TREMAYNE FAMILY HISTORY

Fourth Generation
11 John Tremayne (Monk?)
b abt 1338 marr Joan (surname unknown) abt 1355 died abt 1385.They had the following children:
1 Peter b abt 1360 died abt 1386 Cornwall>>>>
2 John b abt 1362>>>>
3 Richard b abt 1363>>>>>>
John Tremaen is listed as a Witness to Deed on 11 September 1371 at St Michaels Mount concerning a grant of a Corrody by John
Le Volant, Prior, to Roger Copper. (From the Cartulary of St Michaels Mount).
John Tremaen is listed as a Witness to Deed on 25 September 1371 at St Michaels Mount, a release and Quitclaim by Roger Copper
of same Corrody. (From the Cartulary of St Michaels Mount).
John Tremaen is listed as a Witness to Deed on Sunday 28 September 1371 at St Michaels Mount concerning a Bond in £30 for John
Le Volant, Prior, to pay Roger Copper £30 for termination of his Corrody. From the Cartulary of St Michaels Mount).
A corrody was a form of pension or annuity which could be granted by a Monastry to a Lay person who was often under some
economic stress, in exchange for a piece of property.
12 John Tremayne (The Elder) Lawyer
b abt 1334 marr Isabella Dabernoun abt 1360 Cornwall(no issue)
M.P. for HELSTON 1369
In 1369 John Tremaen was listed as the owner of Trengoff, Constantine
John was a Cornish Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford in 1365
Alderman and Recorder of London 1389-1392.Nominated for MAYOR OF LONDON
ISABELLA DABERNOUN
Isabella’s father was John Dabernoun a prominent official in Cornwall who held extensive lands.
Amongst other offices held the stewardship and shrievality of the Cornish estates of the Duchy and was a Constable of a number of
Duchy castles in the south west. In 1347 John was granted a life tenancy of 3 messuages and 2 ½ Cornish acres on Trematon manor
for an annual rent of approx 30s. John Dabernoun speculated in land on a grand scale and on the death of Richard Balkhampton he
took over his holdings at Calstock. He also leased the Duchy rights and perquistes in the harbour of Sutton next to Plymouth for an
annual rent of £6 15s 4d.
13 Thomas Tremayne (Lawyer?)
b abt 1337 marr Isabella Trenchard abt 1360.They had the following children:
1 Nicholas b abt 1360>>>>>
2 John (The Younger) b abt 1362 marr Joan Breye of Andover Hampshire abt 1382(also known as Joan Estbury)
Principle of Exeter College Oxford 1428 J.P. in Hampshire Oct 1389-June 1390. Also owned land in Hampshire.
Descendants possibly in Bentley / Ringwood Hampshire area?
3 Thomas b abt 1364 died 1420 Rector of Aveton Gifford Devon
4 Richard(of Bodmin) b abt 1366 marr Isabella Heron. Rector of the Isle of Wight.
5 Agnes b abt 1368, marr William Coryton abt 1388
6 James b abt 1370.
Thomas was Lord of the Manor of Carwythenack, Constantine in 1357.This Manor stayed in Tremayne hands until Edmund
Tremayne of Collocombe, Devon in 1653 sold it to an Anthony Chepman of Constantine, gent. for £850
ISABELLA TRENCHARD
Isabella was heiress of Collocombe, Devon.
Historical note
The Black Death, a major epidemic of plague, arrived in England in about the summer of 1348, and raged in Cornwall and Devon
during the early months of 1349 reducing the population by 30%
Some of its greatest damage was done at Bodmin where 1500 people were later said to have died, and where the prior and all but two
of the community of about 15-18 canons were dead by 17 March.
Crecy France
1346 Cornish archers, conspicuous for their long bows and accurate shooting, distinguish themselves at the battle of Crecy.
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