Edmund Tremayne (c. 1525–1582) was an English conspirator and official He was dedicated to Protestant causes, in opposition to the policy of the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor.
Occupation
official, politician
Position held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1559 Parliament, Member of the 1572-83 Parliament
Citizenship
Kingdom of England
Born
1525
Died
1582
Overview
Edmund Tremayne (c. 1525–1582) was an English conspirator and official He was dedicated to Protestant causes, in opposition to the policy of the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor.
Background
He was the second son and one of sixteen children of Thomas Tremayne of Collacombe, Lamerton, Devon and his wife Phillipa Grenville, eldest daughter of Roger Grenville of Stow. The Tremaynes were a Devon branch of an old Cornish family. He inherited the family estates at Collacombe on the death of his elder brother Roger in 1572, and extensively rebuilt the manor house.
Conspirator
