Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle

Honor Grenville
Viscountess Lisle
Monumental brass of Honor Grenville on chest-tomb of her first husband[a]
Bornc. 1493 – 1495
Died1566 (aged 71–73)
Tehidy, Cornwall
Buried30 April 1566
Illogan Church
Noble familyGrenville family
Spouse(s)Sir John Basset
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle
IssueJohn Basset
George Basset
James Basset
Philippa Basset
Katharine Basset
Anne Basset
Mary Basset
FatherSir Thomas Grenville
MotherIsabella Gilbert
Arms of Grenville: Gules, three clarions or.[b]
Sculptural relief showing arms of Sir John Basset (1462–1528) of Umberleigh (Barry wavy of six or and gules) impaling the arms of his wife, Honor Grenville (Gules, three clarions or).[c]

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.

  1. ^ Byrne, vol.2, letter 239, p.224
  2. ^ Byrne, 1981, vol.1, letter 79, p.620
  3. ^ Byrne, 1981, vol.3, letter 516
  4. ^ Byrne, 1981, vol.1, Appendix 6, "The Atherington Brass", p. 700
  5. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp.890–1
  6. ^ Byrne, vol.1, p. 305, Honor's birthyear was estimated at 1493–95


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