Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle

Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle

Honor Grenville was an English lady-in-waiting during the reign of Henry VIII. She was the wife first of Sir John Bassett and then of the King's uncle, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle. Her daughter, Anne Bassett, was reputedly a mistress of King Henry VIII. Honor is notable for her survivng letters depicting sixteenth-century court life, published as the Lisle Letters.


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