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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