TRENTHAM, Francis (c.1564-1626), of Rocester, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1564, 1st s. of Thomas Trentham† of Rocester and Jane, da. of Sir William Sneyd of Bradwell, Staffs.;Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii. pt. 2), p. 141; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), p. 273. bro. of Thomas†. educ. ?Trin. Oxf. 1580; G. Inn 1584; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. travelled abroad (Neths. 1586). R.C. Strong and J.A. Van Dorsten, Leicester’s Triumph, 132. m. settlement 26 Apr. 1592, C142/706/5. Katharine, da. of Ralph Sheldon† of Beoley, Worcs., 8s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p); suc. fa. 1587. Rocester Par. Reg. ed. F. J. Wrottesley (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1906), pp. 22, 28-32, 34-6, 38, 40, 42; Staffs. Hist. Colls. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), p. 289. d. 12 Oct. 1626. C142/706/5. sig. F[rancis] Trentham.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Staffs. 1592 – 93, 1611–12; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 128. j.p. 1596–1615, C231/1, f. 13; 231/4, f. 5v. commr. subsidy 1599, 1600, 1608, 1611; J. Sleigh, Hist. Leek, 189; SP14/33, f. 57; E179/178/285. collector (jt.), fifteenths and tenths, 1604; E179/176/265. commr. oyer and terminer, Gunpowder plotters, Staffs. 1606, C181/1, f. 132. charitable uses 1613, 1615, 1621. C93/5/18; 93/6/10; Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116.

Parlimentarian

TRENTHAM, Francis (c.1564-1626), of Rocester, Staffs.

Main residence: Rocester, Staffs.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TRENTHAM, Francis (c.1564-1626)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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