John Trelawny (died 1563)

John Trelawny (or Trelawney) (c. 1504 – 29 September 1563) was a Cornish Member of Parliament. The son of Walter and Isabella Trelawny of Poole-in-Menheniot, Cornwall, he was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1547 and 1560. He represented Liskeard in the first Parliament of 1553 and Cornwall from 1559 until his death.[1] He married twice; his son by his marriage to Margery Lamelion, John, was his heir and also served as High Sheriff.

Notes

"TRELAWNY, John (c.1504-63), of Poole in Menheniot, Cornw". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

References

Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887) Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 1.
Richard Polwhele and John Whitaker, The Civil and Military History of Cornwall (London: Cadell & Davies, 1806)

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[1] "TRELAWNY, John (c.1504-63), of Poole in Menheniot, Cornw". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 March 2012.