Part 14
A collection of verses, by the University of Oxford, on the death of Sir Beville Grenville, was printed in 1643, and reprinted in 1684. To these are annexed King Charles’s Letters to Sir Beville Grenville, and to the county of Cornwall; and a patent of Charles I. which grants to the county of Cornwall a trade to Denmark, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and to the Levant. Martin Llewellyn was a poet and physician, and was sometime principal of St. Mary Hall, in Oxford: in the latter part of his life he resided at High Wycomb; died there in 1682, and lies buried in the north aisle of the chancel.
Footnote 39:
Newport, which was antiently under the jurisdiction of the town of Launceston, is one of the notorious Boroughs of Cornwall, having returned members to Parliament since the reign of Edward VI. The number of voters, does not, in general, exceed 30 persons.
Footnote 40:
In the course of the proceedings on the election case in 1803, when the rights of the Corporation were confirmed, it appeared from records, that there was a Mayor in the reign of Richard II.
Footnote 41:
Beauties of Cornwall.
Footnote 42:
See Gorham’s History of St. Neot’s, pp. 29–37. London, 1820.
Footnote 43:
So determined in Gorham’s History of St. Neot’s, p. 231. Mr. Whitaker (Life of Neot, pp. 191–203) thinks the date is intended for 1530; and that the body of the Church was built in 1199,—a wild conjecture, in defiance of architectural evidence!
Footnote 44:
See Gorham’s History of St. Neot’s, pp. 233–245.
Footnote 45:
Archives of Linc. Cath., in a vol. entitled, “Memoranda Oliveri Sutton,” ff. 122 b., 123, a curious testimonial by Anselm, Abbot of Bec., of his examination of the relics of St. Neot, in 1078.
Footnote 46:
Whitaker’s Life of Neot, pp. 203–211.
Footnote 47:
Bodmin has been described by many writers, as a very unhealthy place; the contrary, however, is the fact: for during the last ten years, the number of funerals have only been 409, and baptisms 854.—The town suffered much in the years 1576 and 1581, from a pestilence. It is now remarkable for the health and longevity of the inhabitants.
Footnote 48:
Owing unfortunately to the bursting of the boilers of some of the engines at this mine, very lately, two men lost their lives; but most fortunately many others had previously quitted their work, or otherwise they would have experienced the same melancholy fate.
Footnote 49:
One of the vague terms sometimes given to the crust or coating of the ore, sometimes to an argillaceous substance, and sometimes to a quartz ore one. The miners have pretty generally determined, however, that caple must be black; and at Polgooth they mean a heavy kind of quartz, which is perfectly opake, and contains a large portion of argill.
Footnote 50:
Vide Beauties of England and Wales for Cornwall, page 438.
Footnote 51:
The author of the Guide to Mount’s Bay, recently published.
Footnote 52:
“As some men were lately sinking an air hole to the bottom level of the Consolidated Mines, when at the depth of 160 fathoms from the surface, they struck into a cavern; the rush of foul air from which, compelled them to call out to their companion stationed above, to raise them by the tackle kept in readiness for that purpose. This vast subterranean vault is situated in one of the principal lodes of the mine; it is about nine feet high, and six feet wide; the western end from the place of entry, has been explored, and is found to be about 40 fathoms in length; the foul air in the eastern end, has hitherto prevented the miners from fully exploring it; the appearance of the sides and roof is very craggy, and shews that the cavity has been occasioned by a convulsion of nature.”
Footnote 53:
Beauties of England and Wales for Cornwall, page 485.
Footnote 54:
Beauties of England and Wales for Cornwall, p. 487.
Footnote 55:
Vide Beauties for Cornwall, page 488.
Footnote 56:
The author of the Guide to Mounts Bay, &c. recently published.
Index.
A
Adder, Sea, a fish, 14
Angel Fish, ibid
Antoney, Village of, Church, Monuments, House, and Pictures, 27 and 161
Arwenack House, remarkable as the antient seat of the Killegrews, 50
B
Bake, an antient seat of the Moyles, 29
Blower, or Fin Fish, 13
Blowing Houses, near St. Austell, 38
Boconnoc House, a fine seat, 35
Bodmin, Town of, antient Buildings, Church, Font, Population, &c., 119
Boscawen-un, singular Pile of Stones at, 61
Bossiney, remarkable as one of the Boroughs, 81
Boscastle, a Fishing Village, curious Epitaph in the Church, 85
Botus Fleming, Church, and Tomb of a Crusader, 100
Botallack Mine, at St. Just, account of, 138
Bude, a bathing place, its Canal, &c., 88
C
Carhays, a seat, 40
Callington, Town of, Antient Buildings, &c., 96
Calstock, a Village, Church, &c., 98
Camborne, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 69
Camelford, Town of, Buildings, &c., 80
Carn’-bre, Castle, Rocks, &c., 71
Carnon Stream Works, account of, 137
Carnanton, a seat, 75
Carclew, seat of Sir William Lemon, Pictures, &c., 46
Castle-an-Dinas, an Antient Entrenchment, 76
Cattle, different Species of, bred in Cornwall, 10
Catchfrench, the seat of F. Glanville, Esq., 110
Charlestown, near St. Austell, 36
Cheese-Wring, 116
Church of Creed, 42
Clay Works, at St. Stephen’s, an account of, 136
Clowance, a fine seat, belonging to Sir J. St. Aubyn, 55
Coldrinnick, a seat, 111
Cornwall, derivation of its Name, Situation, Climate, Population, &c., 1 to 3
Consolidated Mines, account of, 141
Cook’s Kitchen, a celebrated Copper Mine, 140
Copper, its discovery, Mines described, &c., 20
Cotehele House, a very antient building, 97
Copley, Sir J. S., seat of, 29
Crennis Copper Mine, account of, 135
Cross, Antient, at Callington, 97, and Four-Hole Cross, 161
Cromlech, 116
Cuddenbeck, at St. Germains, noted as the seat of the Bishops, 110
D
Dolcoath, a noted Copper Mine, 140
E
Eels, Conger, very plentiful, 14
Egleshale, Church of, Carved Pulpit, Monuments, &c., 80
Eny’s House, 48
F
Falmouth, Town of, Buildings, fine Harbour, &c., 49
Fowey, Town of, Church, Monuments, Antient Buldings at, Harbour, Population, &c., 30
Fonts, Antient, in Lostwithiel, 33; St. Austell, 37; Lanerwednack, 54; Padstow, 78; Kilkhampton, &c., 91
Foote, the Comedian, born at Truro, 46
G
Glynn House, a seat, 118
Gold, found in Cornwall, 22
Godolphin House, an antient building, 55
Grampus, a fish, 13
Grampound, till lately one of the Boroughs of Cornwall, present State, 42
H
Harewood House, 98
Hayle, Port of, Works, &c., 69
Heligan, a seat, 39
Helston, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 51
Herland Mines, some Account of, 144
Hills in Cornwall, 3
Historical Events, brief description of, 23
Huel Vor, a noted Tin Mine, 137
—— Unity ditto, for Copper, 142
—— Alfred, ditto, ibid
Husbandry, improvement in, noticed, 8
I J
Ince Castle, a seat on the banks of the Lynher, 106
Iron, found in great abundance in Cornwall, 22
—— Foundaries at Hayle, 146
John Dorys, a delicious fish, 14
K
Kilkhampton, village of, noted for the singular beauty of its Church, Monuments, Font, &c., 89
——, the birth-place of the pious Hervey, 92
Knill, J. Esq., singular custom respecting his will, 69
Kynan’s Cove, a curious pile of Rocks at, 54
L
Ladock, a picturesque vale at, 43
Lakes in the County, the Loo particularly described, 5
Lands, Waste, enclosed, 9
Lanlivery, Tower of its Church noticed, 32
Lanhydrock House, an antient seat, Church, &c., 118
Landulph, Village of, singular Monument in the Church, Parsonage House, &c., 99
Landrake, Church of, remarked for its high Tower, 106
Land’s End, singular Promontory, Light-House, &c., 62
Lanherne, Nunnery of, at the village of Mawgan, 74
Landewednack Church, near the Lizard, Antient Font at, 54
Launceston, Town of, Antient Castle, Church, Public Buildings, Population, &c., 93
Lead Mines, not very abundant, 21
Liskeard, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 112
Lizard Point, Rocks at, very curious, 53, 54
Looe, East and West, Town of, Bridge, Population, &c., 29
Loo Pool, a Lake near Helston, 53
Lostwithiel, Town of, Church, Antient Font, Exchequer Hall, Population, &c., 32
M
Mackarel, very plentiful in Cornwall, 14
Marazion or Market Jew, its pleasant Situation, &c., 56
Martin, Dr. William, Monument of, 100
Mawgan, Village of, highly rural, Antient Church, Cross, &c., 74
Menabilly, a fine seat belonging to W. Rashleigh, Esq., noted for its collection of Minerals, 32 and 147
Menacuddle, Ruin at, 38
Menheniot, Village of, Church, Old Buildings, &c., 111
Metals, various sorts, found in Cornwall, 22
Mevagissey, remarkable as a Fishing Town, Church, Monument of Otwell Hill, Population, &c., 39
Mineralogical Substances, described, 7
Mines in Cornwall, the mode of working them described, 19
Moditonham, the seat of Charles Carpenter, Esq., 100
Mount Edgecumbe, a fine seat, 27
Mousehole, Village of, remarkable as the birth-place of Old Dolly Penkeath, 60
Mullets, very plentiful, 14
Mullion, a Fishing Cove, near the Lizard, 54
Maylor, the Church of, a picturesque building, Monuments, &c., 51
N
Nanswhyden House, ruins of, 74
Newport Church, 93
Newlyn, Village of, 60
P
Padstow, Town of, Harbour, Church, Antient Buildings, Population, &c., 77
Pelynt Church, Antient Monument in, 29
Pencarrow, seat of the late Sir A. Molesworth, 80
Pendarves, a Seat, 70
Pendennis Castle, 49
Pengersick Castle, 56
Penrice, the seat of J. S. Sawle, Esq., 38
Penrose, seat of S. Rogers, Esq. near Helston, 53
Penryn, an Antient Town, Church of St. Gluvias, Monuments, Population, &c., 47
Pentillic Castle, the seat of J. T. Coryton, Esq., 99
Penzance, remarked as a beautiful Town, healthy climate, &c., 59
Perrow Porth, noted as a bathing place, 73
Pessick, village of, 44
PETHERICK, Little, Village, noted as being highly picturesque, 80
Pilchard Fisheries described, and mode of curing them, 12
Piranzabuloe, singular Amphitheatre at, 73
Place-House, Padstow, 79
Plymouth, scenery about, noticed, 25
Polruan, 31
Polredmouth, Grotto at, 32
Pool, Menheniot, an antient seat of the Trelawney’s, 111
Potatoes, the soil of Cornwall, favourable for the growth of, 9
Polgooth Tin Mine, account of, 131
Poldice, Mine of, 142
Porthmear, or Charlestown, 36
Prideaux Place, ibid
Probus, Village of, noted for its fine Church, 43
R
Redruth, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 72
Restormel Castle, House, &c., 34
Rialton Priory, account of, 73
Rivers in Cornwall, 4
Roche Rocks, a great natural curiosity, 127
Ruan Lanyhorne, a village remarkable as the residence of the Rev. J. Whitaker, 41
S
Saltash, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 100
Saltram, Seat of Earl Morley, with its fine Pictures, 25
Scorrier House, a seat remarkable for its fine collection of minerals, 72
Shark, the blue species, caught off the Coast of Cornwall, 14
Scilly Islands, concise description of, 151 to 160
Sheviock Church and Monuments, 28
Shillingham, ruins of an antient Chapel, 105
Silver, discovery of, 22
Slate, Delabole, the most celebrated Quarry for, 7 and 80
Smelting House near Truro, noticed, 46
Soap Rocks, at the Lizard, 54
Soils described, 5
St. Blazey, Village of, Festival of St. Blaze, Church, &c., 36 to 37
St. Austell, Town, fine Church, Population, &c., 36
St. Michael Penkervil Church, a picturesque edifice, 44
St. Mawe’s Castle, 50
St. Mawgan Church, an antient Tomb in, 55
St. Michael’s Mount, brief description of, 57
St. Neot’s, Village of, noted for the beauty of its Church, Painted Glass Windows, &c., 116
St. Bennett’s, remains of a Priory, 127
St. Burian, an antient place, College, Church, and antient Cross, 61
St. Germains, a decayed town, remarkable for the beauty of its Situation, Antient Church, Monuments, &c., 106
St. Just, near the Land’s End, and remarkable as the birth-place of Dr. Borlase, 63
St. Ives, Town of, Fisheries, Harbour, Church, Population, &c., 66
St. Agnes, Town, Beacon, the birth-place of Opie, the Painter, &c., 72
St. Columb Major, Town of, Church, Population, &c., 76
St. Stephen’s Church, near Trematon Castle, 92
St. Mary Week, Village of, remarked as the birth-place of Thomasine Bonaventure, 86
St. Cleer, Village of, noted for its Church, and numerous Antiquities, 115
St. Lawrence, Ruins at, 127
Stratton, Town of, Church, Monumental Epitaphs, &c., 86
Stockton, seat of Admiral de Courcy, 106
Steam Engines, their extensive powers described, and great utility in the Mines, 133
Stow, an antient seat of the Grenvilles, 91
Sun Fish, 14
T
Tehiddy Park, seat of Lord de Dunstanville, Pictures, &c., 70
Thankes, seat of the Graves, 27
Tin, the different Mines described, and the mode of preparing it; Laws relating to, &c., 15 to 18
—— Wood, highly valuable, 19 and 136
Tintagel, renowned birth-place of King Arthur, antient Fortifications at, Church, &c., 81
Tolinen, a curious one in Constantine Parish, 51
Touss, Rev. J. born at St. Ives, 68
Trebursye, a seat near Launceston, 96
Tredea, the seat of Davies Gilbert, Esq., M.P., 146
Trespy House, Fowey, an antient building, 31
Trefusis, an antient seat, 51
Treguma, a seat of S. Stephens, Esq., 68
Tregony, Town of, Antient Buildings, &c., 40
Tregothnan, seat of Earl Falmouth, and its fine Park, 44
Trelawney House, Pictures, &c., 29
Trelowarrens, an antient seat, 54
Trematon Castle, a fine ruin, seat of B. Tucker, Esq., 103
Tremere, an antient seat of the Courtenay’s, 127
Trerice, an antient building, formerly the seat of the Arundell’s, 73
Treryn Castle, Logan Stone, at, 61
Trevethoe, the seat of the Praeds, 69
Trewarthenick, a seat, 41
Trewithan, seat of Sir C. Hawkins, Bart., 43
Trewan, seat of Richard Vyvyan, Esq., 76
Truro, Town of, noted as the metropolis of the West of England, fine Church, Buildings, Population, &c., 44
Turbots, plentiful in Cornwall, 14
W
Wadesbridge, near Bodmin, 80
Werrington Park, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, 92
Wherry Mine, near Penzance, remarkable one, 60
Whiteford House, seat of Sir W. P. Call, Bart, 96
Woodcocks, singular account of their arrival in Cornwall, 160
Wootton, an antient seat at Landrake, 106
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