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Piero Hugon
Piero or Pierre Hugon (floruit 1600–1625) was a French servant of Anne of Denmark accused of stealing her jewels.
Piero Hugon was the first page of the bedchamber and trusted servant of Anne of Denmark, the wife of King James. Amongst the duties of daily attendance, in February 1613 he was sent to give Princess Elizabeth a jewel to wear at her wedding to Frederick V of the Palatinate. He travelled to the Danish court for her in 1618.
He may have been the queen's French servant noted in July 1614. Her brother Christian IV came to London incognito and managed to enter Denmark House (Somerset House) without being discovered. He was recognised in the audience chamber by "Cardel, a dancer" (Thomas Cardell) and the French servant agreed. He went to tell Anne of Denmark, who was dining in the gallery, and she laughed at him, thinking it was a kind of joke. Christian IV then entered the room. She took off a jewel she was wearing and gave it to the French servant.
There was another French-born gentleman servant, Arthur Bodren, who kept some household accounts and gave the architect Inigo Jones money for his work for the queen. Bodren had been a member of the household of the infant Princess Mary. Bodren, and the queen's Danish cook Hans Poppilman, were naturalised as denizens of England in July 1618. One of the pages of the bedchamber, Matthew Hairstanes, was Scottish.
Hugon is mentioned as "Mr Pero" and "Mr Peero" in the queen's inventories, in notes recording the moving of furniture.
Hugon was described as "her creature and favourite", and according to a letter describing the queen's last days, "Pira, and the Dutch woman that serves her" were the queen's closest attendants at the deathbed, excluding other courtiers from her presence.
After Anne of Denmark's funeral in May 1619, Piero Hugon and a "Dutch" servant called Anna were accused of theft. This Anna was perhaps the Danish Anna Kaas who had served the queen since her first days in Scotland, or Hugon's wife Anna who served the Queen as a chamberer.
The theft was discovered by one of the goldsmiths who supplied jewels to the queen, either William Herrick or George Heriot. An inventory of her jewels and plate was made by Sir Lionel Cranfield on 19 April 1619. George Heriot produced "models" or drawings of missing jewels which he had supplied to the queen, said to be worth £63,000.
Piero Hugon
Piero or Pierre Hugon (floruit 1600–1625) was a French servant of Anne of Denmark accused of stealing her jewels.
Piero Hugon was the first page of the bedchamber and trusted servant of Anne of Denmark, the wife of King James. Amongst the duties of daily attendance, in February 1613 he was sent to give Princess Elizabeth a jewel to wear at her wedding to Frederick V of the Palatinate. He travelled to the Danish court for her in 1618.
He may have been the queen's French servant noted in July 1614. Her brother Christian IV came to London incognito and managed to enter Denmark House (Somerset House) without being discovered. He was recognised in the audience chamber by "Cardel, a dancer" (Thomas Cardell) and the French servant agreed. He went to tell Anne of Denmark, who was dining in the gallery, and she laughed at him, thinking it was a kind of joke. Christian IV then entered the room. She took off a jewel she was wearing and gave it to the French servant.
There was another French-born gentleman servant, Arthur Bodren, who kept some household accounts and gave the architect Inigo Jones money for his work for the queen. Bodren had been a member of the household of the infant Princess Mary. Bodren, and the queen's Danish cook Hans Poppilman, were naturalised as denizens of England in July 1618. One of the pages of the bedchamber, Matthew Hairstanes, was Scottish.
Hugon is mentioned as "Mr Pero" and "Mr Peero" in the queen's inventories, in notes recording the moving of furniture.
Hugon was described as "her creature and favourite", and according to a letter describing the queen's last days, "Pira, and the Dutch woman that serves her" were the queen's closest attendants at the deathbed, excluding other courtiers from her presence.
After Anne of Denmark's funeral in May 1619, Piero Hugon and a "Dutch" servant called Anna were accused of theft. This Anna was perhaps the Danish Anna Kaas who had served the queen since her first days in Scotland, or Hugon's wife Anna who served the Queen as a chamberer.
The theft was discovered by one of the goldsmiths who supplied jewels to the queen, either William Herrick or George Heriot. An inventory of her jewels and plate was made by Sir Lionel Cranfield on 19 April 1619. George Heriot produced "models" or drawings of missing jewels which he had supplied to the queen, said to be worth £63,000.