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Richard Trentham
Richard Trentham (by 1515 – January 1547) was an English politician. His father was Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury from whom he inherited land in Shropshire. He entered the royal household and was an Esquire of the Household by 1537 and cupbearer in the household of Prince Edward by 1544. In 1545 he fought with the king in France. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1536. In 1539 he acquired the site of Rocester Abbey Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level. The Augustinian abbey of St. Mary, Rocester was founded in Dovedale between 1141 and 1146 by Richard Bacon, a ha ..., Staffordshire which had been closed down as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and reestablished his family there. He had married Mary, the daughter of David Ireland of Shrewsbury and had one son and heir, Thomas and 5 daughters. References 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Trentham (died ?1519)
Thomas Trentham (by 1487 – 1519?) was an English politician. He was the son of Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury and Catherine, daughter of John Marshall of Hurst, and followed his father into the drapery business. He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament of England for Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency), Shrewsbury in 1512 and 1515. He fought in France in 1513 under George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet and had two sons and five daughters. His son, Richard Trentham, was MP for Shropshire. References * 1519 deaths Politicians from Shrewsbury English MPs 1512–1514 English MPs 1515 15th-century births Year of death uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |