Collacombe/Heligan branch - Constantine

17 Feb 1640/41
Livery of seisin 7 jun 1641 by attornies witd by Zachary Arundell, Thos Cooke, Wm Tanner, Philip Tremayne
and Thos Berry.
21 Mar 1641
From Mr Oughe to Digory Tremayne abt setting out of grounds.
1 Nov 1644
Manor Of Tucoys
Leases
Counterpart indented receipt from Peirs Edgcumbe, esq. to John Hicks, gent., for relief of 7s 4 3/4d on
alienation by Oliver Tremaine to John Hicks of 1 acre Cornish for Trelissick in St Ewe held by knight service.
14 Dec 1645
Letter written by R Grenville to Lewis Tremayne ordering L.T. to collect his forces at Stratton as the “enemy
being advanced to Crediton” (about 2000 Horse and Foote)
24 May 1646
Letter from John Tremayne to his son Lewis Tremayne at Pendennis Castle complaining of his imprisonment
at Penryn because of L.T.s taking 2 parliamentary soldiers prisoner and asking L.T. to remember J.T.s “
inhabilitye of bodye and how unable I am to indure imprisonmt”
20 Jul 1646
Letter from Lewis Tremayne to Col Fortescue stating L.T.s “ready att any time when you please, to give you
such as you shall desire, or can expect” – a challenge concerning C.F.s imprisonment of L.T.s father and “
questioninge my gentillitye and reputation”
12 Feb 1656/57
Writs from the Sheriff of Devon for the arrest of John Giles esq to answer plea of trespass by Frances
Tremayne. (see next entry)
2 May 1657
John Gyles of Bowden Esq, his bill in chancery concerning his marriage to Frances Tremayne, p. Tamerton,
spinster. John Gyles claims he had been tricked into marriage when visiting Richard Arundell’s house at
Marstoe, p. Tamerton mentions “ an alehouse or other meane and obscure house not farr distant from Richard
Arundells house”.
(Frances b1625 dau of John Tremayne/ Jane Wallis als Dart)
13 Aug 1657
Marriage settlement; John Tremayne married Ann Tanner, aunt of Anthony Tanner and Julian, wife of Mathew
Vivian.
17 March 1661/2
Certificate of the character of Lewis Tremayne ‘one of the first that tooke up armes in his late maiesties service
and one of the last that layd them down…….that he never had the reputation of a cruell ill natured Insolent or
Tyrannical person in Command or Conversation signed by Earl of Bath, Godolphin, Vyvyan, Arundell, Hele,
Smyth, Roscarrock, Courtenay, Maggstaffe.
31 May 1661
Notes “we beinge att Mr Naptons house John Hicke beinge in discourse concerninge the elections of Burgesses
with us he declared and protested that Sir Wm. Tredenham and Mr Arthur Spry desired him 2 or 5 tymes to
give his voyce for them to be Burgesses of the towne to serve in the next parlyament which he denied but
beinge afterwards importuned he gave his voyce for them as he sayd”.
Witness our hands the day and yeare above sayd! Lewes Tremayne and Phillip Tremayne
4 Jul 1661
From John Tremayne to his grandfather John Tremayne mentioning his father’s business and saying to
“beleeve false reports which the vulgar peopell may give concerning my father’s business” also stress his need
to be sent some “quills”.
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