He was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398, during which he supported the policies of king Richard II.
[1] Bussy's pre-eminence at court and execution after Richard's abdication were dramatised by Shakespeare in Richard II, where he appears as one of three councillors (Bushy, Bagot and Greene) who are accused by Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV) of misleading the king.
He married twice; firstly in 1382 to Maud, daughter of Sir Philip de Neville and secondly in 1386 to Mary, widow of Ralph Daubeney.
In 1378 he secured a position with John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, as the Steward of all his lands north of the Trent.
He was elected speaker of the House of Commons three (or possibly four) times, first in 1394, probably in 1395 and later by the two parliaments convened in 1397.