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Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle (c. 1493–1495 – 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.
In his famous ‘Acts and Monuments’ he denounces Lady Lisle as the ‘utter enemy to God’s honour, and in idolatry, hypocrisy, and pride, incomparable evil’. There are two potential explanations for this defamation of character. Firstly, Honor was of a conservative religious background.
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.
After his death she married Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, an illegitimate son of Edward IV. He was a widower with three daughters, Frances, Elizabeth, and Bridget. The eldest, Frances, married Honor's son John in 1538.
Search within or browse this series to find specific records of interest. Correspondence of Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle, the acknowledged illegitimate son of Edward IV, and of Lisle's second...
The Lisle Papers are the correspondence received in Calais between 1533 and 1540 by Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (c.1480-1542), Lord Deputy of Calais, an illegitimate son of King Edward IV and an uncle of King Henry VIII, and by his wife, Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle (born Honor Grenville and formerly the wife of ...
Hace 3 días · 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.
