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Husee the elder traded principally in wine, and in 1500 he and several of his fellow merchants in
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during the years 1533 to 1540. Lord Lisle's correspondence was seized by the state when he was arrested in May 1540 for treason and heresy, and as a result, 515 letters written by Husee between 1533 and 1540 to Lord and Lady Lisle survive, mainly now preserved amongst the State Papers held at the
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Husee was compensated for his services with a post in the Calais garrison which by 1535 provided him with a daily wage of 8d. In
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giving alms to a cripple. On the long sides are shown various images of Death personified as a skeleton holding a coffin. His armorials are shown on the hearse-cloth as
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