Paternal Family Tree: Tresham
William Tresham was born to Thomas Tresham of Sywell at Northamptonshire.
In 1415 William Tresham reviewed the accounts of the King's officials in southern Wales.
Before 1420 William Tresham and Isabel Vaux (age 17) were married.
Around 1420 [his son] Thomas Tresham was born to William Tresham and [his wife] Isabel Vaux (age 18).
In 1424 William Tresham was appointed Justice of the Peace Northamptonshire.
In 1439 William Tresham bought manor of Westhall, in Rushton St Peter, in which Rushton Hall, Rushton would later be built.
On 26 Sep 1439 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 03 Dec 1441 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 03 Jul 1442 William Tresham was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
On 14 Dec 1446 William Tresham was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 23 Sep 1450 William Tresham was killed while travelling to meet Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 39) by a group of men as a result of a propery dispute before he was tried for treason. His son [his son] Thomas Tresham (age 30) escaped albeit severly injured.
Chronicle of Gregory. 23 Sep 1450. Ande that same year was slayne Tresham, the man of lawe, that was Speker of the Parlymentt, and his son [[his son] Thomas Tresham (age 30)] was soore woundyde in Northehampton schyre. And by the King and his counselle a Parlyment was ordaynyde to be-gyn on Syn Leonarde is day nexte folowynge. In the mene tyme many strange and woundyrfulle bylle were sete in dyvers placys, some at the kyngys owne chambyr doore at Westemyster, in his palysse, and some at the halle dore at Westemyster, ande some at Poulys chyrche dore, and in many othyr dyvers placys of London.
23 Sep 1450. [his wife] Isabel Vaux (age 48) presented in the first session of the Parliament which met on 6 November 1450. WilliamTresham's death, she claimed, was the result of a conspiracy headed by a local gentleman, Simon Norwich. On the evening of 22 September, the conspirators, having discovered that Tresham had been summoned by Richard, duke of York (age 39), sent a servant to visit him at his manor of Sywell, a few miles from Northampton, to find out his proposed route and time of travel. Armed with this knowledge, they ambushed him at six on the following morning at Moulton as he travelled from Sywell to meet the duke (Leland, clearly drawing upon a family tradition, erroneously has him travelling from Northampton to Sywell). There one Evan Aprice ‘with a Launcegay, smote [him] thorough the body a fote and more, wherof he died'.