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Family and Education
s. of Thomas Trevelyan of Trevelyan by his w. Lucy. Ped. at end of Trevelyan Pprs. iii (Cam. Soc. cv). m. 1453, Elizabeth (d. bef. June 1492), Trevelyan Pprs. i (Cam. Soc. lxvii), 37; CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 581. da. and coh. of Thomas Whalesborough (c.1405-1481) of Whalesborough, Cornw. by his wife Maud; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 822; C140/80/41. 7s., at least 1da.
Offices Held

Bailiff-itinerant, Cornw. 4 Oct. 1441 – 6 May 1450, 17 Oct. 1452–?Mar. 1461. CPR, 1441–6, p. 21; 1452–61, p. 50; SC6/816/4, m. 10; SC6/1291/2/14/17; HP Reg. ed. Wedgwood, 120.

Steward, duchy of Cornw. lands in Devon Oct. 1442 – 6 May 1450, 17 Oct. 1452–?Mar. 1461. CPR, 1441–6, p. 134; 1452–61, p. 50; HP Reg. ed. Wedgwood, 120.

Escheator, Devon and Cornw. 6 Nov. 1442 – 3 Nov. 1443.

Keeper, castles and parks of Trematon and Restormel, Cornw. 12 Dec. 1443–?28 May 1451; CPR, 1441–6, p. 238; 1446–52, pp. 251, 426. At the end of May 1451 John Nanfan* was granted Trematon, but whether Trevelyan was able to keep Restormel is unclear. constable, Trematon castle c.1458–61. SC6/821/11, m. 8d.

Jt. constable and porter (with Christopher Barton) of Hadleigh, Essex 23 Feb. 1447–30 Mar. 1450. CPR, 1446–52, pp. 34, 323.

Jt. parker (with Thomas Bodulgate*) of Liskeard, Cornw. 28 Apr. 1447–?Mar. 1461. CPR, 1446–52, p. 87.

Sheriff, Cornw. 9 Nov. 1448 – 19 Dec. 1449, by appointment of Edward, prince of Wales, 4 Nov. 1459 – 6 Nov. 1460.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Cornw. June 1453; of inquiry May 1454 (act of piracy by Cornish ship), Som. May 1475 (complaint of Elizabeth Luttrell); array Sept. 1457, Sept. 1458, Feb. 1459, Dec. 1459; to assign archers Dec. 1457; of oyer and terminer June, Dec. 1459, Cornw., Devon, Som. June 1460; arrest, Cornw., Devon June 1460 (adherents of duke of York).

J.p. Cornw. 6 Mar. 1455 – Feb. 1459, Som. 27 Nov. 1470 – June 1472, 5 Aug. – Nov. 1474, 15 Apr. 1482–3, 20 Sept. 1485 – July 1491.

Parlimentarian
TREVELYAN, John (d.1492), of Trevelyan in St. Veep, Cornw. and Stone, Kent.
Main residences: Trevelyan in St. Veep, Cornw.; Stone, Kent.
Trevilian, Trevilyan, Trevylian
Author
H.W.K.
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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