Francis Tregian the Elder

Portrait of Francis Tregian, Esq. (1583)

Francis Tregian the Elder (1548 – 25 September 1608) was a Cornish recusant landowner. He was arrested and imprisoned, and later pardoned.

Quotes

• For said it is of many men
     And such as are no fools,
  A workman is but little worth
     If he do want his tools.
  • Verse-letter to his wife, l. 9 [MS. Tregian-Yate, Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield]. John Morris, ed., The Troubles of our Catholic Forefathers Related by Themselves (London: Burns and Oates, 1872), pp. 127–30

• Let prayer be your practice, wife,
     Let prayer be your play,
  Let prayer be your staple of trust,
     Let prayer be your stay.
  Let prayer be your castle strong,
     Let prayer be your fort,
  Let prayer be your place of rest,
     Let prayer be your port.
  • Verse-letter to his wife, l. 57

• Farewell the anchor of my hope,
     Farewell my stay of life,
  Farewell my poor Penelope,
     Farewell my faithful wife.
  • Verse-letter to his wife, l. 137

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Francis Tregian the Elder on Wikipedia