Sir William Tresham, JP, Speaker of the House of Commons

1404 - 1450  (46 years)

• Name	William Tresham
  	Father: Thomas Tresham of Sywell [2]
  Birth	1404	Northamptonshire, England   [2]
  Offices Held	From 1423 to 1449 (19 years)  [2]
  He was elected as a Knight of the shire and served in Parliament 1423, and again in 1427, 1429, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1439, 1442, 1445, 1447 and February and November 1449, serving in twelve successive parliaments overall.
  Offices Held	1426 (22 years)  [2]
  He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1426.
  Offices Held	1442 (38 years)  [2]
  In 1442 he was elected as the Speaker of the House of Commons. He was elected again in 1447.
  Legal	1450 (46 years)  [2]
  In 1450 he was himself indicted for treason in the aftermath of Jack Cade's rebellion in Kent, but before any sort of commission could take place he was murdered.
  Death	22 Sep 1450  [2]
  While travelling to meet with Richard of York with his son, Sir Thomas Tresham, the pair were assaulted by a group of local men with whom Tresham was in a property dispute. William was killed, and Thomas escaped injured. [2]
  Person ID, Branch	I24437
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Isabel Vaux,   b. About 1404, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1]
  Children	1. Thomas Tresham (____-1471)  [1]
  Family ID	F8713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 1404 - Northamptonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S304] Wikipedia, William Tresham.