| Warwickshire, England - Showing the old Trussell Estates at Billesley, Walton and Cubbington. William Trussell, a Norman, came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1068, the Trussells occupied the Billesley Estate, just west of Stratford-Upon-Avon. In the 1300's one of his descendents, Sir William Trussell, was successful in military exploits supporting King Edward III (Battle of Boroughbridge, March 1322) and managed to gain the King's favor and a position in Parliament. It was this Wm. Trussell, who, headed a delegation that called upon Edward III to abdicate in 1327. By the End of Sir Wm's time, the family controlled estates at Billesley, Cubbington and Walton in Warwickswhire, at Acton-Trussell in Cheshire, at Hale in Witchurch and at Peatling Magna as well. On the mid-late 1400's, the Trussells, living in the North of England, found themselves supporting the House of York and on the wrong side of the War of the Roses. Sir Aubrey (Avery) Trussell died along with 35,000 others in the battle of Towton. By the early 1600's, Sir Thomas Trussell, proprietor of Billesley, was arrested for highway robbery and executed. Though the Trussells were less prosperous in Tudor England, some continue to show up as members of the Royal Admiralty in the 1600's and in that same period John Trussell published a history of England. |
