Primary education he received in Belarus.
Hussowczyk became a courtier of Erazm Ciołek, the Bishop of Płock. In 1521 he accompanied the bishop on his year-long journey to Rome and he returned to Poland after Ciołek's death, settling in Kraków, where he probably had his ordination.
His best known works are:
«Carmen de statura feritate ac venatione bisontis» (English: «The Song about Bison, Its Stature, Ferocity and Hunt», written in Classical Latin, 1522).
«Nova et miranda victoria de Turcis mense Iulio» («New and famous victory over Turks in month of July») (1524, written in one day, under the impression from the victory of the Polish Great Hetman of the Crown Mikołaj Firlej over Turks by Trembowla on July 2, 1524).
«De vita et gestis Divi Hyacinthi» («Life and feats of St. Hyacynth») (about Polish Saint Hyacinth (Jacek Odrowąż)) (1525).