'Tremayne1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Tremayne of Collacombe, Tremayne of Heligan, Tremayne of Sydenham, Tremayne of Tremayne

BLG1952 starts its article on this family with the following: "From the manor of Tremayne, in the parish of St. Martin, Helford Haven, Cornwall, this family derived, at a very remote period, its designation."
Perys Tremayne (a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377)
m. Opre Treskewys
1. John Tremayne of Tremayne (dsp)
2. Perys Tremayne of Tremayne
  m. Onera Trevertea
  A. ?? Tremayne
  i. Thomas Tremayne, last at Tremayne, later of Collacombe (Cornwall)
m. Isabella Trenchard (dau/heir of _ Trenchard of Collacombe, m2. Sir John Dammerell)
  a. Nicholas Tremayne
  (1) Thomas Tremayne (a 1402, d 01.02.1482)
  m. Elizabeth Carew
  (A) John Tremayne of Collacombe - continued below
  Commoners identifies Jonhn's wife as _ Warr. BLG1952 names her ...
  m. Emma Beare (dau of John Beare of Huntsham)
  (B) Johanna Tremayne possibly of this generation
  m. Oliver Kelly of Kelly (b c1464, d 28.06.1511)
  b. Thomas Tremayne (rector of Auton Giffard, canon of St. Peter's in Exeter)

 

 

John Tremayne of Collacombe - continued above
m. Emma Beare (dau of John Beare of Huntsham)
1. Thomas Tremayne of Collacombe, Sheriff of Cornwall (a 1485)
  Visitation shows this Thomas as son of John (dvp) son of John son of Thomas (the first mentioned) which appears to suggest that Burke omitted a generation.
  m. Philippa Grenville (dau of Roger Grenville of Stowe)
  A. Roger Tremayne
Commoners shows Roger, eldest son, as having dsp. However, noting that dsp is sometimes given when dspm (or dspms) would be more accurate, this may be the Roger Tremaine of Cullacomb who was father of ...
  i. Philippa Tremaine (bur 08.04.1612)
  m. Hannibal Vyvyan of Trelowarren (bur 20.02.1609)
  B. Edmond Tremayne
  m. Eulalia St. Leger (dau of Sir John St. Leger)
  i.+ issue (dsp) - Francis, Francis
C. Digory Tremayne of Collacombe
  m. Elizabeth Vasy (dau of _ Vasy of Tamerton, relict of Richard Browning)
  i. Arthur Tremayne of Collacombe (b c1550, d 1634)
  m. (1586) Mary Grenville (dau of Sir Richard Grenville of Stowe)
  a. Edmund Tremayne of Collacombe (b c1595)
  m. Bridget Cooper (dau of Sir John Cooper of Dorchester)
(1) Arthur Tremayne of Collacombe (Colonel)
  m. Bridget Hatherleigh (dau of Nicholas Hatherleigh of Lamerton)
  (A) Edmund Tremayne of Collacombe
  m. Arabella Wise (dau/heir of Sir Edward Wise of Sydenham by Arabella, dau/coheir of Oliver, Lord St. John)
  (i) Arthur Tremayne of Sydenham, Devon
  m. Grace Tynte (dau of Sir Halsewell Tynte, 1st Bart of Halsewell)
  (a) Arthur Tremayne of Sydenham
  m. _ Hammond of Wiltshire
  ((1)) Arthur Tremayne of Sydenham (b 1775, d unm 12.1808)
  (ii) Bridget Tremayne probably the Bridget who married ...
m. William Bickford of Dunsland
  (iii)+ other issue - Edward Wise (dsp?), Arabella
  (2)+ Arthur Tremayne of Collacombe (Colonel)
  b. Digory Tremayne
  m. Mary Addington (dau of _ Addington of Harlow then Biddiford)
(1)+ issue - Grenfield (b c1615), Arthur (b c1617)
  c. Elizabeth Tremayne
  m. Baldwin Acland of Hackeridge
  d. Ulalia Tremayne
  m. Thomas Lower of Trelask
e.+ other issue - John (b c1598), Richard (b c1601), Roger (b c1603), Arthur, John (dsp), Bridget, Catherine, Margaret, Rebecca
  D. Richard Tremayne of Oxford, later of Gates Hall (dsp 1584)
  m. Jean Courtenay (dau of Sir Piers Courtenay of Ugbrook)
  E. Joan Tremayne possibly of this generation (2 generations earlier?)
  m. Sir Richard Edgecomb of Totness Castle & Cornworthy (d 1499)
  F. Jane Tremayne probably of this generation
  m. John Southcot
  G. Bridget Tremayne probably of this generation
  m. Phillip Dennis (b 1517-8, d 17.03.1564)
  H. Margaret Tremayne probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Dennis of Creede (brother of Philllip)
  I. Katherine Tremayne probably of this generation
  m. (21.10.1548) John Harris of Lanrest (d 26.08.1579)
K.+ other issue - John, Nicholas, Andrew, Robert (d infant), 3 daughters
  There were 8 daughters in total. It is not known whether or not Joan and Jane were the same person.
2. Richard Tremayne of Tregonnan, Cornwall
  A. ?? Tremayne
  Uncertain on the number of intervening generations.
  i. ?? Tremayne
  a. Lewis Tremayne of Heligan, Cornwall (Lt. Governor of Pendennis Castle)
  (1) Sir John Tremayne (Sergeant-at-law, author) who was probably the Sir John who married ...
  m. ?? Davie (dau of William Davie)
  (2) Charles Tremayne
  (A) Lewis Tremayne
  m. Mary Clotworthy (dau/coheir of _ Clotworthy of Rashleigh & Clotworthy)
  (i) John Tremayne
m. Grace Hawkins (dau/heir of Henry Hawkins of St. Austell)
  (a) Henry Hawkins Tremayne (b 27.07.1741, d 10.02.1829, Rev.)
  m. (1767) Harriet Hearle (dau/coheir of John Hearle of Penryn)
  ((1)) John Hearle Tremayne of Heligan & Sydenham (b 17.03.1780, d 27.08.1851) had issue
  m. (11.01.1813) Caroline Matilda Lemon (d 27.08.1864, dau of Sir William Lemon, 1st Bart of Carclew)
  (b) Grace Tremayne (d 17.05.1820)
  m. (01.07.1776) Charles Rashleigh of St. Austell (d 23.03.1823)
3. Constance Tremayne possibly of this generation
  m. Thomas Sawle

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Tremayne of Heligan and Sydenham), Commoners (vol I, Tremayne of Heligan) with some support/input from Visitation (Devon, 1620, Tremayne)
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