[Illustration] Tremayne is in the parish of St. Martin, and here the
ancestor of the family, Perys, lived in the reign of Edward III. and
assumed the local name. This estate passed with the heiress of the
elder branch of the family to the Trethurfes, and from them to the
Reskymers, to whom it belonged in Leland's time. A grandson of the
first Tremayne, having married the heiress of Trenchard, of
Collacomb, in Devonshire, removed hither, where his descendants
existed till the extinction of that line in 1808. The founder of the
present family was Richard Tremayne, whose son purchased Helligan in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and who is thus noticed by Carew in
his Survey of this county. "At the adjoining St. Ive, dwelleth
master Richard Tremayne, descended from a younger brother of
Colocome House in Devon, who, being learned in the laws, is yet to
learne, or at least to practise, how he may make other profit
thereby, then by hoarding up treasure of gratitude in the mindful
breasts of poor and rich, on whom he gratis bestoweth the fruits of
his pains and knowledge."
See Leland's Itin. iii. 25, fol. 9; Carew, 104 b; Gilbert's Survey,
ii. 292; Lysons, pp. cxv. 96, 214; Prince's Worthies of Devon, 1st
ed. 569.
ARMS.--_Gules, three dexter arms conjoined at the shoulders and
flexed in triangle or, fists proper_.
Present Representative, John Tremayne, Esq.