John Trevanion (merchant)

John Trevanion (1483 – 1539 or later) was an English merchant and local administrator of Dartmouth, Devon.

Trevanion was chosen as Mayor of Dartmouth in 1512[1] and was again mayor in 1518–19, 1537–38 and 1538–39.

He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Dartmouth in 1529.[2]

He married Joan, who was the widow of another Dartmouth merchant, Richard Holland.

References

  1. ^ Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 3, 1519-1523. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1867.
  2. ^ "TREVANION, John (by 1483-1539 or later), of Dartmouth, Devon. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.


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