Andrew Trewe was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York between 1593 and 1601.
In 1556 he married Jane Edwyne, in St Martins, Micklegate,[1] and they had one son, William, and 2 daughters.
He also held the offices of a chamberlain (1566–1567); sheriff (1568–1569); alderman (1581); Lord Mayor (1585–1586) and High Commissioner for York in 1599.
[2] He made a living as a merchant trading in the waterways between Denmark and Sweden and into the Baltic Sea.
[2] He lived in a tenement on Ouse Bridge, and arranged to lease ground at the back, which became known as Fish Landing.