TRELAWNY, Jonathan (Jonathon) (1650-1721)

Family and Education

b. 24 Mar. 1650, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Jonathan Trelawny^‡ (d.1681), 2nd bt., M.G. Smith, Fighting Joshua, 4. gent. of the privy chamber, and Mary, da. of Sir Edward Seymour^‡, 2nd bt. of Berry Pomeroy, Devon; bro. of Charles Trelawny^‡ and Henry Trelawny^‡. educ. Westminster Sch. 1663; M. Temple 1669; Christ Church Oxf., BA 1672, MA 1675; DD 1685; ord. priest 1676. m. 31 Mar. 1684, Rebecca (1670-1710), LPL, ms 1770 (Wake diary), f. 92. da. of Thomas Hele of Babbacombe, Devon; 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. bef. 5 Mar. 1681. d. 19 July 1721; admon. 6 Dec. 1721 to s. Sir John Trelawny. TNA, PROB 6/97, f. 169.

Offices Held

Royal chap. (extraordinary) 13 Nov. 1677.

Rect. St Ives, Cornw. 1677 – 89, Southill with Callington, Cornw. 1677 – 89, Shobrooke, Devon 1689 – ?1707; dean, St Buryan, Cornw. 1689–1707; CSP Dom. 1685, pp. 375, 381; CSP Dom. 1689–90, pp. 25, 99, 149. chap. to Edward Conway, earl of Conway; ODNB. proctor, Convocation 1685; Recs. of Convocation ed. Bray, viii. 422. adn. Totnes 1693 – 94; preb. and adn. Exeter, 1704 – 07.

Commr. to revise the liturgy 1689, Lathbury, Hist. of Convocation, 321; Carpenter, Thomas Tenison, 100 n.1. to build 50 new churches, 1711–d. Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches ed. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), pp. xxxiv-xxxvi.

V.-adm. South Cornw. 1682; recorder, West Looe 1685; HP Commons, 1660–90, i. 168–9. stannator, Truro 1686; Smith, Fighting Joshua, 116. dep. lt. Cornw. 1702, CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 391. 1706, CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 126. Devon 1704; CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 277. alderman Lostwithiel 1685; Smith, Fighting Joshua, 19. freeman Plymouth 1684, HMC 9th Rep. pt. i. 281; Plymouth and W. Devon RO, PH/413. 1713, Saltash 1684, Liskeard, Fowey, Truro 1685, Cornw. RO, DD/CY7236; CSP Dom. 1685, pp. 66, 72, 84. Winchester by 1710. HP Commons, 1690–1715, ii. 255.

Parlimentarian

TRELAWNY, Jonathan (Jonathon) (1650-1721)

Associated with: Trelawne, Cornw.; Chelsea, London.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1708, Christ Church, Oxf.; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1720, NPG 5855.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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