Courtenay of Tremere

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The Courtenay family of Tremere were a cadet line of the influential Devon family seated at Powderham.

1. Richard Courtenay of Lostwithiel, who settled at Tremeer in Lanivet.^[1] He died in 1632 and was buried in Lanivet parish church. The insciption on his monument reads:

They livd and dyed both in Tremere,
God hath their souls, their bones lie here.
Richard with Thomsen his lovd wife
Livd 61 years, then ended life. ^[2]

i) William Courtenay b. 1509 = Elizabeth Bowerman
ii) Dorothy Courtenay b 1515 = John Ley
iii) John Courtenay Of Tremere = Elizabeth Trengrove (b. 1520/1521 - d. 1560), Lanivet, near Bodmin in Cornwall.^[3] In his youth he appears to have been attached to Cromwell’s household. In the autumn of 1553 Courtenay used his family's connexion with the Lostwithiel constituency to have himself elected the town's junior Member in Mary's first Parliament. In the autumn of 1555, he was elected as a Member for Penryn. He died on 1 Mar 1560, being buried at Lanivet, where a monument was erected to his memory. He left life interest in the Tremere property to his widow, who later married Thomas Arundell.