Hussey was implicated along with his cousin Lord Darcy as complicit in the 1536 uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace . Though Hussey denied participation in the rebellion , he was accused of conspiring to change laws and depose the king , and that he abetted those who made war on the king in October 1536 . The charges may have been levied in part because of Hussey 's Catholic sympathies , and because Hussey and his wife , having served ' Princess ' Mary , were partisans on her behalf . Hussey was indicted and tried for treason , and found guilty by the House of Lords . He was beheaded in Lincoln in 1536 , while his cousin , Thomas Darcy , was executed on Tower Hill . Hussey 's statement ( " confession " ) survives
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford