Henry Hussey, 2nd Baron Hussey

Who was Henry Hussey, 2nd Baron Hussey?

Henry Hussey, 2nd Baron Hussey was an English nobleman. He was the son of the 1st Baron Hussey and Isabel Hussey. "Sir Henry Huse, knight", was returned as Knight of the Shire for Dorset October 11, 1311, according to Knights of Edward I. He was married circa 1314, to Maud but she appears to have died about 1316. On their wedding day his father gave the bride and groom an estate in Kent. A son, named Mark Hussey, was born to Henry Hussey by Maud in about 1316.

About 1317 Henry Hussey was remarried to Katherine FitzAlan, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel. Katherine was sister to Richard FitzAlan, later Earl of Arundel.

The children born to Henry Hussey by Katherine FitzAlan-Hussey were Elizabeth Hussey, Henry Hussey, and Richard Hussey. Katherine died in 1375, according to History of Gloucestershire. Her will was proved in 1376.

In "Easter week, 1345" in Risley, Gloucestershire an inquisition determined that Henry Hussey held a moiety of Saperton manor and a moiety of Rusyndene manor in Gloucestershire, from the king by a knight's service.