When Lady Mary Hussey was born in 1514, in Linwood, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Robert Hussey, was 46 and her mother, Anne Saye, was 34. She married John Monson in 1538, in Blankney, Lincolnshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 March 1573, in Brinkhill, Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 59, and was buried in Brinkhill, Lincolnshire, England.
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Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
English: of Norman origin, a nickname for someone who habitually wore a distinctive pair of boots or gaiters, from Old French hosed, hoset, housé, Middle English hosey, hus(s)y,‘booted, gaitered’ (from Latin hosatus).
English: status name or nickname from Middle English hus(e)wyf ‘mistress of a family; wife of a householder’ (a compound of Old English hūs ‘house’ + wīf ‘woman’). Though originally a woman's name, it is often found as a male surname, presumably in a derogatory sense. The vocabulary word became hussie, with the meaning ‘disreputable woman’, in the 16th century; the surname, however, is not associated with this meaning.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa ‘descendant of Eodhus’. This was the name of a bardic family associated with the Maguires of Fermanagh, also Anglicized as Oswell or Oswald .
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