Piero Hugon

[1] 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.

[5] 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.

[17] James Howell heard rumours and wrote, "Q. Anne left a world of brave jewels behind, but one Piero, an outlandish man, who had the keeping of them, embezzled many, and is run away.

Hugon was also accused of sending the queen's money and some religious items after her death to a nunnery and to some Jesuits to pray for her soul.

[21] Edward Herbert discovered that the brother of Louis Richard, one of the queen's musicians, had carried packages to France for Hugon.

Edward Herbert made an inventory of two chests belonging to Hugon, and the contents were thought to include some of the queen's jewels.

[23] Maureen Meikle and Helen M. Payne propose that Hugon had become a significant figure in the queen's household after the departure of Jean Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe.

[24] Jemma Field argues from the same evidence that Anne of Denmark maintained a position that was a "middle path" or "via media" in her own religion.

[25] Piero Hugon was ennobled in France in 1618 and became the Sieur de Fourchaud, Givry, le Breuil et la Fouresthile.