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Did you know that the 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford is an ancestor of Meghan Markle? This is the story of how Prince Harry’s wife’s family tree spans to a Lincolnshire Lord – who was beheaded for alleged treason against King Henry VIII.
John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, was the son of Chief Justice of the King’s Bench Sir William Hussey, and he would go on to be knighted in 1497 after the Battle of Blackheath. He was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire in the mid-1400s, dying aged 70 in Lincoln after being beheaded at Tower Hill as part of treason charges brought on by the then-King Henry VIII.
Despite his denial, he was executed alongside his cousin Thomas Darcy after being found guilty by the House of Lords. It is believed that these charges may have been levied due to Hussey’s sympathies with the Catholic faith.
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