The Trussebut Family
Agatha (Trussebut, Fitz Hamon) de Albini
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Hamon Fitz Hamon, Baron
of Wolverton
Hamon was born about 1165 (he was 20 years old in the Rotuli de dominabus which is dated 1185),
the son of Hamon, (who was the son of Menfelin, baron of Wolverton,
Buckinghamshire) and Matilda, probably the sister of William Manduit, Baron
of Hanslope. He is stated in the Rotuli de dominabus to be married in 1185
at the command of the king. It is known that Hamon married Agatha Trusbut,
but also that Hamon and Agatha had no surviving children, as Agatha's
inheritance passed on her death to her sister. We also know (from Dugdale's
Baronage p543, citing the Register of
Luffield) that Hamon was succeeded by "William, son of Hamon" who died in
1248, and then William's brother, Alan. A couple of possibilities exist -
that William was a brother of Hamon (and both then sons of Hamon, son of
Menfelin) or he was the son of this Hamon. The first possibility is
consistent with Hamon's early marriage being to Agatha, but if the latter
possibility is true, then Hamon must have had a first wife, by whom he had
sons William and Alan, and then married Agatha later.
Hamon had died by 1198, when Agatha is recorded as the wife of William
d'Albini, in alegal proceeding against his heir, William, which likely
occurred shortly after his death (Curia Regis Rolls Richard 1 -2 John p34).
Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de donatione
regis 1185 p14 (Stacey Grimaldi, 1830)
CLEILE HUNDREDUM.
Terra HAMUNDI filii HAMUNDI filii
MEINFELINI, in WIKE, valet per annum
iiij libris et x solidis, cum hoc instauramento; sciiicet, ij
carrucis, et l ovibus, et iiij vaccis, et iiij suibus, et j verre; et
quia nullum est ibi instauramentum, non valet nisi xxxvij solidis.
pp20-3
(Stacey Grimaldi, 1830)
HUNDREDUM DE SEGGEL’.
HAMO filius HAMONIS filii MEINFELIN,
cujus patcr obiit die Veneris ante Ascensionem, est in custodia
Domini Regis, et est xx annorum, et habet tres sorores datas, et j
monialem; et duxit uxoreni per preccptum Domini Regis, et est de
progenie COMITIS WARENNIE ex parte
patris, nepos WILLELMI MAUDUIT ex
parte matris. Terra sua in WULRINTONE valet annuatim
xxiij libris, cum dominio, sine placitis et tailagiis; cum hoc
instauramcnto, scilicet, v carrucis, ccc ovibus, x vaccis, et j
tauro, x suibus, et j verre; sed non est ibi aliquod instauramentum
nisi j vacca.
… MATILDA que fuit uxor HAMONIS MEINFELINI,
que est xlvi annorum, est de donatione Domini Regis. Terra sua in STOKES
valet vij libris et x solidis; et si esset bene instaurata, posset
valere x libris.
… CHELHUNTE, que est terra HAMONIS
filii HAMONIS MEINFELINI, valet
annuatim x libris et dimidia marca de asiso redditu, et viij summis
avene et dimidia. CESTRESHAM, que fuit WALTERI
DE BOLEBEC, fuit jam x annis in custodia REGINALDI
DE CURTENE, cum filia predicti WALTERI,
et valet annuatim xxx libris.
… PADEBERIA, que est terra HAMONIS
filii HAMONIS filii MEINFELINI, valet
iij libris et xij solidis, sine dominio; et dominium valeret iiij
libris et x solidis, si esset instauratum; et modo valet xx solidis.
This roughly translates as:
CLEILE HUNDRED.
The land of HAMUND, son of HAMUND,
son of MEINFELIN, in WIKE, is worth per
annum 4 pounds and 10 shillings, with this maintenance; namely, 2 carts,
and 50 sheep, and 4 cows, and 4 pigs, and 1 plough; and because there is
no maintenance there, it is not worth but 37 shillings.
HUNDRED OF SEGGELS.
HAMO son of HAMON son of MEINFELIN,
whose father died on Friday before Ascension, is in the custody of the
Lord King, and is twenty years old, and has three sisters given, and one
nun; and he married by the command of the Lord King, and is of the
lineage of the EARL of WARREN on his
father's side, grandson (or nephew) of WILLIAM MAUDUIT
on his mother’s side. His land in WOLVERTON is worth
twenty-three pounds annually, with the lordship, without pleas and
tailages; with this maintenance, namely, five carts, three sheep, ten
cows, and one bull, ten pigs, and one hog; but there is no maintenance
there except one cow.
… MATILDA who was the wife of HAMON MEINFELIN,
who is 46 years old, is of the gift of the Lord King. Her land in Stokes
is worth seven pounds and ten shillings; and if it were well restored,
it might be worth ten pounds.
… CHELHUNT, which is the land of HAMON,
son of HAMON MEINFELIN, is worth annually
10 pounds and a half marks of assise rent, and 8 sums of oats and a
half. CESTREHAM, which belonged to WALTER DE
BOLEBEC, has now been for 10 years in the custody of REGINALD
DE CURTENE, with the daughter of the aforesaid
WALTER, and is worth annually 30 pounds.
… PADEBERIA, which is the land of HAMON,
son of HAMON, son of MEINFELIN, is worth 3
pounds and 12 shillings, without lordship; and the lordship would be
worth 4 pounds and 10 shillings, if it had been restored; and now it is
worth 20 shillings.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p543
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Wolverton.
ABout the latter end of King Henry the Firſt’s Reign, Hamon
the Son of Menfelin, being Lord of Wolverton
(near Stony-Stratford, in Com. Buck.) gave Chaldewerdbury
to the Knights Templars: and, with the conſent b of Hamon
his Son, beſtowed c on the Monks of Luffield,
in Com. Northt. the Tithe of all the Bread ſpent in his houſe;
upon what place ſoever, on his own Land, he ſhould happen to be.
… Reſiding near the Foreſt, he was over bold in treſpaſſing there, for
which, in 22 Hen, 2. he paid g one hundred pounds,
but ſhortly after he died: for in 31 Hen. 2. Hamon his Son gave
h two hundred Marks tor Livery of his Lands. This Hamon
was i paternally allied to the Earl Warren; and
Nephew to William Manduit (Baron of Hanſlap) by
the Mother. Being k twenty years of age in 32 Hen.
2. and in l Ward, he was then married by the King’s
appointment.
In 6 Ric. 1. with Robert de Bullers, he gave n
three hundred Marks for their Purparties of the Lands of William
and Robert Trusbut: and the ſame year attended o the
King in his Expedition into Normandy.
To him ſucceeded William, called p William
the Son of Hamon of Wolverinton. Which William
ratified the Grant made by his Father to the Monks of Luffield,
of the Church of Thornburgh; and died in Anno 1248. (31 Hen.
3.) leaving Alan his Brother and Heir
b c Ex Regiſt. de Luffield penès Dec. & cap
Weſtmonaſt.
g Rot. Pip. 22 H. 2. Buck. Bedf.
h Rot. Pip. 31 H. 2. a. Buck.
i k l m Rot. Dominabus, &c. tit. Buck. rot. 4.
n Rot. Pip 6 R. 1. Ebor.
o Rot. Pip. 6 R. 1. Buck
p Regiſt. de Luffield, ut supra.
William d'Albini by 1198
In 1198, Agatha is named as the wife of William d'Albini is a legal
proceeding against the heir of her first husband, which likely occurred soon
after Hamon's death (Curia Regis Rolls Richard 1 -2 John p34).
William was the son of William d'Albini and Cecilia, and was still a minor
at his father's death in 14 Henry II (1167-68). William was married firstly,
to Margaret de Umfraville, with whom he had four sons, Odonel, William,
Robert, and Nicholas. He died at Offington in 1236 (20 Hen. III), and was
buried in the Abbey of Newstead, which he had founded, but his heart under
the wall opposite to the High Altar at Belvoir.
In this charter, William names his former wife, Margaret, and his present
wife, Agatha Trussebut.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p562
(William Dugdale, 1849)
Prioratus
sive Hospitale de Novo-loco, juxta Stamforde, in Comitatu
Lincolniæ.
NUM. I.
Carta
Willielmi de Albiniaco Tertii, de Dotatione ejusdem Domus.
[Ex vetusto
exemplari penès Johannem Vincent generosum. an. 1652.]
UNIVERSIS
sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis ad quos præsens scriptum pervenerit,
Willielmus de Albiniaco tertius salutem in Domino. Noverit universitas
vestra me, divinæ pietatis intuitu, dedisse, concessisse, et hac
præsenti cartâ meâ confirmâsse, in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, de
assensu Willielmi de Albiniaco primogeniti mei et hæredis et aliorum
etiam hæredum meorum, pro salute animæ meæ, et Agathæ Trussebut uxoris
meæ, et pro anima Margaretæ quondam uxoris meæ; et pro animabus omnium
antecessorum et successorum meorum, Deo et hospitali, quod fundatum
est in honore beatæ Mariæ semper virginis ad pontem de Wass; inter
Stamford et Offington, et fratribus ibidem Deo servituris, et Adæ
ejusdem hospitalis magistro et successoribus suis, ad præsentationem
meam et hæredum meorum, quotiens præfato hospitali vacare contigerit,
per diœcesanum loci, qui pro tempore fuerit canonicè instituendis,
scilicet locum in quo capella beatæ Mariæ sita est, cum tota curia
adjacente, et totum molendinum meum de Offington, cum secta, tam
dominici mei, quàm servientium curiæ meæ et tenentium meorum, et cum
omnibus aliis ad dictum molendinum pertinentibus, ita integrè sicut
ego vel aliquis antecessorum meorum unquam meliùs et liberiùs dictum
molendinum tenuimus, cum tota etiam terra subscripta.
This roughly translates as:
The
Priory or Hospital of New-place, near Stamford, in the County of
Lincoln.
No. I.
Charter of William de Albiniacus Tertius,
concerning the Endowment of the same House.
[From an old copy in the possession of John
Vincent, gentleman, in the year 1652.]
To all the sons of the holy mother church, to
whom the present writing has reached, William de Albiniacus the third,
greeting in the Lord. Let all know that I, in view of divine piety, have
given, granted, and confirmed my present charter, in pure and perpetual
alms, with the consent of William de Albiniacus, my eldest son and heir,
and my other heirs also, for the safety of my soul, and of Agatha
Trussebut, my wife, and for the soul of Margaret my former wife, and for
the souls of all my predecessors and successors, to God and to the
hospital which was founded in honor of the blessed Mary forever virgin
at the bridge of the Wass; between Stamford and Offington, and the
brethren serving God there, and to the master of the same hospital and
his successors, for the presentation of myself and my heirs, whenever it
happens to be vacant in the aforesaid hospital, by the diocesan of the
place, who for the time being canonically instituted, namely, the place
where the chapel of the blessed Mary is situated, with the whole court
adjoining, and the whole of my mill of Offington, with the course, both
of my lord, and of the servants of my court and of my tenants, and with
all others belonging to the said mill, as completely as I or any of my
ancestors have ever held the said mill to the best and free, with all
the land also subscribed.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p113-5
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Todenei.
William de Albini the ſecond, alias, Meſchines,
as alſo Brito, … had 4 two Wives Adelize, and
Cicilie; and departing this Life in the fourteenth year of King Henry
the ſecond, was buried in the old Church of the Priory of Belvoir,
before the Croſs (both his Wives being interred not farr from him)
leaving iſſue ſ William de Albini the third in ward
to the King, in 14 H.2. as appeareth t by the
Accompt of William Baſſet, at that time Sheriff of Roteland,
who then anſwering for the iſſues of this his Barony, had allowance for
his maintenance.
… This William de Albini the third was * with King Richard
the firſt in his Army in Normandy, in the ſixth year of
his Reign.
And in 7 Ric. 1. had the Sheriffalty of the Counties of Warwick
and Leiceſter, for the laſt half of that year: So alſo x
of Roteland, in 8,9, & 10 Ric. 1. and again
of Warwick and Leicefter, for the laſt
half of the ninth year.
In 10 R.1. he was likewiſe Sheriff for Buck. and Bedfordſh.
in which year he accounted y to the King ſix hundred Marks
for Agatha Trusbut, with her inheritance (whom he afterwards
took to Wife) So alſo z in 1 Joh.
In 2 Joh. he had a Special Licenſe * to make a Park at Stoke,
in Com. Northampton, and liberty to hunt the Fox and Hare (it
lying within the precinct of the Kings Foreſt of Rokingham.)
In 3 Joh. upon a that diſcontent of the
Barons, by reaſon the King would not reſtore them their rights, which
cauſed b their refuſal to attend him into Normandy;
he thereupon requiring c the delivery of their Caſtles into
his hands, began d firſt with this William, and
demanded e Belvoir; who, ſubmitting, gave up
his Son in Hoſtage, and fo retained it ſtill.
In 4 Joh. the King by his Charter f dated at
Alencon, in Normandy, 15 Jan. gave
him the Lordſhip of Oskynton (now called Ouſton)
in Com. Notingham and an hundred ſhillings of Socage Land lying
in Wilberſton and Stoke, in the County of
Northampton.
In 16 Joh. he. was joyned in g Commiſſion
with the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, William Earl Warren
and others, for the ſafe conducting all thoſe perſons, who came to London,
in the terme of the Epiphany, next after the relaxation of the
interdict, to make their addreſſes to the King for their great offences;
and thence to the Kings Court at Northampton, and ſo to
their own homes. He was h alſo one of thoſe twenty five
Barons, who ſwore to the obſervation of Magna Charta, and Charta
de Foreſta, Sealed by the King at Runnimede, in the
ſeventeenth year of his Reign; and obliged themſelves by Oath, that they
would compell the King, in caſe he ſhould recede.
He likewiſe had ſpecial Summons i by Robert
Fitz-Walter (commonly called Mareſchallus Dei & Eccleſie,
in that grand inſurrection of the Barons) to be at the Tournament at Hounſlow-heath,
which was adjourned thither from Stanford, upon Munday
next enſuing the feaſt of S. Peter and Paul.
But comming not accordingly, he received d divers
other meſſages from thoſe Barons, whereby he had no little rebuke for
his delay: which ſo allarmed him; that e leaving his Caſtle
of Belvoir well fortified, victualled; and in the cuſtody
of ſuch in whom he faithfully confided, he haſted f to
London; and being there received g with much
joy, by the reſt of thoſe Barons, was by them made g choice
of (as a perſon moſt valiant and expert in Armes) to be Governor of Rocheſter
Caſltle (by the treachery of the then Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
delivered into the hands of the Kings Enemies.)
Which when he entred i; and found neither Armes,
Ammunition, nor Victual therein: As alſo diſcerning, that thoſe who
accompanied him thither, had no minde to ſtay in it; he told them how
diſhonorable it would be ſo to leave it; and therefore ſuddenly got in
all the proviſion of food, that could be found in the Town. But, having
not time to look out into the Countrey for more; in regard the King came
within three days upon them with his Army, conſiſting moſt of Poictovins,
Gaſcoines, with a great number out of Lovain, Brabant,
and Flanders; and begirt it with a ſtraight ſeige; they
defended themſelves with all valor imaginable; making divers bold
fallies; with hope to have relief from the reſt of the Barons of their
party, who then were at London. Howbeit, when they ſaw no
likelyhood thereof; and that the Kings forces had, by undermining,
thrown down their outer Walls, and made upon them a fierce aſſault; ſuch
was their valor (though wearied with long watchings, and weakned by
hunger) that they courageouſly beat them off. And at the laſt this hardy
William, and thoſe other of the Nobles who were then with him,
accounting it moſt diſhonorable to periſh by Famine, when they could not
be vanquiſhed by force (all their food being ſpent) came out of the
Caſtle, and ſubmitted themſelves to the King, upon the feaſt day of S. Andrew
the Apoſtle.
But the King, by reaſon of the vaſt charge he had been at in that
ſeige (which continued little leſs then three Months) and loſs of many
of his Souldiers, that had been ſlain therein; was ſo highly enraged,
that without any mercy, he commanded k that all the Noble
men ſhould be hanged. Which ſevere ſentence was ſo diſtaſted by Savaricus
de Malloleone, a noble Poictovin (then one of the chief
commanders in the Kings Army) that he boldly told the King, that the
Warr being not yet ended, he ought well to confider the uncertain chance
thereof: adding that if he hanged theſe; the Barons (his adverſaries)
might upon the like advantage, deal as cruelly with thoſe of his party,
which might occaſion a totall deſertion of him. Whereupon the King, well
weighing the Danger, forbore the execution of that his ſharp ſentence;
and inſtead thereof committed l this our William de
Albini, William de Lancaſter, Thomas de Muleton, Osbert Giffard,
and divers other Noble perſons unto the Cuſtody * of Peter de Mauley;
who ſent ſome of them to the Caſtle of Corff, there to be
kept under ſtrit impriſonment; and ſome to the Caſtle of Notingham,
It is obſerved by my Author m; that the King with
ſome of his chief Commanders, one day going about this Caſtle of Rocheſter,
to view the ſtrength thereof; was diſcerned by an excellent Bow-man, who
thereupon asked this William de Albini, whether he ſhould kill him
with his Arrow, that he had then in readineſs; and that he
anſwered No. As alſo, that the Bow-man replied, He would not
ſpare us, if he had the like advantage. To whom William
returned, Gods will be done, who will diſpoſe and not be.
During the reſtraint of this William, at Corff;
the King being n then at Notingham, marcht o
the morrow after Chriſtmas day, to the Town of Langar;
and, there reſting that night, ſent a ſolemne Summons to Belvoir
Caſtle the next morning; requiring the ſpeedy delivery thereof; and
withall ſignifying p to thoſe that held it, that if they
infiſted on any conditions, the Lord thereof ſhould never eat more.
Whereupon Nicholas de Albini, one of his Sons (who was a Clerk
in Orders ) taking with him Sir Hugh Charnels Knight, to
preſerve his Father from that miſerable Death, carried q the
Keys of this Caſtle to the King, and delivered them to his hands; upon
condition, that his Father ſhould be mercifully dealt with, and they
with their Horſe and Arms remain in peace. Which being promiſed, and the
Caſtle ſo rendred, the King marcht forthwith thither, and committed it
to the cuftody r of Geffrey de Butville, and Oliver
his brother (two Poictovins) taking the oath of fidelity of all
others he left therein.
Whilſt he was thus priſoner at Corf, his Mannor of
Offington, being ſeiſed on by the King, was given ſ
to William Earl Warren for the better defence of his
Caſtle of Stanford.
It is farther obſervable t of this William de
Albini; that ſtanding firmly with the other Barons in oppoſition
to King John, he was one of thoſe, that Pope Innocent
the third then excommunicated by name, for ſo doing; whoſe ſentence
bears date at Lateran, 17 Kal. Jun. the ſame
year. But his ſtout heart being at length humbled, he gave u
a ſine of ſix thouſand marks for his liberty: which ſumme of money was
raiſed * by Agatha Trusbut his Wife, out of his own Lands; the
King commanding x, that they ſhould be delivered into her
hands for that purpoſe; with power * to ſell and mortgage of them what
ſhould be needfull: ſending likewiſe his ſpecial precept y
to all his Tenants, to give him effectual aid towards the Raiſing of
that great Summe,
Having thus made fine to King John for his redemption, he
thought it his ſafeſt way to be quiet; and therefore ſubmitted himſelf
peaceably to King Henry the third. But being not well to be
truſted, was conſtrained to yeild z up his Wife Agatha,
for an hoſtage; and after, in her ſtead, his Son a Nicholas
the Prieſt. Howbeit, ere long, he grew in ſuch eſteem with that King;
that he was made one of the cheif Commanders in his Army in that
memorable Battle of Lincoln, in the year 1217 (being the
firſt year of his Reign) where the rebellious Barons with Lewes
of France (whom they had brought in with purpoſe to be
made King) were totally overthrown. And afterwards had the Caſtle of Muleton
(in Com. Linc.) and all the Lands and fees of Thomas de
Muleton (one of thoſe Barons) committed to his cuſtody b
with Lands and Fees, the King had ſeized on as an Eſcheat: and ſhortly
after, in conſtderation c of a Palfrey, which he gave to the
King (then at Blithe in Com. Noting.) obtained d
the wardſhip and marriage of Hugh ſon and heir to Henry de
Nevill (a great man in that time ) then minority.
This William, for e the health of his Soul,
and the Soul of Agatha then his Wife; but eſpecially f
for the Soul of Margery his former wife, gave to the Monks of Belvoir,
one ſheaf of every kind of Grain, ariſing out of all his Lands belonging
to his Lordſhips of Belvoir, Wulſtorp, Botelesford, Oskington,
and Stokes. Moreover, for h the health of his
own Soul, and the Souls of theſe his Wives, he founded i and
plentifully endowed k the Hoſpital of our Lady, called New-ſtede,
at Waſſebridge, betwixt Stanford and Offington,
in Com. Linc.
The firſt of theſe his Wives; viz. Margery l,
was Daughter m to Odenel de Umfranvile (a great
Baron in Northumberland.) The ſecond Agatha m,
Daughter n and coheir of . . . . . . Trusbut an
eminent Baron in Yorkſhire) and Widow of . . . . .
By the firſt of theſe his Wives, he had iſſue o William
de Albini the fourth, his ſon and heir; Odonel p
taken priſoner q with him at Rochester, and
carried to Corf, (who lieth buricd at Belvoir,)
as alſo r Robert, and Nicholas. And being ſ
a ſtout and valiant Souldier, moſt nobly qualified and full of dayes,
departed t this lite at Offintune, the morrow
preceding the Nones of May, in the year 1236 (20 Hen.
3.) whereupon his body was buricd u in that his Hoſpital at
Newſtede; and his Heart * under the Wall oppoſite to the
high Altar at Belvoir.
Shortly after whoſe death, William his Son and
Heir (called x William de Belvoir during his Fathers
life; and afterwards William de Albini, the fourth) paying y
an hundred pound for his Releif, had livery z of his
Inheritance.
ſ Ibid.[Monaſt. Anglic. Vol 1.] 329 a. 24
t Rot. Pip: 14 H 2. Rotel.
* Rot. Pip. 6 R. 1. Eſſex. & Hertf. Lin.
Buck. & Bedf.
x Rot. Pip. de üſdem ann.
y z Rot. Pip de üſd ann. Buck. & Bedf
* Cart. 2 Joh. m. 8. n. 23.
a b c d R. Hoved. f. 465 b. n. 10.
f Cart. Antiq. AA. n. 11.
g Pat. 16 John. m 7.
h Mat. Paris, in ann. 1215.
i Ibid.
d e f M. Paris, ut ſupra.
g h Ibid.
i Ibid.
k Ibid.
l Ibid.
* Clauſ. 17 Jo. m. 14.
m Mat. Paris, ut ſupra.
n o p q An. 1216 (18 Joh.) M. Paris, 275. n.
29.
r Ibid.
ſ Clauſ. 17 Jo. m. 11.
t Mat. Paris, p. 277 n. 19.
u Rot. Fin. 18 Joh m 1.
* x Pat. 18 Jo. m 7. Clauſ. 18 Joh m.6. M.
Weſtm. in an. 1215
* Pat. 18 Joh. m.6.
z a Pat 1 H 3. m 7.
b Clauſ. 1 H. 3. m. 13
c d Clauſ. 5 H. 3. m. 7
e f Moaſt Ang. Vol. 1. 330.a.n.40
h i k Monaſt Ang vol.2. 444. b. n. 30 446 .
a. n. 10
l m Ibid 330. a. 55
n Clauſ 20 H. 3. m. 12.
o Monaſt Ang. Vol 2 446 b. l. 20
p Monaft Ang. Vol 1. 328. a. n. 20
q Mat. Paris, in ann. 1215
r Monaſt Ang. Vol 2 426. b. ut ſupra
ſ t u * Mon. Ang. Vol 1 318. b. n. 10
x Rot. Pip. 20 H.3. 2. m.
y z Rot. Fin. 20 H.3 Lin.
The history and antiquities of the county of
Buckingham pp101-2 (George Lipscomb, 1847)
The
second William de Albini was surnamed Meschines, as well as Brito, and
had, by Hen. II. many parts of his inheritance restored; and among them
was Clifton. In the 12th year of the reign of that King, he certified
his Knights’ fees to be thirty-eight and a half, of which Simon de Bosco
Rahara (Borrard), the feudatory tenant of Clifton, held three.
He had two wives, Adelize and Cecilia; and, dying 14 Hen. II. was buried
in the old Church of the Priory of Belvoir, leaving issue by Cecilia,
William de Albini, the third, a minor, and in ward to the King.13
William de Albini, the third, attained his full age before the
death of Hen. II. In 6 Ric. I. he was with that King in his army in
Normandy; and had the Sheriffalty of Warwick and Leicester for the last
half of the following year. He was also Sheriff of Rutland in the 8th,
9th, and 10th of the same King, and Sheriff of Warwick and Leicester for
part of one of those years. In 1198, (10 Ric. I.) he was Sheriff of
Buckingham and Bedford; and in that year accounted to the King for six
hundred marks for the inheritance of Agatha Trusbut, whom he afterwards
married.14 In 1201, (3 Joh.) upon the discontent of the
Barons, he took part against the King; and, being a person of known
valour and great military capacity, was made, by the Barons, Governor of
Rochester Castle, where he endured a very close siege, and only at last
surrendered in fear of famine. By his rebellion, his estates were
forfeited to the Crown; but he grew so much into favour afterwards with
Hen. III. as to be appointed a principal commander in the army at the
Battle of Lincoln, and obtained the restitution of the greater part of
his estates, although not the Lordship of Clifton.1 He
married, first, Margery, daughter of Odonel de Umfraville; and, secondly
(as has been mentioned), Agatha, daughter and co-heir of William
Trusbut, widow of Hamon Fitz Hamon, Baron of Wolverton. By Margery, his
first wife, this William de Albini had four sons; Odonel, who died in
his lifetime; William, Robert, and Nicholas, who survived him.2
He died at Offington in 1236 (20 Hen. III); and his body was buried in
the Abbey of Newstead, which he had founded, but his heart under the
wall opposite to the High Altar at Belvoir.3
13 Dugd. Bar. p. 113.
14 Ibid. p. 114
1 See Banks’s Extinct Baronage, vol. i. p. 183 and
Test, de Nevil, p. 5.
2 Ibid. vol. i. p. 183.
3 Dugd. Bar. tom. i. p. 115.
Curia
Regis Rolls Richard 1 -2 John p34 (1922)
1198. [m. 1 cont.]
Bukingham.—Agatha uxor
Willelmi de Aubign’ ponit loco suo Willelmum virum suum versus
Willelmum filium Hamonis de placito terre ad lucrandum vel perdendum.
This roughly translates as:
Buckingham.—Agatha, wife of
William de Aubign, puts William her husband in her place against William
son of Hamon concerning a plea of land to gain or lose.
p259
1200. [m. 5d
cont.]
Linc’.—Agatha Trussebut
que se essoniavit de malo lecti versus Willelmum de Tillingham et
uxorem suam et Jacobum, mandavit ad curiam quod convaluit et petiit
licenciam veniendi ad curiam et habuit.
This roughly translates as:
Lincoln.—Agatha Trussebut, who essoined herself for
bed-sickness against William de Tillingham and his wife and James, sent
to the court that she had recovered and asked for leave to come to the
court: and she had it.
Agatha was given up as a hostage to the King to ensure the good behaviour of
her husband, William de Albini, who had rebelled against the king, but then
paid a huge fine for his redemption. Her place as a hostage was later taken
by her stepson, Nicholas.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1216-1225 p45
(1901)
1217.
[m. 10.]
De obside recipiendo.—Rex
Philippo Marc[i], salutem. Mandamus vobis quod in octabis clausi
Pasche, anno regni nostri primo, recipiatis Nicholaum, filium Willelmi
de Albuniaco, clericum, quem idem Willelmus nobis liberavit in obsidem
pro Agatha uxore sua. Et cum ipsum Nicholaum receperitis, eum in
pulcra custodia salvo custodiri faciatis, donee aliud vobis inde
mandaverimus. Et quoniam nondum etc. Teste comite, apud Wintoniam,
xxij die Marcii.
This roughly translates as:
On receiving a hostage.—King
greeting to Philip of Mark. We command you that on the octave of Easter,
in the first year of our reign, you receive Nicholas, son of William de
Albini, a cleric, whom the same William freed to us as a hostage for
Agatha his wife. And when you receive Nicholas himself, you cause him to
be kept safe in good custody, until we command you otherwise. And since
not yet etc. Witness the earl, at Winchester, the 22nd day of March.
p47
1217.
[m. 10.]
De obside deliberando.—Rex
Petro de Maulay, salutem. Mandamus vobis quod, cum dilectus et fidelis
noster Willelmus de Albuniaco vobis liberaverit in obsides, Willelmum
filium Henrici de Nevill, de Hale, et Willelmum filium Osberti de
Roby, tunc sine dilacione liberetis eidem W. de Albuniaco Agatham
Trussebut, uxorem suam. Manuceperunt etiam H. de Burgo, justiciarius,
W. comes Sarrisburie, W. filius comitis W. Marescalli, Johannes
Marescallus et Paganus de Chaorciis, quod idem Willelmus, ad octabas
instantis clausi Pasche, anno regni nostri primo, liberabit venerabili
patri nostro, domino Guale, apostolice sedis legato, Nicholaum filium
suum, in obsidem de fideli servicio nobis faciendo, et inde plegios se
constituerunt. Teste comite, apud Wintoniam, xxij die Marcii.
This roughly translates as:
Regarding the hostage issue,—King
greeting to Peter de Maulay. We command you that when our beloved and
faithful William de Albini has delivered to you as hostages, William son
of Henry de Nevill, of Hale, and William son of Osbert de Roby, then you
shall without delay deliver to the same W. de Albini his wife, Agatha
Trussebut. H. de Burgo, justiciary, W. earl of Sarrisbury, W. son of
earl W. Marshal, John Marshal and Pagan of Charcots have also given a
warrant, that the same William, on the octave of Easter, in the first
year of our reign, will deliver to our venerable father, lord Guale,
apostolic legate of the see, his son Nicholas, as hostage for doing us
faithful service, and they have made themselves pledges therefor.
Witness the earl, at Winchester, the 22nd day of March.
p62
1217.
[m. 8.]
De obside deliberando.—
Rex Philippo Marci, salutem. Mandamus vobis quod, accepta securitate
ab Agatha, uxore Willelmi de Albuniaco, simul cum plegiagio W. comitis
Sarrisburie, et W. Marescalli, junioris, quod infra viij dies post
summonicionem nostram revertetur in prisonam nostram, si obsides, quos
prius nobis liberare promiserat, habere non possit, tunc ipsam
Agatham, sine dilacione et difficultate aliqua, predicto Willelmo
liberetis. Et in hujus rei testimonium, has literas etc. vobis inde
mittimus. Teste comite, apud Merleberge, xxix die Aprilis, anno regni
nostri primo.
This roughly translates as:
Regarding the hostage issue,—King
greeting to Philip of Mark. We command you that, having received
security from Agatha, wife of William of Albion, together with the
pledge of W. Earl of Sarrisbury, and W. Marshal, junior, that within
eight days after our summons she will return to our prison, if she
cannot have the hostages whom she had previously promised to free us,
then you will release Agatha herself to the aforesaid William, without
any delay or difficulty. And in testimony of this matter, we send you
these letters etc. from there. Witness the earl, at Merleberge, the 29th
day of April, in the first year of our reign.
p66
1217.
[m. 7.]
De obside deliberando.—Rex
Philippo Marci, salutem. Mandamus vobis quod cum Willelmus de
Albuniaco vobis libera verit in obsidem Nicholaum de Albuniaco,
clericum suum, tunc sine dilacione liberetis eidem Willelmo, Agatham
Trussebut, uxorem suam ; predictum vero Nicholaum in pulcra custodia
custodiatis, donee aliud vobis inde mandaverimus. Et in hujus rei
testimonium, has literas nostras patentes etc. Teste eodem comite,
apud Geytinton, xxvj die Maii, anno ut supra.
This roughly translates as:
Regarding the hostage issue,—King
greeting to Philip of Mark. We command you that when William de Albini
shall have delivered to you as hostage Nicholas de Albini, his clerk,
then you shall without delay deliver to the same William, Agatha
Trussebut, his wife; but you shall keep the aforesaid Nicholas in good
custody, until we shall command you otherwise from thence. And in
testimony of this matter, these our letters patent etc. Witness the same
earl, at Gayton, the 26th day of May, in the year as above.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p174 (William
Dugdale, 1661)
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio Agathæ Truſſebut de iiii. bovatis terre in
Wartria.
OMnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos præſentes literæ pervenerint,
Agatha Truſſebuth ſalutem æternam in domino. Noverit
univerſitas veſtra, me divinæ pietatis intuitu, pro ſalute animæ meæ
& omnium anteceſſorum meorum, conceſſiſſe & hac præſenti Cartâ
meà confirmaſſe in legia poteſtate et liberâ viduitate meâ Deo &
Eccle æ ſancti Jacobi de Wartria, & Canonicis
ibidem ſervientibus in liberam puram & perpetuam elemoſinam,
quatuor bovatas terræ in villa de Wartria, cum omnibus,
pertinentiis, libertatibus, & ayſiamentis ſuis intra villam &
extra, & cum hominibus dictas bovatas terræ tenentibus, & cum
omnibus catallis & ſequelis ſuis abſque ullo retenemento;
videlicet quas habent de dono Thomæ de Dayvile, prout
Carta ipſius Thomae plenids teſtatur. Quas ſcilicet ego Agatha
eidem Thomæ pro ſervicio ſuo dedi. Et ego Agatha
Truſſebuth & hæredes mei dictas iiii. bovatas terræ, cum
pertinentiis, libertatibus, & ayſiamentis ſuis intra villam &
extra, cum hominibus eaſdem bovatis terræ tenentibus, & cum
catallis & ſequelis ſuis, dictis Canonicis de Wartria
contra omnes homines warantizabimus & de omnibus rebus,
exactionibus, conſuetudinibus, & demandis imperpetuum defendemus;
ut autem hæc omnia ſupra memorata rata & inconcuſſa imperpetuum
permaneant, præſentem paginam ſigillo meo ſignatam præſatis Canonicis
de Wartria dedi in teſtimonium. Hiis teſtibus, &c.
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation of Agatha Trussebut of 4 bovates of land in Wartria.
To all the
faithful of Christ to whom the present letters have reached, Agatha
Trussebuth eternal salvation in the Lord. Let all know that, in the view
of divine piety, for the safety of my soul and of all my ancestors, I
have granted and confirmed this present Charter in my legal power and
free widowhood to God and to the Church of Saint James of Wartria, and
to the canons serving there in free, pure and perpetual alms, four
bovates of land in the town of Wartria, with all their appurtenances,
liberties, and easements within the town and outside, and with men
holding the said bovates of land, and with all their cattle and herds,
without any retention; that is to say, which they have of the gift of
Thomas de Dayvile, as the Charter of Thomas himself testifies. Which of
course I Agatha gave to the same Thomas for his service. And I, Agatha
Trussebuth, and my heirs, will warrant the said 4 bovates of land, with
their appurtenances, liberties, and easements within the town and
outside, with the men holding the same bovates of land, and with their
chattels and their sequels, to the said Canons of Wartria against all
men. We will defend forever the things, exactions, customs, and
questions; and that all these above-mentioned things may continue
forever and unshakable, I have given the present page, sealed with my
seal, to the presiding Canon of Wartria as a witness. To these
witnesses, &c.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard, Geffrey, and Robert;
and three m Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria, and Agatha.
... But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three Siſters became Heirs
q to the Eſtate; Roſe being Wife to Everard de
Ros (a great Baron in Holderness) Hillaria
t of Robert de Budlers; and Agatha firſt of .
. . . . . . . . . . . . and afterwards of William de Albini of Belvoir
(the third of that name.)
Of which three Siſters, Hillaria departing x
this life without Iſſue; the Lands of her Inheritance were ſhared y
betwixt William de Ros, Grandſon to Roſe the eldeſt
Siſter (viz. Son of Robert, Son of Everard de Ros
above-mentioned) and Agatha the third Siſter, Widow of William
de Albini (as hath been ſaid.)
m Ibid.[Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2.] 30 a. l. 56
q Ibid.[Monast. Anglic.] 30 a. n. 50
t Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2. 146 b. 13 & 53
x y Rot. Fin. 25 H. 3. m. 10.
The History and Antiquities of Barnwell Abbey p16
(J. Nichols, 1786)
Pain Peverell’s
second daughter's name was ROYSIA. She was the mother of
Albreda Harecourt, from whom ſprang Galfridus, Roger, Robert, William,
and Richard Truſſebut. But theſe all dying without iſſue, there remained
only three ſiſters, Royſia, Hillaria, and Agatha.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
In Yorkshire
William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of which Warter
in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the reign of
Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard, Geoffrey,
William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo son of Hamo
(Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers, rendered accompt
of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of William Trussebut
and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that year paid into the
Treasury in two tallies, and were quit. ... To a share, as eldest born,
of the inheritance of Trussebut, Robert de Ros derived title through his
mother, Roesia Trussebut, then deceased. ... The other daughters of
William Trusbut, and coheirs with Roesia de Ros of the barony of Warter,
were Hillaria Trusbut, deceased 25 Hen. III. 1241, wife of Robert de
Bullers, the heir to whose dower was Robert Ware, and Agatha Trusbut,
deceased 31 Hen. III. 1247, wife first of Hamo Meinfelin and secondly of
William de Albini; neither of whom left issue surviving at their deaths
in extreme old age.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p87
(William Dugdale, 1849)
NUM. II.
De Morte Pagani Peverell.
... ex illa Albreda, processerunt Galfridus Trussebut.
His omnibus defunctis sine hærede de se, tres sorores
remanserunt, scilicet Roysia, Hillaria, et Agatha.
Ex Roisia Robertus de Ros senior. De Roberto Gul. de Ros, et isti
tres, scilicet Gulielmus, Hillaria, et Agatha hæredes sunt in parte.
This roughly translates as:
On the Death of Pagan Peverell.
... from that Albreda, proceeded Geoffrey Trussebut.
These all having died without an heir, three sisters remained,
namely, Rose, Hillary, and Agatha.
From Rose, Robertus de Ros the elder. Of Robert, William de Ros, and
these three, namely William, Hillary, and Agatha, are heirs in part.
Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle p48
(ed. John Willis Clark, 1907)
Qualiter
ius patronatus Ecclesie de Bemewelle descendit ad Dominum Gilbertum
Peccke jure hereditario.
…Ex
illa Albreda processerunt Galfridus Trussebut, Rogerus, Robertus,
Willelmus et Ricardus Trussebut. Hijs omnibus defunctis sine herede
de se, tres sorores remanserunt: scilicet Roysia, Hyllaria et
Agatha.
This roughly translates as:
How the right of patronage of the Church of Bemewelle descended to
Lord Gilbert Pecke by right of inheritance.
… From that
Albreda proceeded Galfrid Trussebut, Roger, Robert, William and
Richard Trussebut. All of them having died without an heir, three
sisters remained: Roysia, Hyllaria, and Agatha.
1246
Calendar of inquisitions post mortem Henry III
1236-1272 p22 (1904)
97. AGATHA
TRUSSEBUT alias TRUSSEBUTH.
Writ to the sheriff of York, 28 Feb. 31
Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
William de Ros is her heir.
YORK. Dicton manor held of the
king in chief by royal service only.
Writ to the sheriff of Buckingham, 28
Feb. 31 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
BUCKINGHAM. The said Agatha was
of good memory when she gave to Roger Bozon alias Buzun, Bocon,
the wardship of the land that was of Alexander de Cheynny alias
Chenay in Islamsted, who was in seisin thereof for 3 days before and 3
days after her death, until William son of Hamon, ejected him.
C. Hen. III.
File 5. (16.)
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10 (ed William
Brown, 1892)
XI. AGATHA TRUSSEBUT.
Inq. p. m.
[31 Hen. III. No. 21.]
Writ dated at Windsor, 28 Feb., 31st Year (1246-7).
INQUISITION made by Robert le Butiller,
Nigel his brother, Nigel de Stockeld, Geoffrey Dagun, Peter de
Colethorp, Adam the Tailor (le Taillur) of the same, Alan
Carpenter of the same, William son of Swain of the same, Henry son of
Walter of Dicton, John Clerk of the same, John son of Ivo (fil’ Yvony)
of Werreby, and Adam de Bilton of the same, concerning the value of the
manor of Dicton,a which Agatha Trussebut held of the King in
chief. The said manor with appurtenances is worth in all issues by the
year £44 of silver. By what service save royal service it was held they
know not.
William de Ros is the next heir of Agatha.b
a Kirk Deighton near Wetherby.
b The deed by which the Trussebut estates were
partitioned amongst the three sisters and co-heiresses of Robert
Trussebut, is entered on a Curia Regis Roll attributed to Trinity Term,
5 Richard I., 110,4 (Curia Regis, No. 1., m. 2). To the share of
Roesia de Ros fell Ribbestein, Hunsinghour (Hunsingore), Walleford’,
with the mills, Wargebi, or perhaps Wengebi, with the soke, which are
worth £62. The knights’ fees pertaining to the share are £23 13s.
5d. in Watre (Wartre), and a third part of the wood throughout
the whole inheritance. Sum of all £62. These are the knights: Richard
Trussebut holds two knights’ fees, William Burdet half a knight’s fee,
Reginald de Cherpunville half a virgate, P(eter) de Becheringes a fourth
part of a knight’s fee, John Burdet a fourth part. Sum, three and a half
knights’ fees. The share of Hillaria de Builers: Melton, Copegrava
(Copgrave), Copmonistorp (Copmanthorpe), Fulleford (Fulford),
Stivelingflet (Stillingfleet), Cotingwic. In the City of York three
marcs and 3d., and in Watra £15 2s. 8d., and a
third part of the wood throughout the whole inheritance. Sum of all, £62
6s. These are knights: Godefrid de Burun and Hugh de Noville, a
knight’s fee a-piece, Geoffrey de Colebi, Nicholas de Chavingcurt, and
Alan de Neville, each half a knight’s fee. Sum, three and a half
knights’ fees. Share of Agatha Meinfelin: Didton (Kirk Deighton), with
the soke, Chahale (Cattal), and one marc in Tocwic’, Hulesbi,
Grahingham, and in Wartre £15 4s., and a third part of the wood.
Sum of all, £62 6s. Knights: Matthew de Brenna, and Bernard de
Rippele, each half a knight’s fee, James de Benesle, one knight’s fee,
in Braken one knight’s fee, Walter de Hainville half a knight’s fee.
Sum, three knights’ fees and a half. On another Curia Regis Roll (No.
36. mm. 3d, 5), attributed to 6 or 7 John, is the record of a
suit about the manor of Wicton or Wicham in Yorkshire, which Robert de
Ros, William de Aubenni and Agatha his wife, and Eularia or Eilaria
Trussebut, claimed against Henry de Puteaco, as the inheritance which
had come to them from their ancestor Gaufrid, son of Pagan, who was
seised thereof in the time of Henry I.; from Gaufrid the right descended
to William Trussebut; and from William to Gaufrid Trussebut; and from
Gaufrid to Robert Trussebut, grandfather of the said Robert, and father
of Agatha and Eularia. And this they, the plaintiffs, offer to prove by
their freeman, William de Copland, who is willing to prove it by his
body, as of the sight and hearing of Ulfkill his father (Et hoc
offer[un]t dirationare versus eum per quendam liberum hominem suum,
scilicet, Willelmum de Copland; qui hoc offert per corpus suum, etc.,
tit de visu et auditu Ulfkill’ patris sui, etc.). The defendant,
however, preferred to rest his title on a grant by Henry II., which had
been confirmed by Richard I. and John. The case was adjourned to
Michaelmas Term, when Pudsey was to produce his charters before the
King. From the above Inquisition, it appears that the two sisters,
Hillaria, wife of Robert de Builers or Budlers, who were both living in
1200 (Rotuli
de Oblatis et Finibus, 102, and Excerpta
è Rotulis Finium, vol. i., p. 341), the above named Agatha
Trussebut, wife of William de Albeni or Aubenni (Ibid.,
vol. i., p. 303), died without issue. William de Ros, Agatha’s
heir, was her grandnephew, being the son of Robert de Ros, called
Fursan, who was the son of Everard de Ros and Roesia Trussebut (Rievaulx
Chartulary, p. 360). It is very probable that the family of Ros
got the water-bougets or buts, their well known bearing, from the
Trussebuts.
- Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle
p48 (John Willis Clark, 1907); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p87
(William Dugdale, 1849)
- Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus
Angliæ vol 2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton,
1844); The history and antiquities of the county of
Buckingham pp101-2 (George Lipscomb, 1847); Hamon
parents from Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de
donatione regis 1185 pp20-1 (Stacey Grimaldi, 1830); The Baronage of England vol 1 p543
(William Dugdale, 1675)
- Curia Regis Rolls Richard 1 -2 John p34
(1922); Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p562
(William Dugdale, 1849); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus
Angliæ vol 2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton,
1844); The history and antiquities of the county of
Buckingham pp101-2 (George Lipscomb, 1847); Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed
William Brown, 1892); William first wife and children from Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p562
(William Dugdale, 1849) and The Baronage of England vol 1 p113-5
(William Dugdale, 1675) and The history and antiquities of the county of
Buckingham pp101-2 (George Lipscomb, 1847); William
notes, death, burial from The Baronage of England vol 1 p113-5
(William Dugdale, 1675)
- The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed
William Brown, 1892)
- Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10 (ed
William Brown, 1892)
- Calendar of inquisitions post mortem Henry
III 1236-1272 p22 (1904); Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10 (ed
William Brown, 1892)
Geoffrey Fitz-Payne
Pagan
Geoffrey Fitz-Payne (alias Trusbut) founded Wartre Priory, in the East
Riding in Yorkshire in 1132.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p172 (William
Dugdale, 1661)
WARTREIENSE
Cœnobium in agro Eboracenſi
De prima Fundatione ejuſdem & de ſucceſſione Priorum.
MEmorandum quod domus Wartria fundata fuit à Galfrido
Truſbut Anno Domini M. C. xxxii tempore Regis Henrici
filii Willielmus Conqueſtoris videlicet anno regni ſui xxxii,
cui in fundatione tantummodo contulit Eccleſiam de Wartria cum
xi. bovatis terræ in campo ejuſdem villæ. Quam quidem Domum
confirmavit Innocentius Papa 2.
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
A monastery in the countryside of York
On the first foundation thereof and on the succession of the priors.
It should be
remembered that the house of Wartria was founded by Geoffrey Trusbut in
the year of our Lord 1132 in the time of King Henry, son of William the
Conqueror, namely in the 32nd year of his reign, to whom at the
foundation he donated the Church of Wartria with 11 bovates of land in
the field of the same town. Which House was indeed confirmed by Pope
Innocent II.
These charters document Geoffrey's father, Pagan.
Monasticon
Anglicanum vol 2 p43 (William Dugdale, 1661)
SCOKIRKE
in agro Eboracenſi, Cella de Noſtell.
Carta Regis Henrici primi donationem Gaufridi filii
Pagani, de duabus bovatis terræ in Tockwith, confirmans.
[Ex Cartulario de Noſtel, in bibl. Hatton.]
Henricus Rex Angliae T. Ebor. Archiepiſcopo & Nigello
de Albini & omnibus Baronibus & fidelibus ſuis Eboraciſceiræ
ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe Sancto Oſwaldo de Noſtla
& Cononicis ejuſdem loci, duas bovatas terræ in perpetuam
elemoſinam, quas Gaufridus filius Pagani eis dedit in
Tockwid & concedo & confirmo eis, ut tales
habeant libertates & conſuetudines, in boſco, in plano, in
paſcuis, in porcorum paſuagiis quas Gaufridus habet
conceſſione ipſius Gaufridi coram me; Et volo & firmiter
præcipio ut benè, in pace & honorificè teneant ſicut meliùs tenet
ali quam elemoſinam. Teſtibus Waltero de Glouc. apud Waltham.
This roughly translates as:
SCOKIRKE
in the county of York, cell of Nostell
A charter of King Henry the First confirming the donation of Geoffrey
son of Pagan, of two bovates of land in Tockwith.
[From the Cartulary of Noftell, in the Hatton Library.]
Henry King of
England greetings to T. Archbishop of York and Nigel de Albini and to
all the Barons and their faithful of York. Be it known that I have
granted to Saint Oswald of Nostla and the Canons of the same place, two
bovates of land in perpetual alms, which Geoffrey son of Pagan gave them
in Tockwid and I grant and confirm to them, that they may have such
liberties and easements, in the wood, in the plain, in the pastures, in
the swine-pastures which Geoffrey has by the grant of the same Geoffrey
before me; And I will and firmly command that they may hold well, in
peace and honour as one holds better alms than alms. Witnesses Walter of
Gloucester, at Waltham.
p173
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio G. Truſſebut ſuper donatione G. filii Pagani.
OMnibus &c. Galfridus Truſſebuthe ſalutem in
Chriſto. Noſcat dilectio veſtra, quod ego G. filius Willielmi
Truſſebuthe, concedo illam donationem, quam Galfridus
filius Pagani prædeceſſor meus fecit Canonicis regularibus de
Wartria, & quantum ad me pertinet do & hac Cartâ meâ
confirmo in elemoſinam perpetuam; videlicet Eccleſiam S. Jacobi ejuſdem
villæ, cum Cápellis & decimis; & vi. bovatis terræ,
quæ antiquitùs prædictæ Eccleſiæ adjacebant & cum aliis rebus jure
eidem Eccleſiæ pertinentibus.
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation of G. Trussebut upon the donation of G.
the son of Pagani.
To all &c.
Geoffrey Trussebut greetings in Christ. Let your love know that I, G,
son of William Trussebut, grant that donation which Geoffrey son of
Pagani, my predecessor, made to the canons regular of Wartria, and as
much as pertains to me I give and confirm my charter in perpetual alms;
viz., the Church of St. James of the same town, with chapels and tithes;
and 6 bovates of land which anciently adjoined the aforesaid Church and
with other things rightfully belonging to the same Church.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
THE firſt of this Family of whom I have ſeen mention, was a
Geffrey Fitz-payn; which Geffrey had his residence at Wartre,
in that part of Yorkſhire called Holderneſs:
but of him nothing farther memorable, than that he there founded b
a Priory of Canons-regular of S. Auguſtines Order; and gave c
to the Canons of Noſtell two Bovates of Land lying in Tockwith.
a Monaſt. Anglic. Vol. 2. 173 a. n. 40.
b Ibid. 173 b. n. 50.
c Ibid. 43 a. n. 10.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 page lxxvi (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
In Yorkshire
William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of which Warter
in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the reign of
Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn.
The Conqueror and his companions vol 2 p299
(James Robinson Planché, 1874)
TROSSEBOT,
l. 13,711.—This name is coupled with that of Botevilain by Wace as two
warriors who feared neither cut nor thrust, fighting furiously that day,
and giving and receiving severe blows. M. le Prévost could not, however,
trace the origin of this family in Normandy, and a William Troussebot is
first brought to our notice in the reign of Henry I. by Orderic Vital,
who includes him amongst the men of low origin, whom for their
obsequious services that sovereign raised to the rank of nobles, raising
them as it were from the dust, heaping wealth upon them, and exalting
them above earls and noble lords of castles (lib. xi. cap. 2). The
Troussebots are supposed to have been resident in the north-western part
of the district of Neubourg, near the domain of Robert de Harcourt,
whose daughter Albreda became the wife of William Trussbot above
mentioned, son of Geoffrey and grandson of Pagan Troussebot, who in all
probability was the combatant at Senlac.
Geoffrey Fitz Payne, as he is called, was seated before the reign
of Henry I. at Wartre in Holderness, in the county of York, and the
family was thenceforth, styled the Trusbutts of Wartre.
The Battle Abbey roll vol 3 pp157-8
(Duchess of Cleveland, 1889)
Trousbut,
or Trossebot. “Botevilain et Trossebot” are coupled together in the Roman
de Rou as companions-in-arms that fought in the front rank at
Hastings. Both of these are sobriquets. Trossebot, to my
thinking, has some analogy with Talbot (Tail-le-bot): but this does not
help to explain its meaning. Botte (coup-de-fleuret),
means a pass or thrust (whence perchance we derive “bout”); and
Taille-botte might very aptly designate a skilful swordsman, while
Bouttevilain would be one that inflicted ugly wounds. But so many
different meanings belong to Trousse that I cannot even hazard a
conjecture as regards Trossebot; and in any case this is mere idle
speculation. Their coat of arms, Trois bouts d'eau (three
water-bougets) was obviously a rebus.
M. le Prévost is unable to trace the origin of this family in
Normandy. The Troussebots are, however, “supposed to have been resident
in the north-western part of the district of Neubourg, near the domain
of Robert de Harcourt, whose daughter Albreda became the wife of William
Troussebot.”—J. R. Planché. This was the grandson of Pagan
Trossebot, “in all probability the combatant at Senlac,” and the son of
Geoffrey Fitz Payne, who was seated at Wartre in Holderness before the
time of Henry I., and there founded a Priory.
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed William
Brown, 1892)
b
… On another Curia Regis Roll (No. 36. mm. 3d, 5), attributed
to 6 or 7 John, is the record of a suit about the manor of Wicton or
Wicham in Yorkshire, which Robert de Ros, William de Aubenni and Agatha
his wife, and Eularia or Eilaria Trussebut, claimed against Henry de
Puteaco, as the inheritance which had come to them from their ancestor
Gaufrid, son of Pagan, who was seised thereof in the time of Henry I.;
from Gaufrid the right descended to William Trussebut; and from William
to Gaufrid Trussebut; and from Gaufrid to Robert Trussebut, grandfather
of the said Robert, and father of Agatha and Eularia. And this they, the
plaintiffs, offer to prove by their freeman, William de Copland, who is
willing to prove it by his body, as of the sight and hearing of Ulfkill
his father (Et hoc offer[un]t dirationare versus eum per quendam
liberum hominem suum, scilicet, Willelmum de Copland; qui hoc offert
per corpus suum, etc., tit de visu et auditu Ulfkill’ patris sui, etc.).
Further notes on Geoffrey at Many
Mini Biogrpaphies (Lord Geoffrey fitz Payn)
Geoffrey Trussebut
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Geoffrey confirmed a donation to the church made by his grandfather, also
Geoffrey.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p173 (William
Dugdale, 1661)
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio G. Truſſebut ſuper donatione G. filii Pagani.
OMnibus &c. Galfridus Truſſebuthe ſalutem in
Chriſto. Noſcat dilectio veſtra, quod ego G. filius Willielmi
Truſſebuthe, concedo illam donationem, quam Galfridus
filius Pagani prædeceſſor meus fecit Canonicis regularibus de
Wartria, & quantum ad me pertinet do & hac Cartâ meâ
confirmo in elemoſinam perpetuam; videlicet Eccleſiam S. Jacobi ejuſdem
villæ, cum Cápellis & decimis; & vi. bovatis terræ,
quæ antiquitùs prædictæ Eccleſiæ adjacebant & cum aliis rebus jure
eidem Eccleſiæ pertinentibus. Præterea do eis totam terram quæ eſt
intra clauſum Curris eorum, cum dimidia acra ubi Asketillus
miles manebat juxta curtim. Item do eis undecim bovatas terræ de
Dominio meo & quatuor bovatas de terra ruſticorum, duas ſcilicet
quas Asketillus tepuit prine, & alias duas quas Algar
& Johannes filius ejus tenuerunt, & toftum quod Robertus
filius Sigge tenuit & aliud quod tenuit Aky; &
totam terram quæ eſt de feodo meo inter Weſtbec & Weſtbris.
Do etiam eis unum Molendum quod ſitum eſt ſuper Weſtbec
ad molendinum bladum eorum, & bladum hominum ſuorum manentium in
terra Eccleſiæ, & decimam Molendinorum meorum. Item do eis unam
Carucatam terræ in Howald.
In Seton concedo eis Preſtthwarth
& prtem nemoris quæ eſt circa locum illum per diviſas quibus eis
affignavi, & in prato xxi. acras & dimidiam acram. In
turbaria tantum turbæ quantum convenit eis & hominibus eorum
manentibus in elemoſina. Præterea do eis & concedo paſturam mille
ovibus & quaterviginti & x. animalibus in communi
paſtura Wartria & Setona. In Lindefey
quoque do eis in Ulſeby totam illam partem Eccleſiæ,
quam Galfridus Regis Capellanus tenuit. Hæc omnia prædicta tam
terras, quam Eccleſias do eis & concedo in perpetuam elemoſinam
liberam & quietam ab omni terreno ſervicio & ſeculari
exactione de me & hæredibus meis pro ſalute animæ meæ & pro
anima patris mei & matris meæ & Galfridi filii Pagani
& omnium prædeceſſorum meorum. Præterea concedo & præſenti
Cartâ confirmo præfatis Canonicis omnes donationes & adquiſitiones
terrarum, quas habent de meis Francis tenentibus, liberas
& quietas ab omni ſeculari ſervicio mihi & hæredibus meis
pertinente, ſalvo Domini Regis ſervitio, prout Cartæ factæ inter eos
teſtantur.
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation of G. Trussebut upon the donation of G.
the son of Pagani.
To all &c.
Geoffrey Trussebut greetings in Christ. Let your love know that I, G,
son of William Trussebut, grant that donation which Geoffrey son of
Pagani, my predecessor, made to the canons regular of Wartria, and as
much as pertains to me I give and confirm my charter in perpetual alms;
viz., the Church of St. James of the same town, with chapels and tithes;
and 6 bovates of land which anciently adjoined the aforesaid Church and
with other things rightfully belonging to the same Church. Moreover I
give them all the land that is within the enclosure of their Curris,
with half an acre where the soldier Ascetillus dwelt near the court.
Likewise, I give them eleven bovates of land from my domain and four
bovates of the land of the peasants, namely two which Asketillus had
previously held, and the other two which Algar and his son Johannes
held, and the toft which Robert the son of Sigge held and another which
Aky held; and all the land that is of my fee between Westbec and
Westbris. I also give them one mill that is situated on Westbec for
their mill blade, and the blade of their men remaining in the land of
the Church, and the tithe of my mills. Also I give them one carucate of
land in Howald.
In Seton I grant them Prestthwarth and
the forest which is about that place by the divisions which I attached
to them, and in the meadow 21 acres and half an acre. In the tumtuous
crowd only as much as is appropriate for them and their men who remain
in alms. In addition I give them and grant pasture for a thousand sheep
and ninety-four animals in the common pasture of Wartria and Setona. In
Lindefey I also give to them in Ulseby all that part of the Church which
Geoffrey the King's Chaplain held. All these aforesaid lands as well as
churches I give them and grant them in perpetual alms free and quiet
from all earthly service and secular exaction from me and my heirs for
the health of my soul and for the soul of my father and my mother and
Geoffrey the son of Pagan and all my predecessors. Moreover, I grant and
confirm by the present Charter to the aforesaid Canons all the grants
and acquisitions of lands which they have from my French tenants, free
and quiet from all secular service pertaining to me and my heirs, save
the service of the Lord the King, as the Charters made between them
testify.
p316
PRIORATUS Canonicorum de Grimesby in agro
Lincolnienſi.
Carta Regis Henrici ſecundi donationem Regis Henrici
aviſai confirmans &c.
Et Eccleſiam de Riebi, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis ex
donatione Galfridi Truſſebutt.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard, Geffrey k,
and Robert; and three Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria,
and Agatha.
Of which Sons, all that I have met with, is; firſt that Richard
in 3 Henry 2. accounted to the King forty Marks for his Lands at
Reibi; and that Geffrey did adde ſo much to what
his Grandfather had given to the Canons of Wartre; that
he thereupon had the repute o to be the firſt Founder of
that Religious Houſe.
Likewise, that Robert gave to thoſe Canons of Wartre,
the Church of All-Saints at Melton, within his
own Fee. But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three Siſters became
Heirs to the Eſtate;
k Ibid. [Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2.] 30 a. l. 50.
o Anno 1132. 32 H. 1. Monast. Anglic. 172 a. n. 20. & 173 a.
n. 48.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 page lxxvi (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
... In
Yorkshire William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of
which Warter in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the
reign of Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard,
Geoffrey, William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo
son of Hamo (Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers,
rendered accompt of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of
William Trussebut and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that
year paid into the Treasury in two tallies, and were quit.
Geoffrey died before his brother,
Robert, as we have record of Robert confirming a donation made by Geoffrey (Monasticon
Anglicanum vol 2 p173). Robert probably died in 1195 or
shortly before that, when the husbands of their sisters rendered a payment
for Robert's lands.
Hillary (Trussebut) de Budlers
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Robert de Budlers
Robert was the son of Stephen de Budlers and Margaret. He was Lord of
Montgomery. Robert died in 1203, and was buried in Lilleshall Abbey,
Shropshire.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p543
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Wolverton.
… In 6 Ric. 1. with Robert de Bullers, he [Hamon son of
Hamon son of Menfelin] gave n three hundred Marks for their
Purparties of the Lands of William and Robert Trusbut
n Rot. Pip 6 R. 1. Ebor.
Antiquities of Shropshire vol 7 p195
(Robert William Eyton, 1858)
Preston, now Preston Montford.
Robert de Budlers or Bollers we know to have been Lord of
Montgomery as early as 1176, and that he died in 1203. “He, for the
health of his soul and of the soul of his wife, Hillaria Trussebut, gave
to Lilleshall Abbey all the land of Preston near the Bridge of Moneford,
which land R. de Cota held.”2 By another Deed the same Robert
de Budlers quit-claims to the Abbey the said Vill of Preston,
“acknowledging it to be the right and fee of St. Alkmund, confessing
that he and his ancestors had unjustly held it, and asking pardon from
the Lord Jesus Christ for that sin.”3
2 · 3 Lilleshall Chartulary, fos. 61, 55.
Antiquities of Shropshire vol 11 pp122-3
(Robert William Eyton, 1860)
Montgomery.
ROBERT DE BUSLERS, undoubtedly Lord
of Montgomery, but how related to Almaric we cannot determine. The
Shropshire Pipe-Roll of 1176 gives Robert de Buslers as amerced 40 merks
for forest-trespass by Henry II. He paid 20 merks on the instant, and 20
merks in the year following. This Robert married Hillaria Trusbut,
sister and co-heir of Robert Trusbut, and daughter of William Trusbut,
of Watre (Yorkshire) by Albreda de Harcourt, niece and co-heir of
William Peverel (II) of High Ercall, Dover, and Bourne.2 On
the death of Robert Trusbut, and in June 1194, partition of his estates
was made between his three sisters.3 They are called Roesia,
Hillaria de Boulers, and Agatha Memfilin.4 In 1195-6, 500
Welsh foot-soldiers were sent over sea to serve under King Richard in
Normandy. Their commander was Philip, a Knight of Robert de Boillers.
The Sheriff of Shropshire paid their wages for the first eight days of
their service, viz. 50 merks (or 2d. per day for each man) and 8s.
(or 1s. per day for the Commander). Two Servientes equites,
at 6d. a day each, and 200 more Welsh soldiers at 2d. per
day, seem to have belonged to a contemporary levy, but they are not said
to have been under the same Commander.
Robert de Bodliers was assessed in Shropshire for the two
Scutages of Normandy in 1195 and 1197. His quota was 60s. in each
case, the sum proportionate to three knights’-fees. The charge was duly
paid. Similarly in 1199 Robert de Bodliers paid 6 merks (or 2 merks per
fee, on 3 fees) for the first scutage of King John, as assessed in
Shropshire. In October and November 1199 and in February 1200 I find
Robert de Bullers and Hillaria his wife suing other parties for land in
Coppegrave (Yorkshire), and for 2½ carucates of laud in Arkendun
(Yorkshire). In 1201 and 1202 Robert de Bouleres paid scutage on 3
Shropshire fees, viz. 6 merks on each occasion, to the second and third
scutages of King John. His contemporary assessments in Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire were for the estates acquired with his wife. On Feb. 10,
1202, we have seen Robert de Budlers joining in a Fine, as Seigneural
Lord of Hope Bowdler,1 which Manor was of the Honour of
Montgomery. At Michaelmas 1203 no Lord of Montgomery was assessed to the
fourth scutage of King John. The reason will appear presently. Robert de
Bullers’ grant in Rowton to Shrewsbury Abbey,2 and his
release of Preston Montford to Lilleshall Abbey,3 have been
spoken of on former pages. Pulton in Wiltshire was a member of the
Honour of Montgomery, and Robert de Budlers gave the Advowson of Pulton
also to Lilleshall.4 Before Michaelmas 1203 Robert de Bullers
was deceased without issue. He was buried in Lilleshall Abbey. His heir
was his brother Baldwin, but I should first speak of his widow—
2 Supra, Vol. IX. p. 69.
3 Placita, Trinity Term, 5 Richard I. (ut
videtur), membrane 2.
4 Memfilin was the generic name of Hamo fits Hamo,
Agatha’s first husband.
1 Supra, Vol. V. p. 115.
2· 3 Supra, Vol. VII. pp. 177, 195.
4 Lilleshall Chartulary, fo. 55.
Pedigrees from the plea rolls p490 (George
Wrottesley, 1905)
Suff.—In
another suit Vitalis Engaine, William de Cantilupe and Roger Gernet,
sued the King for the manor of Badmundefeld, co. Suffolk, Hillaria
Trussebut, who had held the manor in dower, having died. In this suit it
is stated that a Robert de Bullers had died seised of the Honor
of Montgomery and had died s.p., and had been succeeded by his brother
Baldwin, who had also died s.p., and that Stephen de Stanton, the nepos
of Baldwin de Bullers, had enfeoffed Thomas de Erdington in the manor in
the reign of King John.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 pp263-4
(William Dugdale, ed. John Caley, 1846)
Abbey of Lilleshull
NUM. IX.
Carta Dominæ Hillariæ de Trussebut, de Terra sua de
Arkendene.
[Ibid[Ex registro de Lilleshull penès Ric. Leveson
militem de balneo,] p. 51.]
OMNIBUS
sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis, ad quos præsens scriptum pervenerit,
Hillaria de Trussebut salutem. Noverit universitas vestra, quod ego in
ligia potestate meâ dedi, concessi, et hac præsenti cartâ meâ
confirmavi, in liberam et perpetuam elemosinam Deo, et beatæ Mariæ de
Lilleshull, et ejusdem loci conventui ibidem Deo servientibus, pro
animabus patris et matris meæ, et pro anima Roberti de Budlers quondam
viri mei, et pro salute animæ meæ, et hæredum meorum, totam terram
meam de Arkendene, tam in villenagio, quâm in libero servitio, cum
omnibus pertinentiis suis, infra villam et extra, sine ullo
retinemento, habendum et tenendum imperpetuum liberè et quietè ab
omnibus demandis, et consuetudinibus, ad me vel ad hæredes meos
pertinentibus. Concessi etiam eis ut illic sibi construant molendinum,
cum secta molturæ hominum suorum; et si fortè molendinum ibi non
fecerint de præfata moltura hominum suorum, faciant libitum suum.
Concessi itaque eis, et confirmavi, ut habeant omnia aisiamenta sua ad
usus proprios, veluti ad domos suas, et molendinum suum faciendum et
reficiendum, et cætera necessaria sua, et usbotam et heybotam ad
sufficientiam in bosco meo de Ditcon et Indeykemanthorp. Hanc verò
elemosinam assignavi caritatis intuitu ad prædicti conventus
coquinariam sustentationem et ad augmentum victus sui in refectorio,
sine cibi consuetæ appositionis substractione. Et ego et hæredes mei
prædictam elemosinam meam, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis prædicto
conventui contra omnes homines warantizabimus. Hiis testibus, Roberto
Walensi tunc vicecomite Ebor. &c.
NUM. X.
Carta ejusdem Hillariæ de Terra de Brandeston.
[Ibid.]
OMNIBUS Christi fidelibus domina Hillaria de
Trussebut salutem. Noverit universitas vestra me confirmâsse et
dedisse ecclesiæ Sanctæ Mariæ de Lilleshull et canonicis ibidem Deo
servientibus, ubi corpus meum devovi sepeliendum, intuitu Dei et pro
salute animæ meæ, et domini Roberti de Budlers mariti mei, &c. ad
sustentationem cujusdam canonici qui imperpetuum singulis diebus
plenarium servitium faciat, post obitum meum, pro anima mea, et anima
domini Roberti de Budlers et patris et matris meæ, et omnium
antecessorum et successorum meorum, totam terram meam de Brandeston
cum omnibus pertinentiis et libertatibus suis, infra villam et extra,
in bosco, et plano, in viis, et semitis et pascuis, in aquis et
molendinis et omnibus aliis aisiamentis ad prædictam terram
spectantibus, salvâ advocatione tertiæ partis ecclesiæ præfatæ villæ
mihi et hæredibus meis, et salvo servitio capitalis domini. Quare
volo, &c.
This roughly translates as:
No. 9.
Charter of Lady Hillary de Trussebut, concerning her Land
of Arkenden.
[From the register of Lilleshull in the possession of
Richard Leveson, Knight of the Bath, p. 51.]
To all the sons
of the holy mother church, to whom the present writing has reached,
Hilaria de Trussebut greetings. May your universe know that I gave,
granted, and confirmed this present charter in my legal power, in free
and perpetual alms to God, and to the blessed Mary of Lilleshull, and to
the congregation of the same place there serving God, for the souls of
my father and mother, and for the soul of Robert de Budlers, my former
husband, and for the safety of my soul, and of my heirs, all my land in
Arkenden, both in the villeinage and in free service, with all its
appurtenances, below the town and outside, without any retention, to be
held and held forever free and quiet from all demands and customs
pertaining to me or my heirs. I also granted them permission to build a
mill for themselves there, with a set of millers of their own men; and
if perhaps they have not made a mill there for the aforesaid grinding of
their people, let them do as they please. So I granted them and
confirmed that they should have all their easements for their own use,
as for their houses, and to make and repair their mill, and their other
necessaries, and husbot and heybot for sufficiency in my forest of
Deighton and Ingmanthorpe. I assigned this alms, with a view of charity,
to the maintenance of the kitchen of the aforesaid assembly, and to the
increase of its food in the refectory, without subtracting the usual
provision of food. And I and my heirs will warrant my aforesaid alms,
with all their appurtenances, to the aforesaid meeting against all men.
To these witnesses, Robert Walensi, then sheriff of Ebor. &c.
No. 10.
A charter of the same Hillary concerning the land of
Brandeston.
Greetings to all the faithful of Christ, lady Hillary de Trussebut. Let
your congregation know that I have confirmed and given the church of St.
Mary of Lilleshull and the canons there to serve God, where I dedicated
my body to be buried, for the sake of God and for the safety of my soul,
and that of my husband Sir Robert de Budlers, &c. for the support of
a certain canon who shall perform perpetual plenary service every day,
after my decease, for my soul, and the soul of Lord Robert de Budlers,
and of my father and mother, and of all my ancestors and heirs, all my
land of Brandeston with all its appurtenances and liberties, below the
village and outside, in the forest and the plain, in the roads and paths
and pastures, in the waters and the mills and all other easements facing
the aforesaid land, save by the advowson of the third part of the church
of the aforesaid town to me and my heirs, and save the service of the
chief lord. Why do I want, &c.
Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 1227-1231 p249
(1902)
1229.
Salopia.—Illarius Trussebut attornavit Robertum
Trussebut et Ricardum de Clare contra Johannem de Harleg’ petentem de
ij partibus iij hidarum terre et dimidie in Harleg’.
This roughly translates as:
Salop.—Illarius
Trussebut attorney Robert Trussebut and Richard de Clare against John de
Harleg claiming 2 parts of 3 hides of land and a half in Harleg.
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed William
Brown, 1892)
b
The deed by which the Trussebut estates were partitioned amongst the
three sisters and co-heiresses of Robert Trussebut, is entered on a
Curia Regis Roll attributed to Trinity Term, 5 Richard I., 110,4 (Curia
Regis, No. 1., m. 2). … The share of Hillaria de Builers: Melton,
Copegrava (Copgrave), Copmonistorp (Copmanthorpe), Fulleford (Fulford),
Stivelingflet (Stillingfleet), Cotingwic. In the City of York three
marcs and 3d., and in Watra £15 2s. 8d., and a
third part of the wood throughout the whole inheritance. Sum of all, £62
6s. These are knights: Godefrid de Burun and Hugh de Noville, a
knight’s fee a-piece, Geoffrey de Colebi, Nicholas de Chavingcurt, and
Alan de Neville, each half a knight’s fee. Sum, three and a half
knights’ fees … On another Curia Regis Roll (No. 36. mm. 3d,
5), attributed to 6 or 7 John, is the record of a suit about the manor
of Wicton or Wicham in Yorkshire, which Robert de Ros, William de
Aubenni and Agatha his wife, and Eularia or Eilaria Trussebut, claimed
against Henry de Puteaco, as the inheritance which had come to them from
their ancestor Gaufrid, son of Pagan, who was seised thereof in the time
of Henry I.; from Gaufrid the right descended to William Trussebut; and
from William to Gaufrid Trussebut; and from Gaufrid to Robert Trussebut,
grandfather of the said Robert, and father of Agatha and Eularia. And
this they, the plaintiffs, offer to prove by their freeman, William de
Copland, who is willing to prove it by his body, as of the sight and
hearing of Ulfkill his father (Et hoc offer[un]t dirationare versus
eum per quendam liberum hominem suum, scilicet, Willelmum de Copland;
qui hoc offert per corpus suum, etc., tit de visu et auditu Ulfkill’
patris sui, etc.). … From the above Inquisition, it appears that
the two sisters, Hillaria, wife of Robert de Builers or Budlers, who
were both living in 1200 (Rotuli
de Oblatis et Finibus, 102, and Excerpta
è Rotulis Finium, vol. i., p. 341), the above named Agatha
Trussebut, wife of William de Albeni or Aubenni (Ibid.,
vol. i., p. 303), died without issue.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard, Geffrey, and Robert;
and three m Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria, and Agatha.
... But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three Siſters became Heirs
q to the Eſtate; Roſe being Wife to Everard de
Ros (a great Baron in Holderness) Hillaria
t of Robert de Budlers; and Agatha firſt of .
. . . . . . . . . . . . and afterwards of William de Albini of Belvoir
(the third of that name.)
Of which three Siſters, Hillaria departing x
this life without Iſſue; the Lands of her Inheritance were ſhared y
betwixt William de Ros, Grandſon to Roſe the eldeſt
Siſter (viz. Son of Robert, Son of Everard de Ros
above-mentioned) and Agatha the third Siſter, Widow of William
de Albini (as hath been ſaid.)
m Ibid.[Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2.] 30 a. l. 56
q Ibid.[Monast. Anglic.] 30 a. n. 50
t Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2. 146 b. 13 & 53
x y Rot. Fin. 25 H. 3. m. 10.
The History and Antiquities of Barnwell Abbey p16
(J. Nichols, 1786)
Pain Peverell’s
second daughter’s name was ROYSIA. She was the mother of
Albreda Harecourt, from whom ſprang Galfridus, Roger, Robert, William,
and Richard Truſſebut. But theſe all dying without iſſue, there remained
only three ſiſters, Royſia, Hillaria, and Agatha.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
In Yorkshire
William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of which Warter
in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the reign of
Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard, Geoffrey,
William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo son of Hamo
(Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers, rendered accompt
of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of William Trussebut
and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that year paid into the
Treasury in two tallies, and were quit. ... To a share, as eldest born,
of the inheritance of Trussebut, Robert de Ros derived title through his
mother, Roesia Trussebut, then deceased. ... The other daughters of
William Trusbut, and coheirs with Roesia de Ros of the barony of Warter,
were Hillaria Trusbut, deceased 25 Hen. III. 1241, wife of Robert de
Bullers, the heir to whose dower was Robert Ware, and Agatha Trusbut,
deceased 31 Hen. III. 1247, wife first of Hamo Meinfelin and secondly of
William de Albini; neither of whom left issue surviving at their deaths
in extreme old age.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p87
(William Dugdale, 1849)
NUM. II.
De Morte Pagani Peverell.
... ex illa Albreda, processerunt Galfridus Trussebut.
His omnibus defunctis sine hærede de se, tres sorores
remanserunt, scilicet Roysia, Hillaria, et Agatha.
Ex Roisia Robertus de Ros senior. De Roberto Gul. de Ros, et isti
tres, scilicet Gulielmus, Hillaria, et Agatha hæredes sunt in parte.
This roughly translates as:
On the Death of Pagan Peverell.
... from that Albreda, proceeded Geoffrey Trussebut.
These all having died without an heir, three sisters remained,
namely, Rose, Hillary, and Agatha.
From Rose, Robertus de Ros the elder. Of Robert, William de Ros, and
these three, namely William, Hillary, and Agatha, are heirs in part.
Antiquities of Shropshire vol 11 pp123-5
(Robert William Eyton, 1860)
Montgomery.
Before Michaelmas 1203 Robert de Bullers was deceased without issue. He
was buried in Lilleshall Abbey. His heir was his brother Baldwin, but I
should first speak of his widow—
HILLARIA TRUSBUT, who long survived
him. Immediately on her husband’s death, this Lady gave King John a Fine
of 800 merks and one palfrey, that she might not be constrained to
remarry. This produced the King’s Charter, dated at Caen on Oct. 12,
1203, whereby it is allowed that Hillaria, widow of Robert de Bollers,
shall not be constrained to remarry; but it is also stipulated that, if
she herself wish to remarry, the King’s consent shall be necessary. She
is to have her reasonable dower in the lands of her late husband. Robert
de Ros, the first witness of this Charter, was Hillaria Trusbut’s
nephew, and William de Aubeney, the third witness, was her
brother-in-law.
At the Shropshire Assizes of October 1203, the Chirbury Jurors
reported Hillaria, widow of Robert de Bullers, as at the King’s
disposal. But by far the most interesting documents relating to Hillaria
Trusbut are her munificent Charters to Lilleshall Abbey. The earliest of
these conveys the whole of her Yorkshire estate of Arkendene to
the Abbey. The offering is expressed to be for the souls of her father
and mother, and of Robert de Budlers her late husband, and for the
health of herself and of her heirs. The object of the gift is the
maintenance of the Convent-Kitchen, and the augmentation of victuals in
the Refectory; and it is stipulated that there shall be no withdrawal of
the food previously and customarily set before the Brethren.5
The Charter is attested by “Robert Walensis then Sheriff of Yorkshire;”
which would alone prove it to have passed between 1203 and 1209.
There seems to have been another Charter concerning Arkendene, in
which Hillaria Trussebut specified the contents of the Manor as 3
carucates of demesne land and 8s. free-rent, due, from Thomas
fitz Vivien and another, on two half-carucates. This was the Charter
which King John recited and confirmed on May 31, 1213.1
Hillaria’s edition thereof was attested by Robert Walensis then Sheriff
of Yorkshire, William de Percy of Kerneteby, William Wart’, William de
Cramarc, William Pant’, Roger de Say, Roger de Bullers, Robert fitz
Richard, Radulf Mauleverer, Roger Mauleverer, Robert Trussebut, Richard
Dagan, Nigel Pincerna, William Dusill, Richard his brother, Ralph Clerk
of Dene, and Nicholas Brito.2 The next Charter of this Lady
relates to her wish of being buried, like her husband, at Lilleshall,
and carefully guards against the anticipated opposition of her friends.
This interesting document I epitomize from the original,3
which is in existence, and is sealed with the device of a human head,
surrounded with a tressure.
Hillaria Trussebut uxor quondam Roberti de Budlers omnibus,
&c. Ad universitatis vestre noticiam volo pervenire quod ego
Abbatiam de Lilleshull in quâ Dominus meus jacet sepultus, eâ
integritate amoris dilexi, ut in eâ Ecclesiâ, ubicunque decessero,
mihi sepulturam elegi. Cartam siquidem islam in dictâ domo reposui, a
fratribus meis ibidem porrigendam contra illos qui in prejudicium mee
libere voluntalis et corporis disposicumem voluerint resilire. Cartam
Conventûs penes me relinui ut, cum opus fuerit, lis si quajuerit
exorta, in medio exhibita, litigantium possit decidere questionem.
Hiis testibus, Rogerio de Say, Rogerio Capellano, Roberto Trussebut,
Radulfo clerico de D***, Roberto de Waletun, Nicholao, Johanne
Marescallo, Roberto de Longed’, Gilberto de Girevell, et m. a,
I am inclined to date the above negotiation about 1210. The next
Grant of Hillaria Trussebut to Lilleshall, recites how that she had
devoted, or vowed, her body to be buried in that Abbey. She gives all
her land at Braundeston (i.e. a third part of Branston,
Northants), for the souls’ health of herself and of Robert de Budlers
her husband. The gift is to maintain one Canon, who, after her decease,
is to perform a full daily service for the souls of herself, of Sir
Robert de Budlers, of her father, mother, and all her ancestors and
successors. She retains a third part of the Advowson of Braunston (only
a third belonged to her) for herself and heirs. She also stipulates for
the service due to the Seigneural Lord of the Fee.1
Another Charter is explanatory of the last. “Dame Hillaria
Trussebut, with consent of the Abbot of Lilleshall, ordains that the
revenues of the third of Brandeston which she had given, as above, to
maintain one Canon, &c., should be divided into three parts, two
whereof were to be applied to the clothing of the convent, and the third
to the lights of the Abbey Church.”2 This Grant of Branston I
take to have been made later than 1216, for it is not included in Pope
Honorius’s Confirmation to Lilleshall, which passed after that year.
A Writ-Close of October 27, 1225, shows that part of Hillaria
Trussebut’s dower in the Honour of Montgomery had consisted of the
services due on Harley, from William de Harley its Lord. He was now dead
and his heir in minority. The King orders that custody of the said heir
be given to Hillaria, by Godescall de Maghelines (then Castellan of
Montgomery). This incident will add something to the facts, and will
slightly correct the dates of a former chapter.3 It is
probable that Hillaria Trusbut lived to the age of 90 or thereabouts.
Her decease is certified by a Writ of April 12, 1241, ordering the
Sheriff of Worcestershire to seize the lands which she had held in dower
in that County, and retain them till further orders. The Sheriff was
also to take security for a Palfrey, of 100s. value, for the
King’s use, which had been proffered by Robert Wafre, alleging himself
to be heir to the said dower, or, in other words, heir of De Bollers.4
This question of heirship it would be premature here to enter upon.
5 Monasticon, VI. 263. Num. IX.
1 Rot. Chartarum, p. 192.
2 Lilleshall Chartulary, fo. 76.
3 At Trentham.
1 Monasticon, VI. 264. Num. X.
2 Lilleshall Chartulary, fo. 91.
3 Supra, Vol I. p. 233.
4 Rot Fimum, 25 Hen. III., m. 11.
Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle p48
(ed. John Willis Clark, 1907)
Qualiter
ius patronatus Ecclesie de Bemewelle descendit ad Dominum Gilbertum
Peccke jure hereditario.
…Ex
illa Albreda processerunt Galfridus Trussebut, Rogerus, Robertus,
Willelmus et Ricardus Trussebut. Hijs omnibus defunctis sine herede de
se, tres sorores remanserunt: scilicet Roysia, Hyllaria et Agatha.
This roughly translates as:
How the right of patronage of the Church of Bemewelle descended to
Lord Gilbert Pecke by right of inheritance.
… From that Albreda proceeded Galfrid Trussebut, Roger, Robert, William
and Richard Trussebut. All of them having died without an heir, three
sisters remained: Roysia, Hyllaria, and Agatha.
1241
in St Mary, Lilleshall, Shropshire,
England
Early
Yorkshire Charters vol 10 pp46-7 (de. Charles Travis Clay,
1955)
21.
Decision of Hilary Trussebut to be buried at Lilleshall abbey. [? c.
1210]
Lilleshall Chartulary, ut sup., p. 91
Omnibus sancte matris
ecclesie filiis ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit Hillaria Trussebut
uxor quondam Roberti de Budlers salutem. Ad universitatis vestre
noticiam volo pervenire quod ego divini amoris intuitu et sancte
religionis honestate abbatiam gloriose virginis de Lillesh[ull] in qua
dominus meus Robertus de Budlers jacet sepultus, ea amoris integritate
dilexi quod in eadem ecclesia ubicunque decessero, in sepulturam
elegi. Cartam siquidem istam in jamdicta domo reposui a fratribus meis
ibidem Deo servientibus contra illos porrigendam qui in prejudicium
mee libere voluntatis et corporis mei disposicionem cum ab hac luce
fuero voluerint resilire. Cartam siquidem illius eccelsie conventus
penes me retinui ut cum opus fuerit in medio exhibita lis si qua
fuerit de corpore meo exorta litigantium possit decidere questionem.
Hiis t[estibus].
This roughly translates as:
Greetings to all the sons of the holy mother church to whom the present
writing has reached, from Hillary Troussebut wife of the late Robert de
Budlers. I want to reach your universal notice that I, with the view of
divine love and the holy honesty of religion, the abbey of the glorious
virgin of Lilleshull, in which my lord Robert de Budlers lies buried, I
loved with the integrity of love that I chose for burial in the same
church wherever I died. Indeed, I have deposited this charter in the
aforesaid house by my brothers who serve God there, to be held out
against those who, to the prejudice of my free will and the disposition
of my body, when I am gone from this light, wish to rescind. Indeed, I
kept the charter of that highness's assembly close at hand, so that when
the need arose in the midst of the dispute presented in the midst of it,
if any arose out of my body, the question of the litigants might be
settled. These witnesses.
- Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle
p48 (John Willis Clark, 1907); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p87
(William Dugdale, 1849)
- Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus p102
(1835); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed
William Brown, 1892); Robert parents from Pedigrees from the plea rolls p490
(George Wrottesley, 1905); Robert death from Antiquities of Shropshire p195 (Robert
William Eyton, 1858); Robert burial from Early Yorkshire Charters vol 10 pp46-7
(de. Charles Travis Clay, 1955)
- Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 pp263-4
(William Dugdale, ed. John Caley, 1846); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed
William Brown, 1892)
- Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus
Angliæ vol 2 page lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
- Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p264
(William Dugdale, ed. John Caley, 1846); Early Yorkshire Charters vol 10 pp46-7
(de. Charles Travis Clay, 1955)
Pagan
In Yorkshire Archæological Journal vol 7 pp71-2
(1882), Rev. R.V. Taylor makes the case the Geoffrey's father was actually
named Ralph Paganel, but the older charters simply name the son as, for
example, "Gaufridus filii Pagani"
These charters document Geoffrey's father, Pagan.
Monasticon
Anglicanum vol 2 p43 (William Dugdale, 1661)
SCOKIRKE
in agro Eboracenſi, Cella de Noſtell.
Carta Regis Henrici primi donationem Gaufridi filii
Pagani, de duabus bovatis terræ in Tockwith, confirmans.
[Ex Cartulario de Noſtel, in bibl. Hatton.]
Henricus Rex Angliae T. Ebor. Archiepiſcopo & Nigello
de Albini & omnibus Baronibus & fidelibus ſuis Eboraciſceiræ
ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe Sancto Oſwaldo de Noſtla
& Cononicis ejuſdem loci, duas bovatas terræ in perpetuam
elemoſinam, quas Gaufridus filius Pagani eis dedit in
Tockwid & concedo & confirmo eis, ut tales
habeant libertates & confuetudines, in boſco, in plano, in
paſcuis, in porcorum paſuagiis quas Gaufridus habet
conceſſione ipſius Gaufridi coram me; Et volo & firmiter
præcipio ut benè, in pace & honorificè teneant ficut meliùs tenet
ali quam elemoſinam. Teſtibus Waltero de Glouc. apud Waltham.
This roughly translates as:
SCOKIRKE
in the county of York, cell of Nostell
A charter of King Henry the First confirming the donation of Geoffrey
son of Pagan, of two bovates of land in Tockwith.
[From the Cartulary of Noftell, in the Hatton Library.]
Henry King of
England greetings to T. Archbishop of York and Nigel de Albini and to
all the Barons and their faithful of York. Be it known that I have
granted to Saint Oswald of Nostla and the Canons of the same place, two
bovates of land in perpetual alms, which Geoffrey son of Pagan gave them
in Tockwid and I grant and confirm to them, that they may have such
liberties and easements, in the wood, in the plain, in the pastures, in
the swine-pastures which Geoffrey has by the grant of the same Geoffrey
before me; And I will and firmly command that they may hold well, in
peace and honour as one holds better alms than alms. Witnesses Walter of
Gloucester, at Waltham.
p173
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio G. Truſſebut ſuper donatione G. filii Pagani.
OMnibus &c. Galfridus Truſſebuthe ſalutem in
Chriſto. Noſcat dilectio veſtra, quod ego G. filius Willielmi
Truſſebuthe, concedo illam donationem, quam Galfridus
filius Pagani prædeceſſor meus fecit Canonicis regularibus de
Wartria, & quantum ad me pertinet do & hac Cartâ meâ
confirmo in elemoſinam perpetuam; videlicet Eccleſiam S. Jacobi ejuſdem
villæ, cum Cápellis & decimis; & vi. bovatis terræ,
quæ antiquitùs prædictæ Eccleſiæ adjacebant & cum aliis rebus jure
eidem Eccleſiæ pertinentibus.
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation of G. Trussebut upon the donation of G.
the son of Pagani.
To all &c.
Geoffrey Trussebut greetings in Christ. Let your love know that I, G,
son of William Trussebut, grant that donation which Geoffrey son of
Pagani, my predecessor, made to the canons regular of Wartria, and as
much as pertains to me I give and confirm my charter in perpetual alms;
viz., the Church of St. James of the same town, with chapels and tithes;
and 6 bovates of land which anciently adjoined the aforesaid Church and
with other things rightfully belonging to the same Church.
The Conqueror and his companions vol 2 p299
(James Robinson Planché, 1874)
TROSSEBOT,
l. 13,711.—This name is coupled with that of Botevilain by Wace as two
warriors who feared neither cut nor thrust, fighting furiously that day,
and giving and receiving severe blows. M. le Prévost could not, however,
trace the origin of this family in Normandy, and a William Troussebot is
first brought to our notice in the reign of Henry I. by Orderic Vital,
who includes him amongst the men of low origin, whom for their
obsequious services that sovereign raised to the rank of nobles, raising
them as it were from the dust, heaping wealth upon them, and exalting
them above earls and noble lords of castles (lib. xi. cap. 2). The
Troussebots are supposed to have been resident in the north-western part
of the district of Neubourg, near the domain of Robert de Harcourt,
whose daughter Albreda became the wife of William Trussbot above
mentioned, son of Geoffrey and grandson of Pagan Troussebot, who in all
probability was the combatant at Senlac.
It is hardly conclusive, but the supposition above by James Robinson Planché
is that Pagan was the "Trossebot" mentioned by Wace as a combatant (on the
side of the Normans) at the hill on which the Battle of Hastings was fought
in 1066 (which is sometimes called Senlac Hill)
Master Wace, his chronicle of the Norman conquest pp236-7
(Master Wace, translated by Edgar Taylor, 1837)
THE ROLL
OF THE NORMAN LORDS CONTINUED.
The lords de Vitrie and Urinie, deMoubrai and Saie, and the sire de la
Ferté, smote down many of the English, most of whom suffered grievously,
and many of them were killed. Botevilain and Trossebot47
feared neither blow nor thrust, but heartily gave and took many on that
day.
47 The name of Trossebot—afterwards TRUSSBUT
in England—occurs both in the Battle Abbey roll, and in Brampton. From Ordericus
Vitalis it appears that William Trossebot was one of the new men,
raised by Hen. I. from comparative obscurity. In 1132 Jeffery Trusbut,
or Fitz Payne, founded the priory of Wartre, in Yorkshire. In the Red
book,‘Gaufridus Trossebot 1 mil. de serjanteria foresteriae.’
Yorkshire Archæological Journal vol 7 pp71-2
(1882)
RIBSTON
AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS — Rev. R.V. Taylor
Speaking broadly, we may say, that when the spoils of Conquest came to
be shared the lands of Cospatric and Gamelbar went to the Percy; those
of Merlesweyn, with one or two removes, to the De Ros. This arrangement
seems to have held in all the three Ridings. Percy immediately planted
one of his seats at Spofforth, and another at Seamer, near Scarborough.
Ralph Paganel obtained the lands of Merlesweyn. He represented a Norman
family of good repute. Like Percy, he obtained large possessions in the
North and East Ridings. Of his domestic and private affairs but little
is known. He had a seat at Wartre, in Holderness, and also seems to have
resided at Ingmanthorpe. Ordericus Vitalis, speaking of the affairs of
Normandy, mentions Geoffrey, the son of Paganus; and we know that in
1114, Geoffrey Fitz-Pain gave the Chapel of All Saints, Skewkirk, to
Nostel Priory. There cannot be any doubt that this Geoffrey was the
successor of Ralph Paganel. Geoffrey Fitz-Pain, alias Trussebut,
who founded the priory of Wartre in 1132, had a son, William, who left
three daughters, Rose, Agatha, and Hillaria
The Battle Abbey roll vol 3 pp157-8
(Duchess of Cleveland, 1889)
Trousbut,
or Trossebot. “Botevilain et Trossebot” are coupled together in the Roman
de Rou as companions-in-arms that fought in the front rank at
Hastings. Both of these are sobriquets. Trossebot, to my
thinking, has some analogy with Talbot (Tail-le-bot): but this does not
help to explain its meaning. Botte (coup-de-fleuret),
means a pass or thrust (whence perchance we derive “bout”); and
Taille-botte might very aptly designate a skilful swordsman, while
Bouttevilain would be one that inflicted ugly wounds. But so many
different meanings belong to Trousse that I cannot even hazard a
conjecture as regards Trossebot; and in any case this is mere idle
speculation. Their coat of arms, Trois bouts d'eau (three
water-bougets) was obviously a rebus.
M. le Prévost is unable to trace the origin of this family in
Normandy. The Troussebots are, however, “supposed to have been resident
in the north-western part of the district of Neubourg, near the domain
of Robert de Harcourt, whose daughter Albreda became the wife of William
Troussebot.”—J. R. Planché. This was the grandson of Pagan
Trossebot, “in all probability the combatant at Senlac,” and the son of
Geoffrey Fitz Payne, who was seated at Wartre in Holderness before the
time of Henry I., and there founded a Priory.
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed William
Brown, 1892)
b
… On another Curia Regis Roll (No. 36. mm. 3d, 5), attributed
to 6 or 7 John, is the record of a suit about the manor of Wicton or
Wicham in Yorkshire, which Robert de Ros, William de Aubenni and Agatha
his wife, and Eularia or Eilaria Trussebut, claimed against Henry de
Puteaco, as the inheritance which had come to them from their ancestor
Gaufrid, son of Pagan, who was seised thereof in the time of Henry I.;
from Gaufrid the right descended to William Trussebut; and from William
to Gaufrid Trussebut; and from Gaufrid to Robert Trussebut, grandfather
of the said Robert, and father of Agatha and Eularia. And this they, the
plaintiffs, offer to prove by their freeman, William de Copland, who is
willing to prove it by his body, as of the sight and hearing of Ulfkill
his father (Et hoc offer[un]t dirationare versus eum per quendam
liberum hominem suum, scilicet, Willelmum de Copland; qui hoc offert
per corpus suum, etc., tit de visu et auditu Ulfkill’ patris sui, etc.).
Richard Trussebut
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Richard was seated at Wartria, and donated land there to the church of St
James in Wartria. He describes himself as William's "son and heir", so he
may be the eldest son, or may have later become the heir on the death
without issue of older brothers.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p174 (William
Dugdale, 1661)
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio Domini R. Truſſebut de terra Jordani de
Hornigton.
OMnibus Chriſti fidelibus præſens ſcriptum (&c.) Ricardus
filius & hæres quondam domini Willielmi Truſſebuth de Wartria
ſalutem in Domino. Noveritis me pro ſalute animæ meæ & animarum
patris mei & matris meæ & omnium anteceſſorum meorum,
conceſſiſſe & præſenti ſcripto confirmáſſe, ac de me &
hæredibus ac aſſignatis in perpetuum quietum clamâſſe Deo &
Eccleſia Sancti Jacobi de Wartria, & Priori &
Conventui ibidem Deo ſervientibus & ſervituris, v. bovatas
terræ & dimidiam & xxi. meſſuagia in Wartria,
cum omnibus pertinentiis libertatibus & ayſiamentis ſuis infra
prædictam villam & extra; & omnes liberè tenentes cum omnibus
ſerviciis eorundem; & omnes nativos dicttas tetras tenentes, cum
omnibus ſequelis & catallis ſuis fine aliquò retenemento, cum
homagiis, wardis, releviis, & excaeris, que de dictis terris &
tenementis ac tenentibus eorundem aliquo modo per me & hæredes
meos, vel aſſignatos meos exigi vel vindicari poſſunt in perpetuum.
Quas quidem terras & meſſuagia cum omnibus tenentibus eorundem
habent & tenent de dono Jordani de Hornigton &
Matildis uxoris ſuæ in prædicta villa de Wartria.
Habendum & tenendum prædictis Priori & Canonicis & eorum
ſucceſſoribus ac aſſignatis in liberam puram & perpetuam
elemoſinam (&c.)
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation of Lord R. Trussebut of the land of Jordan de
Hornigton.
To all the
faithful of Christ present written (&c.) Richard, son and heir of
the late lord William Trussebuth of Wartria, greetings in the Lord. You
know that for the safety of my soul and the souls of my father and my
mother and of all my ancestors, I have granted and confirmed in the
present writing, and for me and my heirs and assigns I have cried for
ever rest to God and the Church of Saint James of Wartria, and to the
Prior and the Convent there serving God and servitude, 5 bovates of land
and a half, and 21 messuages in Wartria, with all the liberties and
easements aforesaid below town & beyond; & all freeholds with
all the services of the same; and all the natives holding the said
lands, with all their sequels and chattels at the end of some retention,
with tributes, wards, reliefs, and exchequers, which of the said lands
and tenements and holdings thereof may be demanded or vindicated in any
way by me and my heirs, or my assigns they can go on forever. Indeed,
these lands and messuages with all their tenants have and hold of the
gift of Jordan de Hornigton and Matilda his wife in the aforesaid town
of Wartria. To be held and held by the aforesaid Prior and Canons and
their successors and assigns in free, pure and perpetual alms (&c.)
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard i, Geffrey,
and Robert; and three Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria,
and Agatha.
Of which Sons, all that I have met with, is; firſt that Richard
n in 3 Henry 2. accounted to the King forty Marks for
his Lands at Reibi; and that Geffrey did adde ſo
much to what his Grandfather had given to the Canons of Wartre;
that he thereupon had the repute to be the firſt Founder of that
Religious Houſe.
Likewise, that Robert gave to thoſe Canons of Wartre,
the Church of All-Saints at Melton, within his
own Fee. But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three Siſters became
Heirs to the Eſtate
i Ibid.[Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2 174. a 60]
n Rot.
Pip. 3 H. 2. Linc. Rot.
Pip. 6 H. 2 Linc.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 page lxxvi (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
... In
Yorkshire William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of
which Warter in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the
reign of Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard,
Geoffrey, William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo
son of Hamo (Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers,
rendered accompt of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of
William Trussebut and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that
year paid into the Treasury in two tallies, and were quit.
Richard had died before 1195, when
his family lands passe to the husbands of his sisters.
Robert Trussebut
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Robert confirmed (and added to) the donation of land to the church of St
James, that had been made by his brother Geoffrey, showing that Robert
outlived Geoffrey.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p173 (William
Dugdale, 1661)
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio R. Truſſebut, de Eccleſia S. Jacobi de
Wartria, cum, aliis rebus.
OMnibus, (&c.) Robertus Truſſebuth, ſalutem. Noſcat
univerſitas veſtra quod ego R. filius W. Truſſebuth concedo
& confirmo illam donationem quam G. filius Pagani
et G. frater meus, (&c.) ſicut prius cum additione unius
clauſulae, videlicet do etiam eis et confirmo Eccleſiam omnium
Sanctorum de Melton in feodo meo fundatam.
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation
of R. Trussebut, of the Church of St. James of Wartria, with other
things.
To all, (&c.) Robert Trussebuth, greeting. Let your community know
that I, R. son of W. Trussebuth, grant and confirm that donation which
G. son of Pagani and G. my brother, (&c.) as before with the
addition of one clause, that is to say, I also give to them and confirm
the Church of All Saints in Melton based on my fee.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard, Geffrey, and Robert
l; and three Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria, and Agatha.
Of which Sons, all that I have met with, is; firſt that Richard
in 3 Henry 2. accounted to the King forty Marks for his Lands at
Reibi; and that Geffrey did adde ſo much to what
his Grandfather had given to the Canons of Wartre; that
he thereupon had the repute to be the firſt Founder of that Religious
Houſe.
Likewise, that Robert gave p to thoſe Canons
of Wartre, the Church of All-Saints at Melton,
within his own Fee. But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three
Siſters became Heirs to the Eſtate
l Ibid.[Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2.] 173 b. n. 30.
p Ibid.[Monast. Anglic.] 173 b. n. 30.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 page lxxvi (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
... In
Yorkshire William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of
which Warter in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the
reign of Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard,
Geoffrey, William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo
son of Hamo (Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers,
rendered accompt of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of
William Trussebut and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that
year paid into the Treasury in two tallies, and were quit.
probably in 1195 or shortly before
that, when the husbands of his sisters rendered a payment for his lands.
Roger Trussebut
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Roger is not named by William Dugdale in The Baronage of England vol 1 p542 but he
does occur in a descents of the family recorded in the Bernwell chartulary,
based on MSS. Harl. 360.
The History and Antiquities of Barnwell Abbey p16
(J. Nichols, 1786)
Pain Peverell’s
second daughter's name was ROYSIA. She was the mother of
Albreda Harecourt, from whom ſprang Galfridus, Roger, Robert, William,
and Richard Truſſebut. But theſe all dying without iſſue, there remained
only three ſiſters, Royſia, Hillaria, and Agatha.
Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle p48
(ed. John Willis Clark, 1907)
Qualiter
ius patronatus Ecclesie de Bemewelle descendit ad Dominum Gilbertum
Peccke jure hereditario.
…Ex
illa Albreda processerunt Galfridus Trussebut, Rogerus, Robertus,
Willelmus et Ricardus Trussebut. Hijs omnibus defunctis sine herede
de se, tres sorores remanserunt: scilicet Roysia, Hyllaria et
Agatha.
This roughly translates as:
How the right of patronage of the Church of Bemewelle descended to
Lord Gilbert Pecke by right of inheritance.
… From that
Albreda proceeded Galfrid Trussebut, Roger, Robert, William and
Richard Trussebut. All of them having died without an heir, three
sisters remained: Roysia, Hyllaria, and Agatha.
Rose (Trussebut) de Ros
1150/1
Rose was aged 34 in 1185
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
Everard
de Ros
Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de donatione
regis 1185 p1 (Stacey Grimaldi, 1830)
DE DOMINABUS ET PUERIS ET PUELLIS DE LINCOLNSCIR.
Uxor EVERARDI DE ROS, que fuit
filia WILLELMI TRUSSEBUT, est de
donatione Domini Regis, et xxxiiij annorum, et habet ij filios,
primogenitus est xiij annorum, et terra ejus est in custodia RANULFI
DE GLAMVILLE. Terra dicte Domine in STROWESTONE
quam habet in dote, valet annuatim xv libris, cum instauramento ij
carrucarum, et c ovium, et iij porcorum, et j equi, nec potest plus
valere.
This roughly translates as:
ON THE LADIES AND BOYS AND GIRLS OF LINCOLNSHIRE.
The wife of EVERARD DE ROS, who was
the daughter of WILLIAM TRUSSEBUT, is of
the gift of the Lord the King, and 34 years old, and has 2 children, the
first born being 13 years old, and his land is in the custody of RANULPH
DE GLAMVILLE. The land of the said Lord in STROWESTONE,
which he has in dower, is worth 15 pounds per annum, with the provision
of 2 carts, and 100 sheep, and 3 swine, and 1 horse, and cannot be worth
more.
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed William
Brown, 1892)
b
The deed by which the Trussebut estates were partitioned amongst the
three sisters and co-heiresses of Robert Trussebut, is entered on a
Curia Regis Roll attributed to Trinity Term, 5 Richard I., 110,4 (Curia
Regis, No. 1., m. 2). To the share of Roesia de Ros fell
Ribbestein, Hunsinghour (Hunsingore), Walleford’, with the mills,
Wargebi, or perhaps Wengebi, with the soke, which are worth £62. The
knights’ fees pertaining to the share are £23 13s. 5d. in
Watre (Wartre), and a third part of the wood throughout the whole
inheritance. Sum of all £62. These are the knights: Richard Trussebut
holds two knights’ fees, William Burdet half a knight’s fee, Reginald de
Cherpunville half a virgate, P(eter) de Becheringes a fourth part of a
knight’s fee, John Burdet a fourth part. Sum, three and a half knights’
fees.
Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle pp47-8
(ed. John Willis Clark, 1907)
Qualiter
ius patronatus Ecclesie de Bemewelle descendit ad Dominum Gilbertum
Peccke jure hereditario.
Ex
illa Albreda processerunt Galfridus Trussebut, Rogerus, Robertus,
Willelmus et Ricardus Trussebut. Hijs omnibus defunctis sine herede
de se, tres sorores remanserunt: scilicet Roysia, Hyllaria et
Agatha. Ex Roysia Robertus de Ros senior, de Roberto Willelmus de
Ros, et isti tres, scilicet Willelmus, Hillaria, et Agatha heredes
sunt in parte.
This roughly translates as:
How the right of patronage of the Church of Bemewelle descended to
Lord Gilbert Pecke by right of inheritance.
From that Albreda proceeded Geoffrey Trussebut, Roger, Robert, William
and Richard Trussebut. All of them having died without heirs, three
sisters remained: namely Roysia, Hilaria and Agatha. From Roysia Robert
de Ros senior, from Robert William de Ros, and these three, namely
William, Hilaria and Agatha, are heirs in part.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard, Geffrey, and Robert;
and three m Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria, and Agatha.
... But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three Siſters became Heirs
q to the Eſtate; Roſe r being Wife ſ
to Everard de Ros (a great Baron in Holderness) Hillaria
of Robert de Budlers; and Agatha firſt of . . . . . . .
. . . . . . and afterwards of William de Albini of Belvoir
(the third of that name.)
Of which three Siſters, Hillaria departing this life
without Iſſue; the Lands of her Inheritance were ſhared betwixt William
de Ros, Grandſon to Roſe the eldeſt Siſter (viz.
Son of Robert, Son of Everard de Ros above-mentioned)
and Agatha the third Siſter, Widow of William de Albini
(as hath been ſaid.)
m Ibid.[Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2.] 30 a. l. 56
q Ibid.[Monast. Anglic.] 30 a. n. 50
r Ibid.
ſ Rot. de Dominabus, purris & puellis de an. 32 H. 2. in
Scac. penès Remem. R.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p545
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Ros
or Roos of Hamlake.
Everard ... having married t Roſe, one of the
Daughters and Heirs of William Trusbut (of Wartre in Holderneſs)
dyed before the 32 year of King Henry the Second’s Reign,
leaving her a young Widow (for u ſhe was at that time but
thirty four years of age) and two Sons ſurviving; whereof the eldeſt was
w then thirteen years of age, and called x Robert,
with the addition y of Furfan:
t Rot. de Dominabus pueris & puellis in Scacc.
penès Remem. Regis. Monaſt. Anglic. Vol. 1. 728 a. n. 60.
u w Rot. de Dominabus, &c. ut ſupra
x Monaſt. Anglic. Vol. 1. 728 a. l. 61. Monaſt.
Anglic. Vol. 2. 30 s. 54.
y Monaſt. Anglic. Vol. 1. 728 l. 61.
The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester
vol 2 part 1 p29 (John Nichols, 1795)
Everard
de Ros ... married Royſia, daughter of William Truſbut, of Wartre,
in Holderneſs, and (after the death of her brothers, Richard, Geoffrey,
and Robert de Truſbut) coheir, with her siſters Hilaria and Agatha, to
her father’s eſtate; and alſo to that of her mother, Albreda de Harcurt,
daughter of Royſia, one of the daughters and coheirs of Pain Peverell,
ſtandard-bearer to Robert Curthoſe, the Conqueror’s eldeſt son, in the
Holy Land. Hilaria and Agatha having no iſſue, her poſterity the lords
Ros became alſo barons of Truſbut. Everard ,,, died before 1186; leaving
by his widow, then 34 years old, two sons; the eldeſt of whom, Robert,
was then only thirteen.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
... In
Yorkshire William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of
which Warter in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the
reign of Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard,
Geoffrey, William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo
son of Hamo (Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers,
rendered accompt of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of
William Trussebut and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that
year paid into the Treasury in two tallies, and were quit. At the same
date the Sheriff of Yorkshire, Hugh Bardolf, rendered accompt of 16li.
16s, 8d. of the rent of the land, which had been belonging to Robert de
Ros, quæ fuerat Roberti Trussebut, for the term of half a year,
by him paid in at the Treasury; and on the Great Roll of the Pipe of the
following year is this entry, sub tit Everwichscira, “Robertus
de Ros redd. comp. de D. marc, pro habenda rationabili parte sua,
sicut primogenitus, de terra quæ fuit Roberti Trussebut in Anglia et
Normannia, sicut rationabiliter monstrare poterit quod habere debeat.
In thesauro cc.m. Et debet cc.m.” To a share, as eldest born, of
the inheritance of Trussebut, Robert de Ros derived title through his
mother, Roesia Trussebut, then deceased; for in 1185 the wife of Everard
de Ros, who was daughter of William Trussebut, was of the King’s gift,
being 34 years of age, and mother of two sons, of whom the eldest was of
the age of thirteen years, and his land in the custody of Ranulph de
Glanville. The manor from which this family had their local surname was
held as a fief of the Honour of Albemarle (Aumale), in the
district of the county of York, called Holdernesse, and has now the name
of Roos or Rosse; in 30 Hen. II. Ebrardus de Ross was said to owe 100
marks for having his land which the Comte of Aumale had held,
but he was since dead, and his heir in the King’s hands, and the land in
the possession of Earl William de Mandeville, who then held this
seigniory in right of his wife, Comtesse of Aumale. Robert de
Ros, surnamed Furfan, had livery of his land in England 2 Ric. I. 1191,
in which year he owed 1000 marks for his fine; and after the acquisition
by him of a purparty of the land of Robert Trussebut, as shewn above, he
gave thereout to the Templars the manor of Ribston, where they
established a Commandery. In Normandy he confirmed to the abbey of St.
Georges de Bocherville the alms, which his ancestors had given formerly,
viz. the tythe of the mill of St. Cyr and of the mill of
Barneville and the meadow called Dicheaus, as contained in the charters
of Geoffrey and Robert Trussebut to the same monastery.u The
other daughters of William Trusbut, and coheirs with Roesia de Ros of
the barony of Warter, were Hillaria Trusbut, deceased 25 Hen. III. 1241,
wife of Robert de Bullers, the heir to whose dower was Robert Ware, and
Agatha Trusbut, deceased 31 Hen. III. 1247, wife first of Hamo Meinfelin
and secondly of William de Albini; neither of whom left issue surviving
at their deaths in extreme old age.
u “Sciant omnes presentes et futuri quod ego
Gaufridus Trossebot dedi Deo et Abbatie S’ci Georgii de Bochervilla pro
salute anime mee et antecessorum meorum in puram et perpetuam elemosinam
decimam molendini de S’to Cyriaco et decimam molendini de Barnevilla et
quicquid habebam in illo prato quod vocatur Dicheas, concedens quod
dicta Abbatia habeat istas prefatas elemosinas et perpetue possideat
bene et in pace, libere et quiete, sicut suam puram et perpetuam
elemosinam absque nulla contradictione mei vel heredum meorum. Et ut
haec, &c Testes sunt Willielmus de Kenovilla, Nicholaus Bordet,
Johannes Bordet, Johannes de Daevilla, Rogerus Trossebot, Andreas
Quarrel, Ricardus de Esgramesnillo, Willielmus de Ripparia et Willielmus
filius Aelis. (Cartul. de Bocherville, f. 132 b. in Bib. Pub. Roth.)
Robert Trossebot confirmed this alms in the presence of the same
witnesses, and received from the chapter of St. Georges the privilege of
confraternity. (Ib. 113 b.) To the charter of Robert de Ros
there were witnesses “Goscelinus presbyter, Gaufridus Tronel clericus,
et milites Reginaldus de Gerponvilla, Radulphus de Bailluel, et Symon
cubicularias, Petrus nepos Abbatis, Ricardus filius Heberti Portarii et
plures alii.” (Ib. 112 b.) Reginald de Gerponville was a
feudatory of the Honour of Warter in England, and likewise a benefactor
to the abbey of Bocherville with consent of his wife Emmeline and son
William. When partition was made of the ten knight’s fees of that Honour
into three shares, Reginaldus de Cherpunvilla dimid. milit. and
Johannes Burdett quartam partem were allotted to Roesia de Ros.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 5 p280 (William
Dugdale, 1846)
NUM. III.
Successio Dominorum de Roos post Maritagium Petri Domini de Roos
Adelinae sorori Walteri Especk.
[Ibid.[Ex MS. in bibl. Cotton, sub
effigie Vitellii F. 4]]
... qui Everardus duxit quandam Rosam, et genuit ex ea Robertum de
Roos dictum Fursan;
This roughly translates as:
The succession of the Lords of Roos after the marriage of Peter Lord
of Roos to Adeline, sister of Walter Especk.
... which Everard married a certain Rosa, and begat by her Robert de
Roos, called Fursan;
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p87
(William Dugdale, 1849)
NUM. II.
De Morte Pagani Peverell.
... ex illa Albreda, processerunt Galfridus Trussebut.
His omnibus defunctis sine hærede de se, tres sorores
remanserunt, scilicet Roysia, Hillaria, et Agatha.
Ex Roisia Robertus de Ros senior. De Roberto Gul. de Ros, et isti
tres, scilicet Gulielmus, Hillaria, et Agatha hæredes sunt in parte.
This roughly translates as:
On the Death of Pagan Peverell.
... from that Albreda, proceeded Geoffrey Trussebut.
These all having died without an heir, three sisters remained,
namely, Rose, Hillary, and Agatha.
From Rose, Robertus de Ros the elder. Of Robert, William de Ros, and
these three, namely William, Hillary, and Agatha, are heirs in part.
Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of
the County and City of York p53 (1846)
HOLY
TRINITY PRIORY, YORK - Thomas Stapleton
... we learn from this entry respecting Rosa his widow, on the roll of
ladies and boys and girls of Lincolnshire. “The wife of Everard de Ros,
who was the daughter of William Trussebut, is of the donation of the
lord the king, and of thirty-four years, and has two sons. The firstborn
is of thirteen years and his land is in the custody of Ranulf de
Glanville. The land of the said lady in Stroxton, which she has in
dower, is worth annually £15., with the stock of two ploughs and a
hundred sheep and three swine and one horse, nor can it be worth more.”
The Complete Peerage vol 11 p91 (George
Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
ROS or ROOS OF HELMSLEY
EVERARD DE ROS, s. and h.,(i)
was still a minor in 1166.(j) He adhered to the King in the
rebellion of 1173.(k) He m. Roese, 1st sister and
coh., in her issue sole heir, of Robert, and da. of William, TRUSSEBUT,
lord of Warter, E.R. Yorks, by Aubreye DE HARCOURT.(l)
He d. in 1183, before Mich.(m) His widow was said to
be aged 34 in 1185, and to have two sons, the elder aged 13.(n)
She was living in the summer of 1194 and d. before Mich. 1196.(o)
(i) Newminster Chartulary (Surtees Soc.), p.
197. His ‘pedagogue’ William witnessed his father’s confirmation to
Rievaulx (Chartulary, p. 22).
(j) Red Book, p. 408.
(k) Gesta Regis Henrici, Rolls Ser., vol. i,
p. 51. He attested charters of William, Count of Aumale (1150-70), and a
grant to Rievaulx Abbey, 1180 (Early Yorks Charters, vol. i, p. 479).
(l) Stapleton, Mag. Rot. Scacc. Norm., vol. i,
pp. lxxvii; Liber Eccles. de Bernewelle, pp. 47, 48. As to the Trussbut
inheritance see Rolls of the King’s Court, 1194-95 (Pipe Roll
Soc.), p. 12. Her son suc. to her share, 1196 (Pipe Roll, 8 Ric.
I, p. 178).
(m) Pipe Roll, 29 Hen. II, p. 51. He left a
yr. s. Piers (Guisborough Chartulary, Surtees Soc., vol. ii, p.
2). He was a benefactor of the abbeys of Newminster (Chartulary,
loc. cit.) and Rievaulx (Chartulary, pp. 23, 24).
(n) Rot. de Dominabus (Pipe Roll Soc.), p. 1.
(o) Rolls of the King’s Court, loc. cit.;
Pipe Roll, 8 Ric. I, p. 178.
between 1194 and 1196
- Rose was aged 34 in 1185
from Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de
donatione regis 1185 p1 (Stacey Grimaldi, 1830)
- Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de
donatione regis 1185 p1 (Stacey Grimaldi, 1830); Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle
p48 (John Willis Clark, 1907); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); The history and antiquities of the county of
Leicester vol 2 part 1 p29 (John Nichols, 1795); Monasticon Anglicanum vol 5 p280
(William Dugdale, 1846); Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 1 p87
(William Dugdale, 1849); The Complete Peerage vol 11 p91
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
- The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); The history and antiquities of the county of
Leicester vol 2 part 1 p29 (John Nichols, 1795); Monasticon Anglicanum vol 5 p280
(William Dugdale, 1846); The Complete Peerage vol 11 p91
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
- Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de
donatione regis 1185 p1 (Stacey Grimaldi, 1830); The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675); Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed
William Brown, 1892); The history and antiquities of the county of
Leicester vol 2 part 1 p29 (John Nichols, 1795); The Complete Peerage vol 11 p91
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
- The Complete Peerage vol 11 p91
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
William Trussebut
Geoffrey Fitz
Payne
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed William
Brown, 1892)
b
… On another Curia Regis Roll (No. 36. mm. 3d, 5), attributed
to 6 or 7 John, is the record of a suit about the manor of Wicton or
Wicham in Yorkshire, which Robert de Ros, William de Aubenni and Agatha
his wife, and Eularia or Eilaria Trussebut, claimed against Henry de
Puteaco, as the inheritance which had come to them from their ancestor
Gaufrid, son of Pagan, who was seised thereof in the time of Henry I.;
from Gaufrid the right descended to William Trussebut; and from William
to Gaufrid Trussebut; and from Gaufrid to Robert Trussebut, grandfather
of the said Robert, and father of Agatha and Eularia. And this they, the
plaintiffs, offer to prove by their freeman, William de Copland, who is
willing to prove it by his body, as of the sight and hearing of Ulfkill
his father (Et hoc offer[un]t dirationare versus eum per quendam
liberum hominem suum, scilicet, Willelmum de Copland; qui hoc offert
per corpus suum, etc., tit de visu et auditu Ulfkill’ patris sui, etc.).
Albreda
de Harcourt
In Rotuli de dominabus et pueris et puellis de donatione
regis 1185 p14 it is recorded that Albreda has four sons in
1185, meaning that either one of the five sons listed here had died before
then, or one of the sons listed is incorrect.
William was of Watre, in Holderness, Yorkshire. After Henry's death, when
the king's son-in-law, Geoffrey
of Anjou attempted to claim the throne of England from Stephen in
1138, William Trussebut, then castellan
of Bonneville,
drove off Geoffrey when he attacked nearby Touques, in Normandy.
The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy vol
3 pp327-9 (Ordericus Vitalis, translated by Thomas Forester, 1854)
CHARACTER
OF HENRY I
... No king of England had been more powerful, nor possessed wider
territories within the island, nor was more favoured by fortune in the
acquisition of all that mortals need in the fullest abundance. If life
be spared me, the sequel of my history will, by God’s aid, clearly
exhibit this. He reduced all his enemies to subjection either by policy
or force, and rewarded those who served him with riches and honours.
Many there were of high condition whom he hurled from the summit of
power for their presumption, and sentenced to the perpetual forfeiture
of their patrimonial estates. On the contrary, there were others of low
origin, whom, for their obsequious services, he raised to the rank of
nobles, taking them, so to speak, from the dust, surrounding them with
wealth, and, exalting them above earls, and distinguished lords of
castles. Such men as Geoffrey de Clinton, Ralph Basset, Hugh de
Bocheland, Gruillegrip, Rainier de Bada, William Troussebot,5
Haimon de Falaise, Guigan Algaso, Robert de Bostare, and many others,
are examples of what I have stated. Having acquired wealth and built
themselves mansions, they established a position far beyond that of
their fathers, and often revenged themselves on those who had lorded
over them, by false and unjust accusations. These and many others of
humble birth, whom it would be tedious to mention individually, were
ennobled by the king; his royal authority raising them from a low estate
to the summit of power, so that they became formidable even to the
greatest nobles.
5 William Troussebot, son of Geoffrey, son of
Paganus, married Aubrey de Harcourt. They had estates in Yorkshire; see
Monast. Anglic., t. ii. p. 43. He was governor of
Bonneville-sur-Touque in 1138, an office hereditary in that family, one
branch of which possessed domains in the neighbourhood of Bonneville,
which was a royal residence. The original seat of the family of
Troussebot is supposed to have been in the north-western part of the
district of Neuborg, near that of Robert I. de Harcourt, father of
Aubrey, who was married to William Troussebot.
The ecclesiastical history of England and Normandy vol
4 pp206-9 (Ordericus Vitalis, translated by Thomas Forester, 1856)
A.D.
1138
On the calends of October [1st October] Geoffrey of Anjou laid
siege to Falaise, and toiled before it in vain for eighteen days. On the
nineteenth day he drew off his troops, having gained no advantage.
Richard de Lucy commanded in the place, and valiantly defended the
fortress at the head of the garrison. He even in derision threw the
gates open every day to the besiegers with the utmost audacity; and as
the besieged had abundant stores of provisions and arms, he challenged
them in mockery to the assault. The enemy laid waste all the country
round, and, breaking into the churches, and carrying off the sacred
vestments and vessels without any fear of God, profaned the holy places;
nor did they spare any one, for they plundered the poor people of
everything they could lay their hands on. At last, in a sudden panic,
inspired by God, they fled in the night time, leaving in their rout
their tents full of clothes and arms, and carts loaded with bread and
wine and other necessaries, which the garrison and inhabitants took
possession of in great joy.
Ten days afterwards, however, the Angevins suddenly retraced
their steps, and making a rapid circuit round Falaise, swept off the
property of those who had returned to their homes and were dwelling in
security. For three weeks Normandy was unceasingly subjected to
slaughter and ravage by the count’s fierce inroads, and great losses
were sustained. In the beginning of November he came to Touque, where he
found a wealthy bourg; his full intention being to assault the
neighbouring fortress of Bonneville on the morrow.1 The enemy
found large houses in the bourg, although they were all deserted; but
quartering themselves in them without any precautions, they sat down to
carouse in a splendid manner.
Meanwhile, in the depth of the night, while the enemy’s troops
were resting securely in other people’s houses, William, surnamed
Troussebot,2 the governor of Bonneville, having discovered
the enemy’s want of caution, suddenly took advantage of it with great
address. Having assembled the garrison and animated them by words of
exhortation to a daring enterprise, he sent some wretched boys and
common women to Touque, with instructions which he had carefully
meditated, what they were to do. According to their orders, they crept
into the bourg with great secrecy and dispersing through it boldly set
the four quarters on fire m forty-five different places. The Angevins,
who had just taken possession of the village and captured their hosts in
their own houses and seated in their own chairs, were awoke by the
crackling of the flames and the shouts of the sentinels, and, panic
struck, fled at once, abandoning their arms and horses, with many other
necessaries. William Troussebot and his garrison, in full armour,
sallied forth from Bonneville to fall on the enemy, but the smoke was so
thick that in the obscurity neither party was able to distinguish the
other. At last, the count, all in confusion, halted in a certain
cemetery, and there gathering his scattered force, waited till daylight.
As soon as the dawn appeared, he fled with the utmost speed, and having
had some experience of Norman daring, never held bridle till he arrived,
not without disgrace, at Argentan.
1 Touque stands on the river of that name, about
three quarters of a league from Bonneville, a strong castle which was a
favourite residence of the dukes of Normandy. See before, vol. iii. p.
211.
2 For William Troussebot and his family, see ib.
p. 328.
William's son, Geoffrey, confirmed a donation to the church made by
William's father, also Geoffrey. This documents William's father, Geoffrey,
and grandfather, Pagan.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p173 (William
Dugdale, 1661)
WARTREIENSE
Confirmatio G. Truſſebut ſuper donatione G. filii Pagani.
OMnibus &c. Galfridus Truſſebuthe ſalutem in
Chriſto. Noſcat dilectio veſtra, quod ego G. filius Willielmi
Truſſebuthe, concedo illam donationem, quam Galfridus
filius Pagani prædeceſſor meus fecit Canonicis regularibus de
Wartria, & quantum ad me pertinet do & hac Cartâ meâ
confirmo in elemoſinam perpetuam; videlicet Eccleſiam S. Jacobi ejuſdem
villæ, cum Cápellis & decimis; & vi. bovatis terræ,
quæ antiquitùs prædictæ Eccleſiæ adjacebant & cum aliis rebus jure
eidem Eccleſiæ pertinentibus. ...
This roughly translates as:
WARTRE
Confirmation of G. Trussebut upon the donation of G.
the son of Pagani.
To all &c.
Geoffrey Trussebut greetings in Christ. Let your love know that I, G,
son of William Trussebut, grant that donation which Geoffrey son of
Pagani, my predecessor, made to the canons regular of Wartria, and as
much as pertains to me I give and confirm my charter in perpetual alms;
viz., the Church of St. James of the same town, with chapels and tithes;
and 6 bovates of land which anciently adjoined the aforesaid Church and
with other things rightfully belonging to the same Church. ...
p200
ABBATIA de Thornton ſuper Humbram in agro
Lincolnienſi
Carta Regis Ricardi primi Donatorum conceſſiones recitant
& confirmant.
...
Ex dono Willelmi Truſſebut paſtura CCC. ovibus in Uleſby.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p542
(William Dugdale, 1675)
Trusbut.
THE firſt of this Family of whom I have ſeen mention, was Geffrey
Fitz-payn; which Geffrey had his residence at Wartre,
in that part of Yorkſhire called Holderneſs:
… To this Geffrey ſucceeded d William,
ſirnamed Trusbut, his Son and Heir; * one of thoſe that was
raiſed by King Henry the Firſt, from a low condition, to be a
potent man: and whoſe valour at Bonville in Normandy,
did ſo highly manifeſt † it ſelf in Anno 1139. (4 Steph.)
where, when the Troops of Geffrey Earl of Anjou
were come to ſurprise that Garriſon; being then Governour thereof, he
put ſuch courage into the Townſmen, that they ſetting fire on their own
houſes in four places, cauſed ſo great a terror to the Earl, that he
made a diſhonourable Retreat.
This William took e to Wife Albreda,
Daughter of . . . . . . Harecurt, one of the Coheirs to Maude
de Dover (as the Deſcent here drawn doth ſhew) and had f
part of her Inheritance: which Albreda calls g the
Canons of Scokirk, Dominicos, Canonicos, mei Domini
& mei; her and her Husband’s own Canons.
This William Trusbut was alſo ſeated h at Wartre,
and left Iſſue three Sons; Richard i, Geffrey
k, and Robert l; and three m
Daughters, Roſe, Hillaria, and Agatha.
Of which Sons, all that I have met with, is; firſt that Richard
n in 3 Henry 2. accounted to the King forty Marks for
his Lands at Reibi; and that Geffrey did adde ſo
much to what his Grandfather had given to the Canons of Wartre;
that he thereupon had the repute o to be the firſt Founder
of that Religious Houſe.
Likewise, that Robert gave p to thoſe Canons
of Wartre, the Church of All-Saints at Melton,
within his own Fee. But none of theſe Sons having Iſſue, the three
Siſters became Heirs q to the Eſtate; Roſe r
being Wife ſ to Everard de Ros (a great Baron in Holderness)
Hillaria t of Robert de Budlers; and Agatha
firſt u of . . . . . . . . . . . . . and afterwards of w
William de Albini of Belvoir (the third of that
name.)
Of which three Siſters, Hillaria departing x
this life without Iſſue; the Lands of her Inheritance were ſhared y
betwixt William de Ros, Grandſon to Roſe the eldeſt
Siſter (viz. Son of Robert, Son of Everard de Ros
above-mentioned) and Agatha the third Siſter, Widow of William
de Albini (as hath been ſaid.) Which Agatha gave z
to the Nuns of De la pre, near Northampton, four
Ox-gangs of Land; viz. two in Brandestone, and
two in Falclibe; but deceaſing a also without
Iſſue; the whole at length devolved to the same William de Ros:
whereupon, in 32 Hen. 3. he paid b one hundred
pounds for his Relief, for that whole Barony of Trusbut
and Wartre.
d Ibid.[Monaſt. Anglic. Vol. 2.] 173. a. n. 40.
* Ord. Vit. 805 B. C.
† Ibid. 918 D.
e f Rot. Pip. 1 R. 1. Cantabr. & Hunt.
g Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2. 43 a. n. 30.
h Ibid. 174. a. 60.
i Ibid.,
k Ibid. 30 a. l. 50.
l Ibid. 173 b. n. 30.
m Ibid. 30 a. l. 56
n Rot. Pip. 3 H. 2. Linc. Rot. Pip. 6 H. 2 Linc.
o Anno 1132. 32 H. 1. Monast. Anglic. 172 a. n. 20. & 173 a.
n. 48.
p Ibid. 173 b. n. 30.
q Ibid. 30 a. n. 50
r Ibid.
ſ Rot. de Dominabus, purris & puellis de an. 32 H. 2. in
Scac. penès Remem. R.
t Monast. Anglic. Vol. 2. 146 b. 13 & 53
u w Claus. 20 H. 3. m. 12.
x y Rot. Fin. 25 H. 3. m. 10.
z Monast. Anglic. Vol. 1. 1018 a. n. 10.
a Rot. Fin. 31 H. 3. m. 8.
b Rot. Pip. 32 H. 3. Linc.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
William
Trossebot is named by the historian Ordericus Vitalis in the list of
those of ignoble parentage whom King Henry I. raised, as it were, from
the dust, and by his manifold gifts exalted over Counts and men of the
country of illustrious birth. Afterward, in 1138, William, having the
surname of Trossebot, castellan (munio) of Bonneville, was
successful in putting to flight Comte Geoffrey of Anjou and his
Angevin troops, having first set fire to the adjacent bourg of Touques,
in which they had taken up their quarters for the night. He married
Albreda de Harwecurt (Harecuria), who was living his widow, aged 50
years, in 1185, and then the mother of four sons; of her frank-marriage
she held land in Braunston, com. Northampton, and was in the
King’s gift. In Yorkshire William Trussebut held an Honour of ten
knights’ fees, of which Warter in the East-Riding was the caput;
and which in the reign of Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn.
His sons Richard, Geoffrey, William, and Robert, left no issue ...
Roesia Trussebut, ... was daughter of William Trussebut ... The other
daughters of William Trusbut, and coheirs with Roesia de Ros of the
barony of Warter, were Hillaria Trusbut, deceased 25 Hen. III. 1241,
wife of Robert de Bullers, the heir to whose dower was Robert Ware, and
Agatha Trusbut, deceased 31 Hen. III. 1247, wife first of Hamo Meinfelin
and secondly of William de Albini; neither of whom left issue surviving
at their deaths in extreme old age.
The Conqueror and his companions vol 2
pp299-300 (James Robinson Planché, 1874)
TROSSEBOT,
l. 13,711.—This name is coupled with that of Botevilain by Wace as two
warriors who feared neither cut nor thrust, fighting furiously that day,
and giving and receiving severe blows. M. le Prévost could not, however,
trace the origin of this family in Normandy, and a William Troussebot is
first brought to our notice in the reign of Henry I. by Orderic Vital,
who includes him amongst the men of low origin, whom for their
obsequious services that sovereign raised to the rank of nobles, raising
them as it were from the dust, heaping wealth upon them, and exalting
them above earls and noble lords of castles (lib. xi. cap. 2). The
Troussebots are supposed to have been resident in the north-western part
of the district of Neubourg, near the domain of Robert de Harcourt,
whose daughter Albreda became the wife of William Trussbot above
mentioned, son of Geoffrey and grandson of Pagan Troussebot, who in all
probability was the combatant at Senlac.
Geoffrey Fitz Payne, as he is called, was seated before the reign
of Henry I. at Wartre in Holderness, in the county of York, and the
family was thenceforth, styled the Trusbutts of Wartre. The male line
failed by the death of the three sons of William without issue, and
their three sisters, Rose, Hillarie, and Agatha, became heirs of the
estates. The two latter dying childless, the whole property devolved
upon William de Ros, grandson of Rose, who married Everard de Ros, a
great baron in Holderness, who assumed the allusive coat of Trussbot of
Wartre: three water-bougets. “Trois bouts d’eau,” or three bougets of water.
Yorkshire Archæological Journal vol 7 p73
(1882)
RIBSTON
AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS — Rev. R.V. Taylor
William Trussebut confirms all the land which Nigel de Stockeld gave,
viz., all the culture called ULICROFT, with all its
appurtenances and the land in my fee on the west part of the way which
leads from CRALVETT towards WERREBY, up to
the fee of William Percy. I give to the said hospital 7½ acres of land
in the western part of my manor of Dicton, near the said culture, and
common of pasture in the fields of Dicton; and the hospital shall hold
of me and my heirs in fee, returning 8s., four at Pentecost and
four at St. Martin in winter (11th Nov.), for all service which belongs
to one carucate of land in Dicton.
The Battle Abbey roll vol 3 pp158-9
(Duchess of Cleveland, 1889)
Trousbut,
or Trossebot.
… M. le Prévost is unable to trace the origin of this family in
Normandy. The Troussebots are, however, “supposed to have been resident
in the north-western part of the district of Neubourg, near the domain
of Robert de Harcourt, whose daughter Albreda became the wife of William
Troussebot.”—J. R. Planché. This was the grandson of Pagan
Trossebot, “in all probability the combatant at Senlac,” and the son of
Geoffrey Fitz Payne, who was seated at Wartre in Holderness before the
time of Henry I., and there founded a Priory. Yet Orderic Vitalis
contemptuously describes him as one of the men of low origin, whom, for
their obsequious service, that sovereign exalted to the rank of nobles,
raising them, as it were, from the very dust under his feet, heaping
riches upon them, and setting them above Earls and Lords of castles
(lib. xi. cap. 2). William Trossebot’s services to the King were
probably of a very different kind, as he was a stalwart soldier; but the
only exploit recorded of him dates from the ensuing reign. “In 1138,
being then castellan (munio) of Bonneville, he was successful in
putting to flight Count Geoffrey of Anjou and his Angevine troops,
having first set fire to the adjacent bourg of Touques, in which they
had taken up their quarters for the night.”—T. Stapleton. He
married Albreda de Harcourt, the daughter of one of the two co-heirs of
Pain Peverell, Baron of Brunne, and the heiress of the other, Maud de
Dover, who had remained childless. They had, according to Dugdale, three
sons, Richard, Geoffrey, and Robert (Mr. Stapleton adds another named
William); and three daughters: Rose, married to Everard de Ros;
Hillaria, to Robert de Boilers; and Agatha, to Hamo Meinfelin. None of
the sons left heirs; and all Dugdale can tell us of them is that they
were great benefactors to the religious houses. Geoffrey, the second,
“did adde so much to what his grandfather had given to the Canons of
Wartre that he thereupon had the repute to be the first Founder.” The
last of them died in 1195, and their sisters became co-heiresses of the
great barony of Wartre. All three lost their husbands in early life, and
neither Rose nor Hillaria would ever consent to marry again. Hillaria
lived a widow close upon forty years, and rivalled her brothers in her
munificence to the Church. Agatha, on the other hand, re-married William
de Albini, Earl of Sussex, one of the barons in arms against the Crown.
Blomfield recounts how “on Tuesday after the Feast of St. Dennis,” eight
days before King John died, Agatha came to his chamber at Lynn, and
there paid the fine of one hundred marks of silver, which her husband
had incurred for his rebellion. Of these three wealthy sisters, only
Rose, the eldest, left surviving descendants, and to them the whole
inheritance eventually accrued; but her two younger sisters both
attained such a patriarchal age that her grandson was the first to enjoy
it.
The name apparently did not die out with the baronial line. There
were Trusbuts settled at Titleshall in Norfolk, “a family of good
account,” that survived for several centuries. Richard Trusbut lived
under Henry III.; and his son John was seated at Shouldham in the
succeeding reign. Another John, grandson of the above, was Captain of
the Hobelers in the Scottish wars, 16 Ed. III. The last of the line was
again John, whose heiress Jane married Nicholas Colt, Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Privy Councillor of Edward IV.—Blomfield’s Norfolk.
These Trusbuts did not bear the water-bougets of the Barons of
Wartre, but Gyronny of eight, Azure and Ermine.
The Complete Peerage vol 11 p91 (George
Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
ROS or ROOS OF HELMSLEY
EVERARD DE ROS ... m.
Roese, 1st sister and coh., in her issue sole heir, of Robert, and da.
of William, TRUSSEBUT, lord of Warter, E.R. Yorks, by
Aubreye DE HARCOURT.(l)
(l) Stapleton, Mag. Rot. Scacc. Norm., vol. i,
pp. lxxvii; Liber Eccles. de Bernewelle, pp. 47, 48. As to the Trussbut
inheritance see Rolls of the King’s Court, 1194-95 (Pipe Roll
Soc.), p. 12. Her son suc. to her share, 1196 (Pipe Roll, 8 Ric.
I, p. 178).
- Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p43
(William Dugdale, 1661);
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p173
(William Dugdale, 1661);
Yorkshire Inquisitions vol 1 in Yorkshire
Archæological Society Record Series vol 12 p10n (ed
William Brown, 1892) citing Curia Regis Roll (No. 36. mm. 3d,
5); The Conqueror and his companions vol 2
pp299-300 (James Robinson Planché, 1874); The Battle Abbey roll vol 3 pp157-9
(Duchess of Cleveland, 1889)
- Monasticon Anglicanum vol 2 p43
(William Dugdale, 1661);
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus
Angliæ vol 2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton,
1844); The Conqueror and his companions vol 2
pp299-300 (James Robinson Planché, 1874); The Battle Abbey roll vol 3 pp157-9
(Duchess of Cleveland, 1889)
- Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus
Angliæ vol 2 pages lxxvi - lxxviii (Thomas Stapleton,
1844); The Conqueror and his companions vol 2
pp299-300 (James Robinson Planché, 1874); The Battle Abbey roll vol 3 pp157-9
(Duchess of Cleveland, 1889)
William Trussebut
William
Trussebut
Albreda
(de Harcourt) Trussebut
William is not named by William Dugdale in The Baronage of England vol 1 p542 but he
does occur in a descents of the family recorded in the Bernwell chartulary,
based on MSS. Harl. 360.
The History and Antiquities of Barnwell Abbey p16
(J. Nichols, 1786)
Pain Peverell’s second daughter's name was ROYSIA.
She was the mother of Albreda Harecourt, from whom ſprang Galfridus,
Roger, Robert, William, and Richard Truſſebut. But theſe all dying without
iſſue, there remained only three ſiſters, Royſia, Hillaria, and Agatha.
Liber Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle p48
(ed. John Willis Clark, 1907)
Qualiter
ius patronatus Ecclesie de Bemewelle descendit ad Dominum Gilbertum
Peccke jure hereditario.
…Ex
illa Albreda processerunt Galfridus Trussebut, Rogerus, Robertus,
Willelmus et Ricardus Trussebut. Hijs omnibus defunctis sine herede
de se, tres sorores remanserunt: scilicet Roysia, Hyllaria et
Agatha.
This roughly translates as:
How the right of patronage of the Church of Bemewelle descended to
Lord Gilbert Pecke by right of inheritance.
… From that
Albreda proceeded Galfrid Trussebut, Roger, Robert, William and
Richard Trussebut. All of them having died without an heir, three
sisters remained: Roysia, Hyllaria, and Agatha.
Magni rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ sub regibus Angliæ vol
2 page lxxvi (Thomas Stapleton, 1844)
... In
Yorkshire William Trussebut held an Honour of ten knights’ fees, of
which Warter in the East-Riding was the caput; and which in the
reign of Henry I. had belonged to Geoffrey Fitzpayn. His sons Richard,
Geoffrey, William, and Robert, left no issue, and 6 Ric. I. 1195, Hamo
son of Hamo (Meinfelin) and Robert de Buvelers, otherwise Bullers,
rendered accompt of 300 marks for having their shares of the land of
William Trussebut and of Robert his brother; which sum they had in that
year paid into the Treasury in two tallies, and were quit.
probably in 1195 or shortly before
that, when the husbands of his sisters rendered a payment for his lands.
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