DL5/1, ff. 7v-8; DL42/20, f. 55v; E.W. Ives, Common Lawyers: Thomas Kebell, 226. Cambs. Dec. 1487 (disputes between tenants of the Crown and the bp. of Ely); sewers, Cambs., Lincs., Norf. Nov. 1467, Mar. 1470, Lincs., Yorks. July 1477, July 1478, Lincs. Feb. 1486, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Northants. July 1486, Lincs. May 1488; array, Rutland, Kesteven Mar. 1472, Lincs. May, Dec. 1484; to survey King’s manors of Wakefield, Conisborough and Hatfield, Yorks. Dec. 1478; of oyer and terminer, Glos. July 1482, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Worcs. Aug. 1482, Yorks. Mar. 1483, Berks., Essex, Herts., Kent, London, Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Suss. Aug. 1483, Devon July 1484, Cornw., Devon Oct. 1484, London Nov. 1484, Essex Mar. 1485, Cinque Ports, London Apr. 1485, Derbys., Glos., Herefs., Leics., Notts., Salop, Staffs., Warws., Worcs. May 1485, Herefs., Warws., Worcs. May 1486, London July 1486, York May 1487, London July 1487, Yorks. May 1489, Essex, Surr. Feb. 1491, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Worcs. Mar. 1493, general May 1493, Surr. June 1493, London, Mdx. Feb. 1494, Jan. 1495, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. Feb. 1495, Kent July 1495; to assess subsidies on aliens, Kesteven Apr. 1483, Lincs. Aug. 1483, Kesteven Jan. 1488; hold an assize of novel disseisin, Kent July 1490; raise money for Hen. VII’s voyage to France, Kesteven July 1491; examine record of plea in Guildhall, London Oct. 1494.

Attorney-general 16 June 1471–7 July 1478. Law Offs. (Selden Soc. supp. ser. vii), 44.

Dep. chief steward, south parts of the duchy of Lancaster Sept. 1474 – May 1481; steward, estates in Rutland late of George, duke of Clarence, 3 Mar. 1478-aft. 1483. VCH Rutland, ii. 233; DL29/640/10388, m. 4d; BL Harl. MS 433 ed. Horrox and Hammond, i. 244.

Alderman of the Corpus Christi guild, Boston, 1476. Harl. 4795, f. 47.

Justice of assize, home circuit by July 1476-bef. Trin. 1480, Norf. circuit by Trin. 1480–d. E404/76/4/134; CP40/866, rot. 107; Year Bk. Trin. 20 Edw. IV (Reports del Cases en Ley, 1679), pl. 9, f. 6; Ives, 68, 70.

Surveyor of estates in Lincs. late of George, duke of Clarence, 3 Mar. 1478 – 12 June 1481.

Serjeant-at-law 9 June 1478-May 1481 (King’s serjeant by Mich. 1478); Law Offs. 11. c.j.KB 7 May 1481–d. CCR, 1476–85, no. 872. The date of his appointment as c.j.KB is also given as 14 May, but, since his predecessor died on 5 May, the earlier date is probably to be preferred.

Trier of petitions, English 1483, 1484, 1485, 1487, 1489, 1491. PROME, xiv. 410; xv. 9, 92, 338; xvi. 9, 94.

Ambassador to negotiate for the marriage of James, s. and h. of James III of Scotland, to Anne de la Pole, niece of Ric. III 14 Sept. 1484; treat with Charles VIII of France, and Anne, duchess of Brittany, for peace 19 June 1490.

Commr. to deliver the bp.of Ely’s gaol at East Dereham Feb. 1486, July 1490; j.p. for the bp., Isle of Ely July 1490. Ely Diocesan Remembrancer, 165, 179.