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'''Sir John Bussy''' (died 1399) was a [[Member of Parliament]] representing [[ |
'''Sir John Bussy''' (died July 29, 1399) of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a [[Member of Parliament]] representing [[Lincolnshire]] from 1393 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also [[Speaker of the British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]] at the 3 Parliaments between [[1393]] and [[1398]]. He was most famous for orchestrating the loss of power to an 18-man subcommittee.<ref name="ref1">Speakers of the House of Commons from the Earliest Times to the Present Day</ref> |
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His mother was Isabel, the daughter of John Paynell. He married twice; firstly in 1382 to Maud Neville, daughter of Sir Philip Neville and secondly in 1398 to Mary.He owned lands in Lincolnshire. |
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He married twice; firstly to Maud. |
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In 1378 secured a position with John o' Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, as the Steward of all his lands north of the Trent. He worked for the Duke until 1397 but had by then also became one of the councillors of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]]. |
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| ⚫ | he became a close confidante and advisor (together with Sir Henry Grene and Sir William Bagot) of Richard. When Richard was deposed by Henry (of) Bolingbroke ([[Henry IV of England|King Henry IV]]) in 1399, he was arrested on 28 July at [[Bristol Castle]], together with [[William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]] and Sir Henry Grene, and the next day tried and beheaded for crimes of treason against the Kingdom.<ref name="ref2">*Chris Given-Wilson, 'Chronicles of the revolution, 1397-1400:The Reign of King Richard II' (Barnes & Noble, 1997), ISBN 9780719035272, pg 128</ref> |
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| ⚫ | he became a close confidante and advisor (together with Sir Henry Grene and Sir William Bagot) of |
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In [[Shakespeare]]'s play [[Richard II (play)|Richard II]] he appears as "Bushy". |
In [[Shakespeare]]'s play [[Richard II (play)|Richard II]] he appears as "Bushy". |
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Sir John Bussy (died July 29, 1399) of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire from 1393 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the 3 Parliaments between 1393 and 1398. He was most famous for orchestrating the loss of power to an 18-man subcommittee.[1]
His mother was Isabel, the daughter of John Paynell. He married twice; firstly in 1382 to Maud Neville, daughter of Sir Philip Neville and secondly in 1398 to Mary.He owned lands in Lincolnshire.
In 1378 secured a position with John o' Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, as the Steward of all his lands north of the Trent. He worked for the Duke until 1397 but had by then also became one of the councillors of Richard II.
he became a close confidante and advisor (together with Sir Henry Grene and Sir William Bagot) of Richard. When Richard was deposed by Henry (of) Bolingbroke (King Henry IV) in 1399, he was arrested on 28 July at Bristol Castle, together with William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Sir Henry Grene, and the next day tried and beheaded for crimes of treason against the Kingdom.[2]
In Shakespeare's play Richard II he appears as "Bushy".
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- Chris Give-Wilson, Chronicles of the revolution, 1397-1400: The Reign of Richard II (Barnes & Noble, 1997), pg 128
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