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TRELAWNY, SIR JONATHAN, BART., third son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart., and Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Seymour, Bart.; b. 24 Mar 1650; adm.; KS 1663; Exeter Coll. Oxford, adm. commoner 14 Apr 1668 while still at school, but elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1668, matr. 11 Dec 1668, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1668- void 1679, Tutor 1678; BA 1672; MA 1675; DD 1685; adm. Middle Temple 1 Nov 1669; ordained 4 Sep 1673; Vicar of South Hill, Cornwall 4 Oct 1677-89; Rector of St. Ives, Cornwall 12 Dec 1677-89; succ. father as 3rd baronet Mar 1680/1; distinguished himself by his active opposition to Monmouth’s rebellion summer 1685; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 8 Nov 1685; refused to sign address in favour of first Declaration of Indulgence 1687; assisted in drawing up the petition of the Bishops against the second Declaration of Indulgence, and was sent to the Tower 8 Jun 1688; tried for seditious libel with the six other bishops and acquitted 30 Jun 1688; took the oaths to William and Mary; translated to Exeter 13 Apr 1689; Archdeacon of Totnes 1693-4, Exeter 1704-7; established his rights as Visitor of Exeter Coll. Oxford 1694; supported Atterbury in his movement for the revival of Convocation; translated to Winchester 14 Jan 1707; a benefactor to the building of Tom Tower, at Christ Church, Oxford, 1680-1; Busby Trustee 28 Jan 1719/20; m. 1684 Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Hele, Bascombe, Devon; d. 19 Jul 1721. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.