Lisle, Honora Grenville (c. 1495–1566)
Lisle, Honora Grenville (c. 1495–1566)
English letter writer. Name variations: Honora Grenville Basset Lisle; Honora L'Isle. Born Honora Grenville, c. 1495 in Cornwall, England; died 1566; dau. of Sir Thomas Grenville and Isabella Gilbert Grenville; m. John Bassett, 1515 (died 1528); m. Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle or L'Isle (son of Edward IV, king of England, and Elizabeth Lucy), 1529 (died Mar 3, 1542, in Tower of London).
Husband Lord Lisle arrested and charged in Catholic plot; during husband's 2-year imprisonment in Tower of London, was kept under surveillance in Calais; letters to husband show loyalty to him, as well as her piety and relationships with such figures as Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn.
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