John Courtenay of Tremere

John Courtenay
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1553
Member of Parliament for Bodmin
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1554
Member of Parliament for Penryn
Incumbent
Assumed office 1555
Personal details
Born	c. 1520–1521
Died	1 March 1560 Lanivet, Cornwall, England
Resting place	Lanivet, Cornwall, England
Spouse	Elizabeth Trengrove (later Trengove)
Children	Jane Courtenay Alice Courtenay Richard Courtenay of Tremere Henry Courtenay George Courtenay
Parents	Richard Courtenay Jane Boscawen
Education	New Inn

John Courtenay (1520/1521 – 1560) of Tremere (now Tremore) in the parish of Lanivet in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament.

Origins

Further information: Courtenay of Tremere

He was the third child from Richard Courtenay's second marriage to Jane Boscawen. In his youth he appears to have been attached to Thomas Cromwell’s household. In the autumn of 1553, Courtenay used his family's connection with the Lostwithiel constituency to have himself elected the town's junior Member in Mary I's first Parliament. In the autumn of 1555, he was elected as a Member for Penryn. He died on 1 March 1560, being buried at Lanivet, where a monument was erected to his memory. He left life interest in the Tremere property to his widow, Elizabeth Trengrove, who later married Thomas Arundell.

He represented Lostwithiel in October 1553, Bodmin in November 1554 and Penryn in 1555.

Children

1. Jane Courtenay
2. Alice Courtenay
3. Richard Courtenay of Tremere
4. Henry Courtenay
5. George Courtenay