Andrew Trollope

Sir Andrew Trollope (died 29 March 1461) was an English professional soldier who fought in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses. Biography Born into a family of Durham dyers, Trollope began his long military career in France in the 1420s as a man-at-arms, serving first on Tombelaine under Thomas Burgh and then with the garrisons at Fresnay-le-Vicomte and Caen under John Fastolf in the Duke of Somerset's raid into Picardy in February 1440. Trollope served in Matthew Gough's company. By 1442, he was lieutenant at Fresnay under Richard Woodville and held the same position under Osbert Mundeford when he surrendered the castle to the French in 1450. Sometime before 1455, he married Elizabeth, sister of Osbert Mundeford (a protégé of the Beaufort family, who became treasurer-general of the duchy of Normandy in September 1448), and this connection allowed Trollope to prosper in his military career. By 1455, Trollope was made Master Porter of Calais, a capacity in which he continued to serve until 1459. It was in this office that he prevented pirates and French ships alike from sailing, but also seized and stole from "the ships of allies and subjects alike" to such an extent that he has been called a "freebooter". Shortly before the confrontation at Ludford Bridge, Trollope sailed for England with Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick known as (the "Kingmaker"). At the Rout of Ludford Bridge Trollope commanded part of the Yorkist army of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, but he defected to King Henry VI's side bringing with him 600 men and "valuable intelligence" regarding York's army.