Sir William de Trussell, Lord of Billesley

SIR WILLIAM DE TRUSSELL, LORD OF BILLESLEY MANOR

Osbert Trussell, 1165, was the Lord of Billesley in Warwickshire, which he held of the Earl of Warwick. According to Dugdale, "from this Osbert is it that the several families of Trussel, viz. of Cubleson and Acton - Trussell in Staffordshire; of Flore and Gayton in Northhamptonshire; of Aylesthorpe in Leicestershire; and of this and other places in Warwickshire are descended". Osbert's son, WILLIAM, married AGNES ,of the three co - heiresses of ROBERT FITZ OTES (ODO) OF LOCKSLEY, whose inheritance was distributed to them in 1178. William was suceeded by (his son) RIchard.

Source -- The Battle Abbey Roll: Volume III, page 160

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William Trussell held one fee in Billesley in 1235 and 1242. (fn. 22)

source: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol3/pp58-61