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Trerice is an historic manor in the parish of Newlyn in Pyder, near Newquay, Cornwall, England (grid reference SW840584). The surviving Elizabethan manor house is located in Kestle Mill near Newquay. The house with its surrounding garden is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. The garden features an orchard with old varieties of fruit trees.

Manor house

Trerice House features a main south-east facing range of 'E'-plan abutting a south-west range containing two earlier phases. Phase I consisted of a tower house with low north-west block. This was extended early in the 16th century, probably by 'Jack of Tilbury', to include a 2-storey range to the south-east of the earlier tower, together now forming the bulky south wing. Sir John IV Arundell, High Sheriff of Cornwall and father-in-law to Sir Richard Carew, historian, added the main range of the E-plan circa 1570-1573.

History

The manor of Trerice was long the seat of the Arundell family "of Trerice", a branch of the prominent and widespread Arundell family also seated at Lanherne, Tolverne, Menadarva in Cornwall and at Wardour Castle in Wiltshire.

Descent

de Terise

The earliest known holder was the de Terise family, which took its surname from the manor, whose descent is recorded in the Heraldic Visitations of Cornwall as follows:.

• Udy de Terise
• Otes de Terise, son, who married Rose Goviley, daughter and heiress of Goviley by his wife Maude de Lansladron, daughter of Sir Serlo de Lansladron. The Arundell family later quartered the arms of Lansladron: Sable, three chevronels argent.
• Michael (or Matthew) de Terise, son, who married Alice de Flamoke, daughter of Marke, Lord Flamoke, of Flamoke. He left a daughter and sole heiress Jane de Flamoke, who during the reign of King Edward III (1327-1377) married Ralph Arundell of Kierhaies (or Kenelhelvas).

Arundell

The origins of the Arundell family of Trerice are obscure and no descent has been traced from the more ancient family of Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall, 6 miles to the north-east of Trerice. The two families are easily confused as both called most of the male heirs by the Christian name "John". The early armorials of the Arundells of Trerice were Gules, a lion rampant or, but the family later used the same canting arms as Arundell of Lanherne: Sable, six swallows 3, 2 and 1 argent (derived from the French hirondelle, a swallow). The Arundells of Trerice are said to have had their English origins during the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272) at the manor of Carshayes or at Allerford in Somerset. The family's descent is recorded in the Heraldic Visitations of Cornwall as follows:.

Ralph Arundell

Ralph Arundell of Kierhaies (or Kenelhelvas) who during the reign of King Edward III (1327-1377) married Jane de Terise, heiress of Trerice.

Nicholas I Arundell

Nicholas I Arundell, son and heir, who married Elizabeth Pellor, daughter and heiress of John Pellor (alias Cheddore) of Pellor

Sir John I Arundell

Sir John I Arundell, son and heir, who married Jane Durant, daughter and heiress of John Durant (or Jane Lupus daughter of Lupus of Crantock by his wife a daughter and heiress of Lupus of Durant). His second son was Richard Arundell of Penbigell, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1408.

Nicholas II Arundell

Nicholas II Arundell, son, who married Johanna St John (d.1462), daughter and heiress of Edward St John of Somerset

Sir John II Arundell

Sir John II Arundell, son, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1471. The Cornish historian Carew (d.1620) stated of him in his Survey of Cornwall:

"Being forewarned that he would be slain on the sands, forsook his house at Efford, as too maritime, and removed to Trerice his more inland habitation in the same county; but he did not escape his fate, for being Sheriff of Cornwall in that year, and the Earl of Oxford surprising Mount Michael for the House of Lancaster, he had the king's commands, by his office, to endeavour the reducing of it, and lost his life in a skirmish on the sands thereabouts".

St Michael's Mount had been captured by the earl of Oxford, and as Sheriff it fell to Arundell to obey the king's command. He was buried in the chapel in St Michael's Mount. He married twice: firstly to Margaret Courtenay, daughter of "Sir Hugh Courtenay", whose identity is unclear, by whom he had two sons Robert and Walter, who died young, without progeny. he married secondly to Anne Moyle, daughter of Sir Walter Moyle of Estwell, by whom he had progeny four sons, the eldest two of whom, Robert and Sir John III, succeeded successively to Trerice.

Robert Arundell

Robert Arundell, eldest son and heir, who married Ellen Southwood.

James Arundell (d.1491)

James Arundell (d.1491), son, who died without progeny when his heir became his uncle Sir John III Arundell.

Sir John III Arundell (1470-1512)

Sir John III Arundell (1470-1512), uncle, 2nd son of Sir John II Arundell. He was Sheriff of Cornwall and Vice Admiral of the West to King Henry VII and to his son King Henry VIII. He married Jane Grenville (d.1552), a daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville (died 1513), KB, lord of the manors of Bideford in Devon and of Stowe in the parish of Kilkhampton in Cornwall, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1481 and in 1486. During the Wars of the Roses in his youth Grenville had been a Lancastrian supporter and had taken part in the conspiracy against Richard III organised by the Duke of Buckingham. On the accession of King Henry VII (1485–1509) and the end of the wars, Grenville was appointed one of the Esquires of the Body to that king. Jane Grenville survived her husband and remarried to Sir John Chamond. In her will she requested to be buried in Stratton Church, between the bodies of her two husbands.

Sir John IV Arundell (1495–1561)

Sir John IV Arundell (1495–1561), eldest son and heir, known as Jack of Tilbury, was an Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII whom he served as Vice-Admiral of the West. He was knighted at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513. In 1523 he achieved notability by the capture of a notorious pirate. He served twice as Sheriff of Cornwall, in 1532 and in 1541. His monumental brass survives in Stratton Church, Cornwall, the place of his burial. John IV Arundell married twice:

• Firstly at some time before 1512 to Mary Beville (d.1526), daughter and co-heiress of John Beville of Gwarnick, Cornwall, by whom he had progeny:
  • Roger Arundell, declared a lunatic, who predeceased his father, having married (during his lunacy) Elizabeth Denham, daughter of Robert Tredenham (alias Denham) of Tredenham, Cornwall. His son was John V Arundell (1557-1613), who inherited the Beville estate of Gwarnick from his grandmother. He died aged 56 without progeny and was buried in Lambeth Church, Surrey. His heir to Trerice became his half-uncle John VI Arundell (d.1580), with whom he had been involved in much litigation, finally settled by a private Act of Parliament in favour of his uncle.
  • Katherine Arundell, wife of Richard Prideaux (d.1603) of Thuborough in the parish of Sutcombe, Devon. She was heir to her nephew John V Arundell (1557-1613) of Gwarnick.
  • Jane Arundell, wife of William Wall
• Secondly in 1526 to Juliana Erissey, daughter of James Erissey of Erissey and widow of a certain Gourlyn, by whom he had progeny including:
  • John VI Arundell (d.1580) of Trerice, father of Sir John VII Arundell (1576-1656) of Trerice, nicknamed "Jack-for-the-King", a prominent leader of the Royalist cause in Cornwall during the Civil War, partly in recognition of which service his son Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice (d.1687) was raised to the Peerage in 1664.

John VI Arundell (d.1580)

John VI Arundell (d.1580) of Trerice, eldest son by his father's second marriage, a Member of Parliament for Mitchell, Cornwall, in 1555 and 1558, and was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1573-1574. He married twice:

• Firstly to Catherine Coswarth, daughter of John Cosworth and widow of Alan Hill, by whom he had progeny four daughters:
  • Juliana Arundell (born 1563), who married Richard Carew (1555-1620), the historian of Cornwall, author of the Survey of Cornwall.
  • Alice Arundell (born 1564), wife of Henry Someater of Painsford
  • Dorothy Arundell (born 1566), wife of Edward Coswarth of Coswarth.
  • Mary Arundell (born 1568), wife of Oliver Dynham.
• Secondly he married Gertrude Denys, a daughter of Sir Robert Denys (d.1592) of Holcombe Burnell in Devon, by his first wife Mary Mountjoy (a first cousin to Lady Jane Grey), a daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (1478–1534), by his fourth wife Dorothy Grey, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset. Gertrude survived her husband and remarried to Edward, Lord Morley. By Gertrude he had at least eight children including:
  • Sir John VII Arundell (1576–c. 1656), eldest son and heir, of Trerice, nicknamed "Jack-for-the-King", MP for Cornwall and for Tregony and Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, during the Civil War
  • Thomas Arundell of Duloe, MP for West Looe, a soldier who served in the Netherlands.
  • Ann Arundell, wife of William Carnsew of Buckelly.
  • Catherine Arundell, wife of John St Aubin of Clowans.

Later Arundells of Trerice

• Sir John Arundell (born 1576) (1576–c. 1656), Cornish MP and Governor of Pendennis Castle during the English Civil War
• John Arundell (Royalist) (1613–1701), MP for Bodmin
• John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice (1649–1698), MP for Truro
• John Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Trerice
• John Arundell, 4th Baron Arundell of Trerice

External links

• Trerice Manor House: History and hauntings
• Trerice information at the National Trust
• Historic England. "Details from listed building database ({{{num}}})". National Heritage List for England.

Further reading

• Carew, Richard, Survey of Cornwall, "Carew is full of information as to this branch of the family". (Tregellas, DNB)
• Tregellas, Walter Hawken, Arundell of Cornwall, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 02

Sources

• Pedigree of Arundell of Trerice, Vivian, J.L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: W. Pollard, p. 11 et seq.
• Lysons, Daniel & Samuel, Magna Britannia, Vol.3, Cornwall, London, 1814.

References

1. "Sir John ARUNDELL of Trerice". Tudor Place. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
2. Vivian, 1887, p.11
3. Lysons Brothers, Magna Britannia, Vol.3, Cornwall
4. Tonkin & Borlase (d.1772), as quoted by Lysons, Magna Britannia, Vol.3
5. Tonkin & Borlase, as quoted by Lysons, Magna Britannia, Vol.3
6. Vivian, 1887, p.11
7. Delderfield, Eric R., West Country Historic Houses and their Families, Newton Abbot, 1968, p.142
8. Vivian, 1887, p.11
9. Vivian, 1887, p.11
10. Vivian, 1887, p.11
11. Maud Courtenay, a daughter of Sir Hugh Courtenay of Boconnoc (d.1471), married Sir John Arundell (born 1428) of Tolverne (a junior branch of Arundell of Lanherne), not Sir John Arundell of Trerice, according to Vivian, 1895, (Devon) p.245 & Vivian, 1887 (Cornwall), p.6
12. Richard Polwhele, The Civil and Military History of Cornwall, volume 1, London, 1806, pp 106–9; Byrne, vol.1, p.302 states "1485", quoting Public Record Office, Lists & Indexes, vol.IX, List of Sheriffs
13. Byrne, vol.1, p.302
14. Byrne, vol.1, p.302
15. Vivian, 1887, p.12
16. Vivian, 1887, p.12
17. Dunkin, pp.34-5
18. Vivian, 1887, p.12
19. Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise, The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall with Descriptive, Geneaological and Heraldic Notes, 1882, p.35
20. Dunkin, p.35
21. Vivian, 1887, p.12
22. Dunkin, p.35
23. Vivian, 1887, p.12
24. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.619
25. Vivian, 1887, p.12
26. Vivian, 1887, p.12
27. Vivian, 1887, p.12
28. Vivian, 1887, p.12
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30. "Sir John ARUNDELL of Trerice". Tudor Place. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
31. Vivian, 1887, p.12
32. Vivian, 1887, p.12
33. Vivian, 1887, p.12
34. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.102
35. Vivian, 1895, p.280, pedigree of Dennis of Holcombe Burnell, erroueously "Walter, Lord Mountjoy"
36. Vivian, 1895, p.280
37. Vivian, 1887, p.12
38. Vivian, 1887, p.12
39. Vivian, 1887, p.12

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