In or before 1673 [his father] John Tregagle of Trevorder and [his mother] Elizabeth Hooker were married.
In December 1673 John Tregagle was born to John Tregagle of Trevorder and Elizabeth Hooker.
On or before 19th May 1679 [his mother] Elizabeth Hooker died. She was buried at St Breock Church, Cornwall [Map] on 19th May 1679 as recorded by a stone on the east wall of the south aisle.
On or before 7th February 1680 [his father] John Tregagle of Trevorder died. He was buried at St Breock Church, Cornwall [Map] on 7th February 1680. A stone on the east wall of the south aisle records his burial together with that of his wife [his mother] Elizabeth Hooker on 19th May 1679..
In 1694 John Tregagle [aged 20] was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1697 John Tregagle [aged 23] appointed Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall which office he held until 1709.
On 6th March 1697 John Tregagle [aged 23] was elected MP Mitchell Cornwall which seat he held until 1698.
In 1698 John Tregagle [aged 24] was elected MP Bossiney which seat he held until November 1701.
On or after 22nd April 1699 John Tregagle [aged 25] and Jane Whichcote [aged 19] were married. They had three sons and one daughter.
On or before 19th March 1708 [his wife] Jane Whichcote [aged 28] died. She was buried at St Breock Church, Cornwall [Map] on 19th March 1708.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1712 John Tregagle [aged 38] died intestate, leaving debts of £1,900 to Corker; £1,111 19s. 2d., plus interest, to Hooker; and £6,998 2s. 101/ 2d. to Hooker and Corker. Two years later the trustees of Tregagle's marriage settlement obtained an estate Act to vest his estates in trustees in order to settle his debts and provide for his children, who were brought up by a maternal aunt.
Grandfather: John aka Jan Tregagle
father: John Tregagle of Trevorder
Grandfather: William Hooker of London
mother: Elizabeth Hooker