Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle was a Cornish lady whose domestic life from 1533 to 1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII is exceptionally well recorded, due to the survival of the Lisle Papers
Monumental brass of Honor Grenville on chest-tomb of her first husband
Sculptural relief showing arms of Sir John Basset (1462–1528) of Umberleigh (Barry wavy of six or and gules) impaling the arms of his wife, Honor Grenville (Gules, three clarions or)
Arthur Bassett (died 1586)
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Sir Arthur Bassett was a member of the prominent west-country Basset family and was MP for Barnstaple in 1563 and Devon in 1572. He served as JP for Devon from 1569 to his death and as Sheriff of Devo
Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle
…her life in retirement and obscurity, probably latterly at the Basset manor of Tehidy in the parish of Illogan in Cornwall, which in 1558 her grandson Arthur Basset (died 1586) conveyed to her for her life. She died at Tehidy and was buried in Illogan Church on 30 April 1566…
Small chest tomb (foreground) in Atherington Church, Devon, of Sir Arthur Basset (1541-1586) of Umberleigh and his wife Eleanor Chichester
Slate slab on top of chest tomb in Atherington Church, Devon, of Sir Arthur Basset (1541-1586) shows arms of Basset impaling Chichester