Richard Trentham (by 1515 – January 1547) was an English politician. His father was

Thomas Trentham Thomas Trentham (1538–1587) was an English politician. He was the son of Richard Trentham of Rocester Abbey, who died in 1547. In 1571, he became a Knight of the Shire in the House of Commons as one of two members for the County of Stafford ...

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

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(MP) of the

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for

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

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.

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1547 deaths English MPs 1536 Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub