TREMAYNE FAMILY HISTORY

82 The Revd. William Tremayne B.A.
chr 01 Oct 1760 Helston, died 1824 Hereford, aged 64yrs marr Mary Richards 1811 St Mary’s, Scilly Isles.
They had the following children;
Mary Richards born 1785 St Keverne, Cornwall
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Penelope Spernon Tremayne chr 07 Aug 1811 Scilly Islands, Cornwall. Died Dec 1885 Barton Regis, Glos
Mary Elizabeth Spernon Tremayne chr 10 May 1813 Scilly Islands also 8 April 1817 All Saints, Hereford.
William Tremayne matriculated from Exeter College, Oxford in 1784.
Borough of Helston Borough Court of Quarter Sessions. Sacrament Certificate REF RO/3985 date 1 Oct 1786. Wm Tremayne,
Clerk (at Gunwalloe)
Library + Museum of Freemasonry W. Tremayne Clergyman dated 10 Nov 1800, 15 Dec 1800, 6 July 1801.
The Rev William Tremayne was elected a Freeman of Helston in 23 Sept 1786.
William was the Vicar of the Scilly Islands 1796-1810 also Chaplain of the 69 th Regiment on the Scilly Isles, he later became Vicar
of All Saints Church, Hereford and Vicar of St Martin with C of Bullingham, Herefordshire to decease.
Bishop Index by D. B. String. 30 th June 1810 Appt (inst) William Tremayne B.A. Hereford St Martin @ All Saints perpetual vicar.
Hereford Diocesan Records Licences for Non-Residence, 1814, REF HD6/3/70 William Tremayne.
Letter to the Duke of Leeds 1790 Br Museum Addit Mss28065f.382 signed W Tremayne Helston
21 May 1790 and refers to the distress in Cornwall, the necessity of an importation of grain and the threats of the starving miners.
OLD TOWN CHURCHYARD, ST MARYS, ISLES OF SCILLY
Whilst Vicar on St Mary’s one of William most unusual burials was for the following........
Against the wall of Old Town Churchyard, to the right of one of the two gates leading to Old Town Bay is the grave of Naval
Surgeon Abraham Leggatt who at his own instructions, was buried standing upright in 1809 in a strong granite coffin that doubles as
his headstone! (this does mean upright as if he’s standing on the ground, I’ve seen the coffin Mary Gyseman.)
During the 1851 Census of Clifton, Bristol. Mary Tremayne was listed as a 65 yr old Widow, Annuitant who was born at St
Keverne, Cornwall. Also listed was Penelope Tremayne daughter 39yrs born Scilly Isles and Eliza Harris and Matilda Clouter
servants all were residing at Somerset House, 11 Princess Victoria Street, Clifton.
Daughter Mary married Mr Odiarne Coates Lane J.P abt 1833 he became Mayor of Bristol in 1860. He was elected Warden of
the Society of Merchant Venturers in 1863 and Master in 1864. ( Last known address 6 Sion Place Clifton)
N.B. Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge completed 1864. One of their 7 sons John Tremayne Lane b1839 married an Eleanore
Roche his occupation Chartered Accountant and Treasurer of Bristol residing at Belle Vue Clifton, Bristol (1902)
The Will of The Revd William Tremayne:-
I Wm Tremayne late of the parish of Helston Cornwall and now about 13years Vicar of the parish of St Martin with All Saints……..
Hereford, being of sound mind and body deliver the following as my Will and Testament. I wish that after my service my body may
be buried as plainly and privately as possible and surporting my ffunds or property. I Will that the trustees be Mr John Bullock and
Mr Joseph Woodhouse or else said J Bullock Mr Sherborne or Mr Bulmer Senior as shall be found agreeable and convenient in trust
to pay my wife Mary while widow the annuity of £50 in addition to the annuity which as my widow she will be entitled to the rest of
my ffunds and all ………my property. I give to my children Penelope and Mary to be paid to them on their respectively attaining
twenty one years of age or on their respective days of marriage which ever shall first happen the dividends …….. to contribute as
much as shall be divided by the trustees …….. for the childrens maintenance and duration and the rest to be planed as safest and
best for accumulating to their benefit, and I appoint my wife Mary Tremayne my ……. Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand
and seal and published and declared this my Last Will and Testament this 18 th day of April 1823.
William Tremayne
Signed sealed and published by the said testator in presense of us who have subscribed our names in his presense.
Matthew William and John Evans.
Proved at London 30 th August 1824 before the judge by the oaths of Mary Tremayne Widow the relict and sole executrix to whom
admin was granted having been first sworn by commissioner duly to administer.
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