Robert Trelawney
Robert Trelawney (25 March 1598 – 1643) was an English merchant and colonist who settled lands in Maine USA and a politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1642.
Trelawney was the son of Robert Trelawney who was three times mayor of Plymouth. He was a merchant at Plymouth and a colonist. On 1 December 1631 Trelawney and his partner Moses Goodyeare were granted a patent by the Plymouth Company for a tract of land between Spurwink River and Presumpscot River and for Richmond's Island at Cape Elizabeth, Maine.[1] In 1633 Trelawney was elected Mayor of Plymouth.[2] He built Ham House near Plymouth in 1639.[3]
In April 1640, Trelawney was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament[4] but was expelled from the House of Commons in March 1642, and committed to prison for publicly stating that the Commons had no power to appoint a guard for themselves without the King's consent.
Trelawney married Elizabeth Mayne daughter of Alexander Mayne in 1620. He was the father of Samuel Trelawney who was also MP for Plymouth.[5]
References
- ↑ William Durkee Williamson The history of the state of Maine: from its first discovery, Volume 1
- ↑ Plymouth Council - List of Mayors
- ↑ This is Plymouth Ham House
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- ↑ Robert Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain Volume 4
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- 1598 births
- 1643 deaths
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