Background
He was born in Street Ives, the son of William Tregosse.
He was born in Street Ives, the son of William Tregosse.
Exeter College.
He received his Bachelor from Exeter College, Oxford in 1655. In October 1659, he was instituted as vicar in Mylor and Mabe, and ejected 24 August 1662 under the Acting of Uniformity for being a nonconformist. According to Mission Susan Gay"s Falmouth chronology, Tregosse formed an Independent Congregation in Falmouth in 1662.
The first congregation at the Congregational Sunday School, Falmouth was gathered by the Mr.
Tregoss. After preaching to this family and neighbours, he was jailed for three months. In 1663, he preached privately at Budock.
Foreign preaching at the Church of Saint Laud, Mabe, he was again jailed for three months at Launceston gaol. After his release, he preached again at the same church, and was subsequently imprisoned again.
Tregosse"s imprisonment for holding a Conventicle at Budock is noted in the "The Episcopal Returns of 1665-1666" section of the Congregational Historical Society"s Transactions.
After his fourth time in custody, he was set free September 1667 by special order of King Charles. He was jailed again in 1669 for preaching privately in a house at Great Torrington. In his later years, he preached on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Under the Conventicle Acting of 1664 non-Anglican services were only permitted in private homes, limited to members of the household and no more than five others