John Husee

Lord Lisle's business agent

The story so far…

Week 41: The Image of the King (Part 1/2)

He meets Cromwell at the Seymour christening in 1537.

He has some fellow-feeling for John Husee. Lady Lisle runs him ragged with her shopping lists, and she never wants to pay for anything, so he is constantly begging for credit: and he remembers his own early days, when the Marchioness of Dorset used to send him out for oriental pearls, with only the price of oysters in his purse.

Husee is making a list of everything, ‘so my lady can get the same.’ Cromwell gives Husee strong instructions to Lord Lisle to round up traitor priests in Calais.

Week 42: The Image of the King (Part 2/2) / Broken on the Body

John Husee petitions Cromwell for an abbey on behalf of the Lisles. He informs Cromwell that Lady Lisle’s child ‘has gone away.’ There appears to have been a mistake about the pregnancy.

Week 46: Ascension Day (Part 1/2)

John Husee tells Cromwell that Lord Lisle is ill but begs him not to be replaced. Calais is shot through with religious division. Husee is wary of Edward Seymour and Richard Cromwell, plain gospellers, sent over to sort things out.