vendredi 20 septembre 2013

Baron



So let me start by correcting myself here, by talking how I wasn't able to find anything Henry Knighting taking place in 1558, I've actually re-read the devon Cary and actually he mentions that in fact he was knighted of the order of the bath at the moment of Elizabeth Crowning (Source) so it was another order than the one of the Garter. 

So let's move on and finally give him the barony of Hunsdon on 13 Jan. 1559 (Source), which apparently included lands in Eastwick, huntingfield in suffolk and Kent (next page from the Devon Cary) , most importantly it gave him Hunsdon house (you can see here how it looked in 1554 and the 400 pound grant a year (according to wiki)  along with an additional 4000 pound (according to the history of parliment)probably wasn't too bad either. I wonder what exactly was the though process behind the choosing of Hunsdon as the location of his barony.  It could be simply convenience or some other pragmatically reason, though the idea of a more personal connection seem possible to me if either Henry or Anne Morgan were at Hunsdon with Elizabeth in the past, but seriously I have no proof of this. While the history of parliament does mention that it indeed was because of childhood connection, its exact nature however isn't mention.

Apparently t the task given to him in Elizabeth household until he became governor was master of hawk, and I can't help but think that it sound pretty bad ass.

Here some more info on Hunsdon house
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43624

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