Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Untangling the Trussells [Part 2]

The sons of Sir William Trussell of Kibblestone and their descendants

1.1.1.1 Sir John Trussell (c. 1305 - 1358)
Sir John Trussell, eldest son and heir of Sir William Trussell and Maud de Mainwaring was probably born about 1305. In May 1318, he was excused from paying the scutage for one knight’s fee in Weybourne, Norfolk as his father was certified to have served in person in the Scottish campaigns of 1300, 1302 and 1306. [1]  In January 1326, Hillary term, 19 Edward II, Isabel widow of Sir William Trussell sued John son of William son of William Trussell of Kibblestone and Eleanor his wife for a third part of the manor of Kibblestone which she claimed as dower. [2] He was knighted before 8 August 1327 when he had a pardon for trespasses in respect of vert and venison in the forest of La Mare. [3] In January 1336, John Trussell of Kibblestone had licence for the alienation in mortmain of £10 of rent out of the manor of Rode to three chaplains to celebrate divine service daily in the parish church of Warmingham for the soul of him and for the soul of his mother. [4] In March 1336, he was pardoned a debt of 100s. required of him by the Exchequer for the balance of debts due from William Trussell, his grandfather, whose heir he is, when he was sheriff of Kent of Edward I. [5] In May and September 1336, he had protections going to Scotland. [6] On 2 March 1338, John Trussell of Kibblestone had licence to crenellate his dwelling-place of Kibblestone. [7] In May and September 1336, he had protections going to Scotland. [8] He fought in the Crecy campaign of 1346-7. [9] In Michaelmas term 1353, Warin Trussell, the younger (his son), said to be of full age, claimed the manors of Kibblestone and Sheriff Hales from him, but failed to appear in court. [10]

Sir John Trussell married firstly, before January 1326, Eleanor [11] and secondly, before October 1344, [12] Pernel, widow of Adam Banastre of Bretherton, Lancashire. [13] By his first wife, he had four sons, William, John, Fulk and Warin (a priest), [14] and by his second wife, a son Robert, living in June 1346. [15] Sir John Trussell died before Trinity term, 32 Edward III; May 1358. [16] His widow Pernel was living in October 1383. [17]

1.1.1.1.1 Sir William Trussell (c. 1325 – 1380)
Sir William Trussell son and heir of Sir John Trussell of Kibblestone and Eleanor his wife was probably born about 1325. He first appears in records in May 1347, when he was ordered to be arrested for suspected involvement in the abduction of Margery wife of Nicholas de la Beche and the murder of Michael Poynings. [18] In August 1347, his uncles William and Warin were sureties that he would surrender to the Marshalsea prison in London. [19] In February 1353, he was pardoned for a murder that he had committed in 1345. [20] On 26 October 1367, he had licence to crenellate his manor of Sheriff Hales in Shropshire and to enclose his park there. [21]

He married, before August 1337, Roese daughter of Hugh de Venables. [22] He left a will dated 21 February 1379, in which he mentions his brother Warin and Elizabeth his heir. [23] He died shortly before 23 February 1380. [24] His only daughter Katherine had predeceased him, leaving a daughter Elizabeth, whom the king married to Baldwin de Freville. Elizabeth died childless about 1383, when her heir was Margaret Trussell, wife of Sir Fulk Pembrugge.

1.1.1.2 Sir William Trussell (c. 1308 – 1363)
Sir William Trussell, second son of Sir William Trussell and Maud de Mainwaring was probably born about 1308. After the accession of Edward III, he found a place at court, probably through the influence of his cousin Sir William Trussell of Flore. He became a companion of the king and in January 1332 he is called king’s yeoman and was granted 50 marks yearly, for life, for his continual stay by the king's side. [25] A few days later he was granted the manor of Wokefield, Berkshire. [26] In February 1332, as William Trussell ‘the younger’ he had letters of protection, going overseas with his cousin Sir William Trussell ‘the elder’ (of Flore). [27] In March 1332, he surrendered the manor of Wokefield in exchange for the manor of Radstone, Northamptonshire. [28] In October 1332, he had a general pardon. [29] In November 1333, he was made constable of Beaumaris castle in Anglesey for life. [30] In February 1334, he was made sheriff of Anglesey. [31] In September 1334, the king granted that if Oliver de Bordeaux and Maud his wife died without heirs, then the manor of Foliejon in Windsor forest should remain to him. [32] In April 1335, he had licence to acquire the manor of Shottesbrooke in Berkshire. [33] In July 1335, he is mentioned as constable of Odiham castle, Hampshire. [34] In October 1335, he was granted custody of the lands of Hugh de St. John. [35] In April 1336, he had licence for the alienation in mortmain of the advowson of Shottesbrooke and rent there for 6 chaplains in the church of Shottesbrooke. [36] In March 1337, he was granted for life, exemption from assizes, juries, or recognisances, and from appointment as mayor, sheriff, escheator or other bailiff or minister of the king, against his will, etc. [37] In April 1340, he had a grant of the advowson of the church of Basildon, Berkshire. [38] He fought in the Crecy and Calais campaigns of 1346-7. [39] In December 1347, William Trussell of Kibblestone, Warin Trussell his brother, and John Brocas, knights, acknowledged a debt of £1,000 owed to John de Wigan, citizen of London. [40] In January 1359, he exchanged the manor of Foliejon and other land around Windsor for the manor of Eaton Hastings, Berkshire. [41] He was still constable of Odiham castle in September 1362. [42]

Sir William Trussell married, firstly before 1324, Isabel by whom he had a son John who was living in 1342 and then of Acton Trussell. [43] John died in his father’s lifetime, leaving a widow Katherine who married secondly Thomas del Hogh. [44] He married, secondly, before 1342, Ida, daughter of William Bottiler, and in her issue, one of the heirs of her brother, Edward Bottiler, clerk, who died on 20 August 1375.[45] Sir William Trussell died on 20 July 1363. [46] By Ida he had an only daughter and heir, Margaret, born in 1348. She married firstly, when very young, Nicholas son of John de Whiston who died in 1361. [47] She married secondly, before July 1363, Sir Fulk Pembrugge, but died childless on 10 June 1399, when her heir was William son of Lawrence son of Warin brother of William Trussell her father, aged 12 years and more (he died in January 1464). [48] Sir Fulk Pembrugge married secondly Isabel Lingen and died s.p. on 24 May 1409, when his heir was his sister Juliana, widow of Sir Richard Vernon of Harlaston. [49]

1.1.1.3 Sir Warin Trussell (c. 1310 – 1365)
Sir Warin Trussell, third son of Sir William Trussell and Maud de Mainwaring was probably born about 1310. On 20 January 1326, Oliver de Bordeaux, king's yeoman, had licence to enfeoff Matthew, vicar of the church of Old Windsor, of lands and rent in Eton, New Windsor, and Old Windsor, held in chief, and for Matthew to regrant the same to Oliver and Maud his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders in tail to William Trussell, son of Maud, to Warin his brother, and to the right heirs of Oliver. [50] In March 1341, he was owed £13 11s. 9d. in respect of his service overseas for the king. [51] In 1341, Sir Warin Trussel and his wife Maud had licence from the bishop of Worcester for an oratory for two years in their manor of Billesley, Warwickshire. [52] In August 1347, he and his brother William owed £200 to Michael Poynings. [53]  In December 1347, William Trussell of Kibblestone and Warin Trussell his brother and John Brocas, knights, acknowledged that they owed £1,000 to John de Wigan, warden of the prison of the Marshalsea, as a bond for William son of John Trussell. [54]

He married before 1341, Maud, daughter of John de St. Philbert, by his wife Ada de Botetourt. Sir Warin Trussell died before 7 July 1365. [55] Maud survived him and was living in December 1384 when she granted her part of the manor of Farlington, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire to her nephew Sir John Playce. [56]

Warin Trussel and Maud were succeeded by their son Laurence.

1.1.1.3.1 Laurence Trussell (c. 1355 – 1399)
Laurence, eldest son of Sir Warin Trussel was probably born about 1355. In February 1377, he quitclaimed his part of the manor of Farlington, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire to Sir Brian de Stapleton and Alice his wife. [57] In June 1383, he, and Maud his wife granted the manors of Elmesthorpe and Swepstone, Leicestershire and Bilton, Warwickshire to John Pavey and Joan his wife. [58] In June 1396, he was outlawed for non-payment of a debt of £80 owed to John, duke of Lancaster, but was pardoned by the king. [59]

He married before June 1383, Maud, daughter, and heiress of Sir Thomas Charnels (died before 1367). In 1377, Maud had successfully petitioned Parliament to recover the manors of Elmesthorpe and Swepstone, Leicestershire and Bilton, Warwickshire from John de Charnels of Bedworth. [60] Laurence Trussell died shortly before 8 July 1399. [61] Maud married secondly, Sir Robert Litton (died about 1415) and in February 1400, they were dealing with the manors of Elmesthorpe and Bilton. [62]

Laurence and Maud were succeeded by their son William, who in June 1399, when he was aged about 14, was the heir of his aunt Margaret, daughter of William Trussell. [63]




[1] Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326 (1927), 487.
[2] Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 9 (1888), 112.
[3] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 1: 1327-1330 (1891), 146.
[4] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338: (1895), 194.
[5] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338: (1895), 239.
[6] Grant G. Simpson and James D. Galbraith, eds., Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. 5 (Supplementary) (1970), 503, 504.
[7] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 4: 1338-1340 (1898), 22.
[8] Grant G. Simpson and James D. Galbraith, eds., Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. 5 (Supplementary) (1970), 503, 504.
[9] George Wrottesley, Crecy and Calais (1898), 33.
[10] Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 12 (1891), 118.
[11] Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 9 (1888), 112.
[12] Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/177/77, number 284.
[13] Fortieth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (1879), Appendix, 521.
[14] Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/286/36, number 93.
[15] Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/177/78, number 317.
[16] Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 12 (1891), 163.
[17] Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/178/87, number 57.
[18] Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 6, Edward III: 1347-1356 (1921), 31, 35.
[19] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 8: 1346-1349 (1905), 415, 419.
[20] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 9; 1350-1354 (1907), 408.
[21] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 14: 1367-1370 (1913), 17, 18.
[22] Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (1875), Appendix II: Recognizance Rolls of Chester, 476.
[23] Nicholas Harris Nicolas, ed., Testamenta Vetusta, vol. 1 (1826), 107.
[24] Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 9, Richard II: 1377-1383 (1926), 205.
[25] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 2: 1330-1334 (1893), 233.
[26] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 2: 1330-1334 (1893), 242.
[27] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 2: 1330-1334 (1893), 253.
[28] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 2: 1330-1334 (1893), 258.
[29] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 2: 1330-1334 (1893), 343.
[30] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 2: 1330-1334 (1893), 480.
[31] Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 4, Edward III: 1327-1337 (1913), 386.
[32] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338 (1895), 28.
[33] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338 (1895), 91.
[34] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338 (1895), 207.
[35] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338 (1895), 176.
[36] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338: (1895), 252.
[37] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 3: 1334-1338: (1895), 389.
[38] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 4: 1338-1340 (1898), 469.
[39] George Wrottesley, Crecy and Calais (1898), 158.
[40] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 8: 1346-1349 (1905), 419.
[41] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 11: 1358-1361 (1911), 148.
[42] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III, vol. 12: 1361-1364 (1912), 245.
[43] Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 11 (1890), 151.
[44] Register of Edward, the Black Prince, Part 3, (Palatinate of Chester): 1351-1365 (1932), 481.
[45] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 14, Edward III (1952), No. 100.
[46] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 11, Edward III (1935), 407, No. 533.
[47] Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 20 (New Series, vol. 2) (1899), 55.
[48] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 17, Richard II (1988), No. 1326.
[49] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 19, Henry IV (1992), No. 580.
[50] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward II, vol. 5: 1324-1327 (1904), 214.
[51] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 6, 1341-1343 (1902), 84.
[52] William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), 539.
[53] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 8: 1346-1349 (1905), 371.
[54] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 8: 1346-1349 (1905), 415, 419.
[55] Register of Edward, the Black Prince, Part 3, (Palatinate of Chester): 1351-1365 (1932), 481.
[56] Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II, vol. 2: 1381-1385 (1920), 610.
[57] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. 14: 1374-1377 (1913), 529.
[58] Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/126/68, number 21, CP 25/1/289/53, number 83.
[59] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II, vol. 5: 1391-1396 (1905), 682, 723.
[60] Special Collections: Ancient Petitions, SC 8/19/910,
Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II, vol. 1: 1377-1381 (1914), 40.
[61] Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (1875), Appendix II: Recognizance Rolls of Chester, 477.
[62] Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/290/59, number 6.
[63] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 17, Richard II (1988), No. 1326.

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