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which the manor of AUet was brought to the Hamley family. 

 This led to the election of Andrew, who had been Knight of the 

 Shire in 1328 and 1338, as burgess for Truro in 1339. John 

 also represented the town in 1355 and in 1357. Another John 

 Hamley, doubtless the father of the burgesses, was rector of 

 Truro in 1330. (Bp. Grandisson's Eeg. vol ii, fol. 30.) Some 

 doubt exists with regard to the correctness of the returns of the 

 parliament of 1355. Browne Willis states that John Hamley 

 and John Caeron were the members for Truro ; other authorities 

 claim them for Lostwithiel ; Hamley is also said to have been 

 a member for Helston, and Caeron for Bodmin. John Hamley's 

 colleague in 1357 was William Trewinnard, who also represented 

 the town in 1360, 1362, and 1363. 



Even in those early days, the Tremayne family was 

 honourably associated with the public life of the county. They 

 had, at about this time settled at Tremayne, in St. Martin's, and 

 it is supposed that they now exchanged their family name of 

 Peres for that of the barton which had become their home. If 

 so, John de Tremayne, to whom reference has already been 

 made, was one of the first of the family to adopt their new 

 name. He had a parliamentary experience extending over no 

 less than thirty-two years, from 1344 to 1376, being knight of 

 the shire in eight parliaments, a burgess for Bodmin in two, for 

 Lostwithiel in two, for Helston in six, and for Truro in one, — 

 that of 1364. Another John Tremayne, perhaps his son, sat for 

 Truro in 1387 ; his name is mentioned in a Boscawen deed of 

 the same date. 



The parliament which commenced its sittings in 1379, 

 sanctioned the imposition of a series of taxes which fell heavily 

 on the poorer classes of the community, and which led to the 

 formidable risings under Jack Straw and Wat Tyler. Henry 

 Chinhals and Thomas Tregelias represented Truro at this 

 critical period. Tregelias or Tregelias is said to have been an 

 ancestor of the Tregelias family of St. Agnes and Truro, 

 several members of which were distinguished for their literary 

 and scientific attainments ; notably J. T. Tregelias, whose 

 portrait hangs on the walls of this Institution, and his son, the 

 late W. H. Tregelias, who contributed to the Journal many 

 papers of permanent value. 



