Sir Edmund Hussey

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• Background Information. ¹⁶⁰
Sir Edmund Hussey of Holbrook, co. Somerset, father of Joan Hussey, the 2^nd wife of Sir Thomas Hungerford of Farleigh ad Wellow, co. Somerset. Joan Hussey and Sir Thomas Hungerford were the parents of Sir Walter Hungerford, born about 1378, died 9 Aug 1449, 1^st Lord Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Parliament, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, Constable of Windsor Castle, Steward to the Household of Henry V and Henry VI, and Lord High Treasure. Sir Walter Hungerford married Catherine Perverll, daughter of Thomas Peverell and Margaret Courtenay.

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 51A:33-34

• Pedigree: From GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives. ¹⁹³
From: Mardi Carter <mardicar@valley-internet.net>
Subject: Re: Walter Hungerford - now Hussey
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:56:11 GMT

1. Joan Hussey d. 21 Mar 1411/2 m. Sir Thomas Hungerford, of Farleigh, co. Somerset, d. 3 Dec 1397/8

2. Sir Edmund Hussey, of Holbrook and Charleton-Musgrave, co. Somerset
3. Joanna

4. Reginald Hussey occurs 1331, 1340.
5. Alianora Daubignie

8. William Hussey of Sutton-Abbas. Occurs 1313-5.
9. N.N. de Verdon

16. Ralph Hussey, of Sutton-Abbas. Occurs 1286
17. N.N., a dau. of the Earl of Warwick
18. Dau. of Theobald de Verdon (so far I have not located this connection)

32. Henry Hussey, of Charlecombe temp. John and Henry III.

64. Godfrie Hussey. Occurs 1217.

128. William Hussey, held Charlecombe of Bath Abbey.

256. William Hussey, held Charlecombe of Bath Abbey.

512. Hubert Hussey, a noble Norman who accompanied William the Conqueror to England. High constable.
513. Helen of Normandy, natural daughter.

1026. Richard III, Duke of Normandy

2052. Richard II, Duke of Normandy
2053. Judith of Brittany

4104. Richard I, Duke of Normandy, etc. --> Dukes of Normandy

4106. Conan I, Count of Brittany
4107. Ermengarde of Anjou

8214. Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou "Grisgonelle)
8215. Adelaide de Vermandois

16428. Fulk II, Count of Anjou, etc. --> Counts of Anjou

16430. Robert de Vermandois, etc. --> Counts of Vermandois --> Charlemagne 16431. Adelaide of Chalons --> there is another line to Charlemagne through her grandmother, Ermengarde of Vienne.

Sources for the Hussey line:

PUBLICATIONS OF THE HARLEIAN SOCIETY. London.

Watney, Vernon James. WALLOP FAMILY. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928.

Crispin, M. Jackson. FALAISE ROLL. London: Butler and Tanner, Ltd., 1938

Hutchins, John. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 4 vol.
Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861-74 (originally)