William Trussell (abt. 1226 - 1277)

Born <1214 Place unknown. Died >1268 Place unknown. Brother of Richard II Trussel, slain Evesham 1265 and Unnamed, father of Edmond, died 1312, patriarch of cadet branch of Floore.

[Book Of Fees, page 508] 1235-1236. Warwick - De Billesleg' W. Trussel pro feodo j. militis ij.m. [BOF, page 939] 1242-1243. Northampton – Feoda Simonis de Monte Forti de Honore Leycestrie. Willelmus Trussel tenet unum feodum in Merston'. [BOF, page 951] 1242-1243. Warwick and Leicester - Feoda Roberti de Stafford'. In Moreton dimidium feodum quod Wilelmus Trussel et Robertus Bagot tenent de predicto Roberto. [BOF, page 958] 1242-1243. Warwick and Leicester – Feoda Comitis Warr'. In Billisleg' j. feodum quod Willelmus Trussel tenet de predicto Mauricio le Butiler, et ipse de eodem comitie.

[CCR HIII] 1244. Roesia de Verdun attornat contra G. de Segrave et Halculfum de Neviir de placito debiti quod est coram rege, et sunt attornati Willelmus Trussel et Johannes de Bradicote.

[Calendar Patent Rolls HIII] 20 April 1246. Acquittance to Gilbert de Segrave for the castle of Sauvey, which he has delivered by order of the king to William Trussel, sheriff of Leicester.

[Calendar Liberate Rolls HIII] 6 November 1249. To the sheriff of Salop. Contrabreve to cause William Trussel to have 20 marks of the king's gift for his expenses in the king's service out of the issues of the amercements of the forest eyre.

[Calendar Close Rolls HIII] 1250. Pro comite Dereby — Mandatura est Willelmo Trussel, senescallo foreste in comitatu Norht', quod district! onem quam facit in feodo Willelmi de Ferrariis, comitis Dereb', in balliva sua pro expeditacione canum ponat in respectum usque ad reditum G. de Langel' de partibus borealibus. Teste ut supra.

[Calendar Liberate Rolls HIII] 17 October 1251. To the sheriff of Cumberland. Contrabreve to cause William Trussel to have 20 marks and Nicholas de Rumes' 10 marks out of the issues of the next forest eyre in the county, for their expenses in their forest eyre in counties Lancaster and Cumberland.

[Calendar Liberate Rolls HIII] 4 February 1253. To the sheriff of Northampton. Contrabreve to pay 20/ to William Trussel of the king's gift out of the issues of the amercements of the eyre or some other source.

[Calendar Patent Rolls HIII] 15 April 1254. Appointment of William Trussell and ----------- to extend by jury the lands late of W. de Ferariis, earl of Derby, and to send the same to the king's council, to wit, what they are worth yearly in demesnes, homages, rents, villeinages, woods, meadows, pastures, and all other issues. Afterwards these letters were changed, and this clause was added : — that they enquire how many knights fees were held of the earl, and what they are worth yearly; how many advowsons of churches belonged to him and what each church was worth by the year.

[Calendar Patent Rolls HIII] 12 October 1254. Appointment of the abbot of Peterborough, Master Simon de Wautton, Robert de Shotindon, William Trussel, John de Cave, and Nicholas de Haulo as justices of the eyre for common pleas the counties of Buckingham and Bedford.

[CPR HIII] 29 December 1254. Appointment of John, abbot of Peterborough, Master Simon de Wauton, Robert de Shotendon, Nicholas de Haudlo, William Trussel and John de Cave as justices in eyre this turn for common pleas in the counties of Gloucester and Stafford.

[Calendar Patent Rolls HIII] 18 January 1255. Mandate to William Trussell and the sheriff of Gloucester to go to St. Briavel's castle and view in what state the said James Fresal receives the castle and manor, and in what state Peter Chaceporc, sometime keeper thereof, left them; and to certify the king.

[Calendar Patent Rolls HIII] 28 May 1256. Appointment of Henry de Bathonia and Master Simon de Wauton, on complaint by William son of Nicholas, that there was an error before William Trussel and John de Cave, justices last in eyre in the county of Gloucester, at Bristol, in a plea that was before them between him and Peter la March touching a messuage in Bristol, to go to Bristol and by the record of the rolls of the said justices, which the king has commanded to come before them, or in any other way to correct the error in the said plea.

[Calendar Patent Roll HIII] 27 July 1256. Appointment of William Trussell to take an inquisition which the bailiffs of the queen have arramed against Roger de Mortuo Mari and his men of Cleybury touching a pasture in Hunesnen, county Salop.

[Calendar Patent Rolls HIII] June 1257. Appointment of William Trussell, --------------- to make diligent inquisition touching evildoers, plunderers, receivers and cut-throats in the county of Warwick and trespasses of the same, and to do justice thereof; also to deliver the king's gaol of Warwick on the quizine after Midsummer.

[Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem HIII V1] No. 679. William Maudut earl of Warwick. Warwick. Extent, Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul 52HIII [1268]. Bilesle [Billesley], 1 fee held by William Trussel.

The compiler of site that you mentioned has recorded Rose Pantulf as the wife of Richard Trussel, father of William II Trussel. There happened to be two men by the name, Richard I Trussel who had his lands confiscated in 1216 [Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, page 280b] and Richard II Trussel, the second son of Richard I Trussel and Isabel Malesoures who was slain at Evesham in 1265. This Richard also married a Rose, but cannot find any further information on the Rolls or with other publications of the Public Record Office [National Archives] as to her family.

With reference to the Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, Volume I.

Following the royalist win at the Battle of Evesham, inquisitions were held in every hundred as to what lands were held by the rebels and who collected the rentage that was due in October. The following three entries refer to Richard II Trussel.

No. 632 – October 1265. Buckinghamshire - Hundred of Molishoe. Hugh Wake, knight, was of the household of Richard Trussel, who sided with (stetit cum) Sir S. de Monte Forti, earl of Leicester. He has in Clifton a messuage, &c. worth 6/. a year, which was seized by Thomas de Clare, who restored it to Hugh the Sunday after St. Bartholomew. Hugh received the Michaelmas rents.

No. 844. 10 October 1265 Northampton - Hundred of Rowell. Sir Richard Trussell was killed in the battle of Evesham. He had two manors in the hundred, Thorp Maleshors and Merston. Sir Robert Pikot seized both. The manor of Thorp Maleshurs is worth 15/. 12d and Sir Robert received 52s. 10½ d. in Michaelmas rent. The manor of Merston is worth 12/. 8s. 8d. and Sir Robert received 60s. 11 d. in Michaelmas rent.

No. 929. October 1265 Warwickshire - Hundred of Knytelowe. Richard Trussel, who was killed at Evesham, had the homage of an escheat at Mulverton and Margery his mother’s sister (matartara sua) had all the rent by way of dower.

Richard and Isabel had a third son, whose name I cannot find, who was the father of Edmond, died 1312, who became the patriarch of the Trussel family of Floore and Nuthurst.