TRUSSELL, Sir John (c.1349-1424), of Gayton, Northants.

b. c. 1349, 1st legit s. of Sir Theobald Trussell (d.1369) of Flore, Northants. by his w. Katherine; yr. bro. of Sir Alfred. m. (1) by 7 Nov. 1374, Alice (d. 6 Oct. 1379), da. and h. of Sir John Hotham of Solihull, Warws. and Collyweston, Northants., wid. of Sir Hugh Despenser, 1s.; (2) by 1396, Margaret (d. 29 July 1442), 1s. d.v.p., 1da. Kntd. by 26 Sept. 1387.C1/11/263; C139/110/43; CIPM, xiii. no. 262; xv. nos. 220-3; G. Baker, Northants. i. 154; VCH Northants. ii. 551; CPR, 1374-7, pp. 34-35, 72; 1436-41, p. 477; CCR, 1413-16, p. 369; Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xiii. 242-3. We do not know which of Trussell’s two wives was the mother of his son, Geoffrey, who sprang to his defence during his fight with Lord Strange at St. Dunstan’s church in 1417 (Reg. Chichele, iv. 172-5).