About William Trewynnard
Lived 1495 – 1549 (aged 53–54). William Trewynnard was a politician.
William Trewynnard (by 1495 – 1549), of Trewinnard, Cornwall, was a Cornish politician.
He was a member (MP) of the parliament of England for Helston in 1542.
He was robbed and his estates despoiled during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549, when he was mortally wounded by rebels when trying to shelter at St Michael's Mount.
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Who was William Trewynnard?
English politician
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William Trewynnard was born in 1495.
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William Trewynnard died in 1549.
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William Trewynnard was a politician.
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