Christopher Trychay

Sir Christopher Trychay
Pronunciation	Trickee[1]
Died	1574
Occupation	Vicar
Known for	Churchwardens' accounts
Religion	Christianity
Church	Catholic Church (until 1534) Church of England (from 1534)
Congregations served	Morebath (1520–1574)
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Sir Christopher Trychay^{[note 1]} (died 1574) was an English priest who served as the vicar of St George's Church, Morebath from 1520 until his death in 1574. While at Morebath, Trychay maintained detailed churchwardens' accounts that described the parish's transition from a medieval Catholic congregation into a Protestant Church of England one. These accounts have survived, being reprinted and utilized in two award-winning books by the historian Eamon Duffy.

Trychay's accounts survive in the Exeter Library. They were edited and reprinted by a later vicar of Morebath, J. Erskine Binney, in 1904. Duffy utilized Trychay's accounts in two books: the 1992 The Stripping of the Altars and the 2001 The Voices of Morebath. Trychay's records have been credited with enhancing the modern understanding of the period of religious and political upheaval he experienced.

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