Edmund Tremayne

Edmund Tremayne (c. 1525–1582) was an English conspirator and official He was dedicated to Protestant causes, in opposition to the policy of the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor.

He inherited the family estates at Collacombe on the death of his elder brother Roger in 1572, and extensively rebuilt the manor house.

After ten or eleven months in prison, he was released on a £40 fine, and he left England for Italy with Courtenay.

Courtenay, while glad of his companionship, privately said that Tremayne had been foolish to flee England, thus leaving himself open to a charge of treason.

He was elected a Member of Parliament for Tavistock, although he took little part in Parliamentary business, and he was raised to the office of commissioner of Lancaster.

Monument in Lamerton Church, Devon, to Edmund Tremayne and four of his brothers, erected in 1588 by his 5th brother Degorie Tremayne
Canting arms [ 1 ] of Tremayne: Gules, three dexter arms conjoined at the shoulders and flexed in triangle or the fists clenched proper [ 2 ]