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Sir William Trussell was a Lancastrian Sheriff and Politician who became a leader in Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March's rebellion against Edward II. Sir William was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons and renounced the allegiance of England to Edward II, forcing his abdication, and became Secretary to Edward III. ==Career== Sir William represented Leicestershire in Parliament in 1314 and Northamptonshire in 1319. He was Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire between 1314 and 1315. He was an ardent supporter of the House of Lancaster and was pardoned for his role in the death of Piers Gaveston in 1318. As King Edward slowly regained power from the Ordainers he rewarded the reviled Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester with land he confiscated from the barons, leading to their revolt. William was amongst them and on 12 March 1322 a warrant for his arrest was issued describing him as "''the King's enemy''". Four days later both Sir William Trussell and his son fought on the rebels' side at the Battle of Boroughbridge. Edward and Dispenser won, beheading the rebels' leader Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (King Edward's cousin) and forcing others into exile. As the injustices continued, and the effects of the Great Famine of 1315–22 lingered, discontent remained. Despenser was rewarded with lands that had belonged to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, including those in Leicestershire. Sir William lead a band of rebels that pillaged Dispenser's estate at Loughborough in May 1322 but was imprisoned at Scarborough Castle in July. He escaped and fled south causing great havoc in Somerset and Dorset in August. On 14 Mar 1323 Roger de Beler, Richard de Willoughby and William de Gosefeld were issued with arrest warrants for William Trussell, William his son, Roger la Zouch (son of Sir Roger la Zouch, Lord of Lubbesthorpe), Ralph his brother, Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand and others who were accused by Hugh le Dispenser of stealing horses, oxen, pigs, sheep and swans from his parks in Leicestershire. The warrant was reissued in 1324 alongside similar ones that dealt with alleged rioting against Dispenser in Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire by other rebels. Trussell fled to France and was not named as an accomplice of Roger la Zouch and the Folville Gang when they murdered/executed Roger de Beler in January 1326, presumably in revenge for his enforcement on behalf of Hugh le Dispenser. Richard de Willoughby was later kidnapped and ransomed by them in 1332. William joined up with Queen Isabella and Mortimer in France and accompanied them when they landed in England on 22 Sep 1326 at the start of their Invasion of England. Opposition was almost non-existent and so many barons, sheriffs and knights joined the rebellion that they gained control within just two months. Adam, Abbot of Glastonbury hid Dispenser and the Lord Chancellor, Robert Baldock in Glastonbury Abbey, and in December 1326 William Trussell was ordered to bring the Abbot before the next Parliament. Both Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger were captured. Trussell oversaw the trial of Despencer the Elder where he was denounced and sentenced to death. Both Despencers were gruesomely executed. Sir William Trussell was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons and, acting as Procurator of the whole Parliament, renounced allegiance to Edward II on 21 Jan 1327. Edward III was crowned as the new king on 2 Feb 1327. William had his land at Flore, Northamptonshire restored to him in 1328. He had been appointed King Edward III's Secretary by 1330 and went on numerous diplomatic visits, particularly to France and Spain. Trussell was buried in St Michael's chapel in Westminster Abbey in 1347. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Trussell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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