The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4)

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Lorraine, St. Dye’s church in, ii. 131 Lostwhythyel, by Leland, iv. 290 Lostwithiel, i. 78, 127.――ii. 38, 41 _ter._, 422.――By Leland, iv. 277 Louer, West, or Consort Hundred, i. 38 Louis, i. 247 _bis_.――Family, iii. 64 _bis_ Louisberg harbour, iii. 218 Love of Penzance, Mr. iii. 84 Lovell, John, i. 246 Lovice, William, William, Leonard, iv. 41 Low Countries, iv. 86 Lowbrygge, iv. 255 Lower, Dr. Richard, Thomas, i. 257.――Sir Nicholas, ii. 372 _bis_, 373 _sex._, 374, 376. Lady 373. Major 375. Family 372, 373, 397. Distinguished 376.――Humphrey, iii. 358. Thomas 38. Family 37, 38, 223. Monuments to 225.――Dr., Physician to Charles II. and his three daughters, iv. 94 ―――― of Trelaske, in Lawanack, Sir Nicholas, his marriage and dau. William, and William, iv. 156 ―――― of Tremeer, Richard, M. D. his works, iv. 98. Sir William, his works 97. His death 98 ―――― of St. Wenow, or Winnow, Sir Nicholas, iii. 200. Heir 201. Family 133.――Mr. iv. 94 ―――― Town, of Lambrigan, iii. 315 Lowlands, iii. 240 Lowlog river, source of, iv. 237 “Lucan’s Pharsalia,” notes on, iv. 87 Lucas, Elizabeth, i. 222 ―――― of Warwickshire, Mary, iii. 147 Lucca, iv. 126 Lucian, ii. 76 Lucies manor, account of, ii. 358 Lucius, i. 335 _ter._ Lucy family, iv. 121; or Lacan, Richard 77, 81 _quat._, 82 _bis_, 83, 84 _bis_ ―――― of Charlecote, George, bought the manor of Fowey, M.P. for it, ii. 46 Lud, King, ii. 50 Luddra, Robert, iii. 253 Ludduham, now Lugian-lese manor, ii. 257. Account of 258 Ludewin, or Ludevaulles, by Leland, iv. 265 LUDGEAN, LUDGVAN, or LUDGVEN, parish, Hals lost. Situation, boundaries, name, value of benefice, patron, manor of Ludgian lease, iii. 46. By Editor, extent and consequence of the manor ibid. Treassow, Castle-an-Dinas, very lofty, produces china-clay, entrenchment, Rosevithney, Trowell, the mine of Whele Fortune, well resorted to for restoring sight 47. Collurian farm, Varfull, belonging to the Davy family, notice of Sir Humphrey Davy, the church, rectory house, church tower, a pinnacle thrown down by lightning, imputed to a perturbed spirit, a legend of St. Ludgvan, and a stream of miraculous water 48. Dr. William Borlase, rector, his learning and works, diploma from Oxford 49. Earl of Litchfield’s letter upon it, extract from the university official register 50. Memoir of Dr. Borlase from the Biographical Dictionary 51. List of his works 52. His death, correspondence with pope, communications to the royal society, pupils, tomb, inscription illegible, Editor’s reflections on him in Greek, his two sons 53. Two rectors since, present incumbent, chief proprietors of land, parish feast, statistics, Geology by Dr. Boase 54. Ludgvan stone, marshes 55 Ludgian, ii. 260 ―――― or Ludgvan Lease manor, iii. 123. Account of 46 _bis_ Ludgvan parish, i. 355――ii. 118 _bis_, 121 _bis_, 169――iii. 5, 343――iv. 52, 53 _bis_, 54.――Rev. John Stephens, rector of, ii. 270.――Rev. H. Praed, iii. 9, 54 ―――― St. a stream endowed with miraculous powers by, iii. 48 ―――― stone, iii. 55 Ludlow of London, i. 255. Elizabeth 259 Luffe, ii. 427 Lugacius, Bishop, iii. 331 Lugad, Bishop, iii. 331 Luggan, Mr. ii. 252 Luggyan Lese manor, ii. 258 Luke, Robert, iii. 83. Dr. Stephen 96, 337 _bis_ ―――― of Trevilles, William, and family, iii. 406 ―――― St. ii. 240. His day 117, 276 Lukey, Mr. i. 271 Lunar tables, ii. 223 Lundy island, i. 188.――View of, ii. 49 Lupton, in Brixham parish, Devon, iv. 156 Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, ii. 64 ―――― St. ii. 73, 74 ―――― Hugh, Earl of Chester, iv. 125 Lure, i. 221 Lurginus, Bishop of Kirton, iv. 62 Lusus naturæ, supposed, ii. 297 Luther, Martin, i. 312 Lutterell, i. 247 ―――― of Polsew, i. 393 Luttrell, i. 400, 402.――Sir Andrew, iii. 103 ―――― of Dunster castle, Andrew and his daughter, iii. 342 Luxemberg, John of, King of Bohemia, iv. 72 Luxilian church, iv. 100 ―――― parish, ii. 93, 155, 384, 390; or Luxillian, iii. 391, 395 LUXILIAN or LUXULIAN parish, Hals’s MS. lost. Situation, boundaries, name, change of saint, iii. 55. Value of benefice, patron, incumbent, manor of Prideaux, etymology, Prideaux castle, and family 56. By Editor, chief landowners, Rashleigh family, situation of church, taste of Mr. Grylls the present vicar, beauty of church and tower, room in the tower, archives preserved there in the civil wars, vale leading to St. Blazey bridge, Tonkin’s Geology, “Lyell’s Principles of Geology,” parish, statistics 57. Geology by Dr. Boase, stream-works, quality of the tin, subterranean trees and plants 58. By Editor, unsightliness of Cornish valleys, Mr. H. M. Praed restored a valley in Lelant to beauty 59 Luxmoore, Rev. Coryndon, ii. 408 Luxton, John, i. 399 Luxulion, i. 52 Lyda, or Lides, St. island, iv. 230, 266 Lydcott, iii. 252 Lyddra, Robert, iii. 257 Lydford Brygge, iv. 255 Lyell, Charles, on Geology, iii. 57 Lyle, John, rang the bells on the accession of George III. George IV. and William IV. iv. 18 Lynar, or Lyner river, iii. 119, 437, 438 Lyne, Rev. Charles, of Roach, iii. 401. Rev. Richard, of Little Petherick 335. Rev. Dr. of Mevagissey, his singularities 194. Mr. made a fortune at Lisbon 17. His grandfather 19 Lynkinhorne, ii. 430 Lyonness, i. 198 Lyskerde, ii. 430 Lysons, i. 135, 146, 356, 369, 399, 402――ii. 86, 87, 91, 100, 147, 149 _bis_, 153, 217, 229, 231, 232, 252, 256, 281, 294, 330, 348, 358, 362, 363 _bis_, 383, 388, 395, 397 _bis_, 400, 404, 412, 415――iii. 7 _bis_, 19, 20, 38, 46, 77, 90, 117 _bis_, 126 _bis_, 138 _bis_, 150, 172, 192, 223 _bis_, 232, 234, 239, 240, 248, 255 _bis_, 258, 261, 274, 276 _bis_, 288, 289, 295, 309 _bis_, 332, 334, 335, 342, 346 _bis_, 350 _bis_, 352, 372 _bis_, 373, 398, 399 _bis_, 405, 406, 419, 424, 427, 439 _bis_, 445, 458――iv. 3, 4, 9 _bis_, 16 _bis_, 26, 41, 44, 51, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 97, 107, 114, 121, 127, 130, 136, 141.――His Cornwall, i. 228, 266 _bis_, 315 _bis_, 340――ii. 343――iii. 80――iv. 141, 163.――His Magna Brit. ii. 47――iv. 26.――His account of the repulse of the French from Fowey, ii. 46. His descents, &c. of manors 47 Lythe, John Robert, iii. 387 Lyttelton, Christiana, and George, Lord, i. 69 Lyttleton family, ii. 383

Mabe hill, iii. 63 ―――― parish, i. 137, 236, 416――ii. 92, 94, 104――iii. 64――iv. 2 MABE parish, by Hals, a vicarage, situation, boundaries, name, iii. 59. Ancient jurisdiction, value of benefice, patron, incumbent, amount of land tax, Tremough, Tremayne 60. By Tonkin, name, Carnsew, and family, removed to Trewoon, Carverth 61. Tremogh, large house built, Hantertavas 62. By Editor, Hals’s mistaken etymology of Tremogh, Tremogh sold 62. Trees cut down, granite quarries, road turned, rare plant, origin of the Tremayne family, statistics 63. Geology by Dr. Boase 64 MABEN, or Mabin, St. parish by Hals, situation, boundaries, name, ancient state, value of benefice, patron, iii. 64. Incumbent, land tax, St. Mabiana, Collquite, Treblithike, Haligan 65. Penwyne 66. Tonkin, nothing new. By Editor, Tredeathy, church monuments 66. Mr. Peters, his controversy with Warburton, his ancestry, and life 67. Traits of character, extracts from his meditations 68. Opinions on the Book of Job 69. Remarks on Hugh Peters, his history 71. Settlement in America, a popular preacher, deputed to England 72. Entered the parliament service, obtained Lambeth palace and Laud’s library, his death 73. Parish statistics, rector, Geology by Dr. Boase 74 Mabiana, St. iii. 65 Mabilia, a countess, monument to, ii. 419 Mabin, i. 2 Mabyn, St. church, iv. 135 ―――― St. parish, i. 84, 367, 371, 375――ii. 150 _bis_, 332――iv. 93, 95 Macarmicke, Colonel, i. 208 Macclesfield, Fitton Gerard, Earl of, i. 67.――Lord, iii. 378 _bis_ Macculloch, Dr. ii. 115 M Gregor, i. 13 Machinery, curious piece of, i. 55 Mackworth, Mr. singular story of, and family, iii. 9 Macpherson, the producer of Ossian, ii. 405. His quarrel with Johnson 406 Madan, a British king, iii. 79 Madaran, or Maddern parish, ii. 118, 122, 174 Madarne church, i. 296 ―――― parish, iv. 164 _bis_ Maddarns, St. or Maddern well, account of, iii. 91. Extraordinary cure from 79 Maddern, John and William, iii. 83 ―――― parish, iii. 46, 242 _bis_, 243, 283, 289, 425 _bis_ MADDERN parish, by Hals, situation, boundaries, ancient state, value of benefice, patron, incumbent, land tax, saint, unknown, iii. 78. St. Maddarn’s well, a cripple cured by it, Alverton 79. Mayne Screffes, inscription on the stone, Landithy 80. Penzance, town burnt by the Spaniards, charter, taken and pillaged by the parliament army 81. Rich booty, a coinage town, principal inhabitants, arms, writ, Lescaddock castle 82. By Tonkin, a vicarage, patron, incumbent ibid. Penzance, a separate parish, but daughter-church, incorporated, corporation in 1620. By the Editor, situation of the church, its connection with the Templars, monuments, mild air of the Mount’s Bay, Castle Horneck 83. Dr. Walter Borlase, memoir of him, built the house at Castle Horneck, Trereife, memoir of Dr. Frank Nicholls 84. Trengwainton used as a farm-house, Sir Rose Price, the present owner, has made it a splendid residence, origin of the Price family 85. History of Mr. Vinicombe 87. His picture, Rosecadgwell, Nanceolvern, Poltare, Trenear, notice of Captain H. P. Tremenheere 88. Rose hill, Lariggan, Mr. Pope and the Vatican, Lanyon, a cromleigh 89. Cromleigh at Malfra, and others in the parishes of Morva and Zennor, conjectures respecting them, description, etymology, Landithy, impropriation of tithes, patronage of the vicarage, Alverton 90. Its magnificence lost, Maddern well, its copiousness, Penzance flourishing, its gradual rise 91. Market house, a coinage town, adverse events of the civil war, pier, character of the corporation 92. Chapel of ease, endowed by Mr. Tremenheere, new church, exertions of Mr. Vibert, Mr. Edward Giddy, and the Tremenheere family, for the benefit of the town 93. New market house, distinguished families of the place, the Tonkins, Sir Humphrey Davy, introduced by the Editor to Dr. Beddoes 94. His Life by Dr. Paris, Dr. Batten, Mr. Carne, Dr. Boase 95. Mr. Thomas Giddy, Dr. Luke, Admiral Pellew, a grammar-school, Editor there under Dr. Parkins 96. Mr. Morris, the present master, Penzance much resorted to by invalids, Mr. E. Giddy’s observation on the climate, Dr. Paris’s medical account of it, Algerine corsair wrecked there 97. Inhabitants alarmed, afterwards visited the strangers, they were sent home in a man-of-war, latitude and longitude of Penzance church, establishment of the port, and at various other places 98. Parish statistics, Geology by Dr. Boase, the Wherry mine 99. Sand bank and submarine forest, parish covered with metallic veins, account of the Cornwall Geological Society at Penzance 100 Madders parish, ii. 284 Madford near Launceston, iii. 337 Madras, Fort St. George, and government house at, iv. 11 Madron parish, iii. 245 Maen Tol, i. 141 Magdalen Ball in Gluvias, iv. 3 ―――― college, Oxford, iii. 87 ―――― hall, Oxford, Mr. Lake entered of, ii. 389 Mahomet’s character of Thomas Paleolagus, ii. 368 Mahometans, ii. 37 Mahon, Sir Reginald, ii. 376. Family 339, 353, 354, 396. Property 353, 376.――Family, iii. 8. Property 207 Mahun family, iv. 54 Maids, the nine, iv. 2 Maidstone frigate, iii. 186.――Commanded by Captain Penrose, ii. 25. Sailed to the Sound 27 Mail coaches established, i. 57 Maine and Loire, department of, in France, iv. 105 Maiowe, Philip, iii. 123 Majendie, Ashurst, instituted the Geological Society of Cornwall, iii. 100. His Geology of the Lizard 424 Major, Peter, of Foye, ii. 110. Mr. 43. Mr. a tobacco merchant 43 Maker parish, ii. 250, 251――iii. 374 MAKER parish, a vicarage, situation, boundaries, ancient state, value of benefice, patron, incumbent, Mount Edgecumbe, history of the Edgecumbe family, Sir Richard an adherent of Henry 7th, iii. 101. Obliged to abscond, concealed himself in a cave, and deceived his pursuers by throwing his cap into the sea, rewarded by Henry with the lands of Bodrigan 102. Built a chapel in commemoration of his escape, he or his father founded a Benedictine priory, family have spent their fortune in service of the crown 103. Carew’s description of Mount Edgecumbe, part of it and of Millbrook in Devon 104. Millbrook once possessed of the elective franchise, inhabitants in Elizabeth’s time addicted themselves to piracy, Cremble passage, its danger 105. Tonkin does not notice this parish. By Editor, beautiful situation, church ibid. Signals from it, observations on signals, value of the benefice 106. Inceworth, Millbrook formerly an important town, government naval brewhouses removed, advantage of the new buildings, Vaultershome, or West Stonehouse, now Mount Edgecumbe, its beauty 107. Kingston and Cawsand, Plymouth harbour, divisions of, the Breakwater or artificial reef, description of 108. Comparison of its bulk, weight, and labour with the great Pyramid of Egypt, parish statistics, population fluctuates with war or peace, vicar 109. Geology by Dr. Boase 110 Makertone manor, ii. 251 Malachi, the Hebrew prophet, ii. 224 Malachy, St. Archbishop of Armagh, ii. 225 Malaga, i. 161 Malivery, Helvethus, iv. 41 Mallett, i. 262 Malmsbury, iv. 155 ―――― William of, iii. 385――iv. 96.――His chronicle, i. 407 Malo, St. iii. 257. His day 258 Malo’s, St. ii. 123 Malta island, i. 411 ―――― knights of, i. 411 _bis_ Mama Tidy, a name of St. Udith, iv. 93 Man, Isle of, i. 339. King of 339 Manaccan parish, i. 417――iii. 124, 127, 128, 138 MANACCAN parish, situation, boundaries, name modern, value of benefice, patron, incumbent, impropriation, land tax, iii. 110. Once called Minster, alien monasteries, etymology, Kestell 111. By Tonkin, name. By Editor, etymology, church pleasantly situated, town neat, vicarage house good, Mr. Polwhele 112. Helford, passage at, Kestell, Halvose, statistics, parish feast, rector, Geology by Dr. Boase, titanium found in the streams 113 Manackan, i. 38 Manacles point, ii. 331 Manaton, account of by Hals, ii. 230. By Tonkin ibid. By Whitaker and Lysons 231 ―――― of Manaton family, ii. 230. Francis 230 _bis_. Henry 230. Arms and memorials in church 231.――Francis, iii. 2――iv. 64. Family 65 Mane mine, i. 226 Manely manor, iv. 112 ―――― Coleshill manor, iv. 114 Maneton, Mr. entertained Charles 1st, iii. 42 Manley, John and Mrs. iii. 347 ―――― Coleshill, i. 319 Manlius, iii. 71 Manly, John, iv. 74 Mann, Rev. H. of St. Mawgan, iii. 138 Mannering, i. 350 Manning family, iii. 255 Mannington, Sampson, iii. 358 Manor courts, proceedings of, iv. 55. Subjects of presentment 56 Manufactory for Spa ornaments, ii. 361 Manuscripts in the British Museum, extracts from, iii. 409 Manwaring, Charlotte, i. 67 Mapowder, i. 402――iv. 161 _bis_ Marazion, the name of St. Hilary parish, ii. 200, 214, 215 _quat._, 224 _bis_ ―――― borough and manor, ii. 170 ―――― parish, iii. 289――iv. 10.――Road to Helston from, iii. 446. From Redruth to 308.――Name explained, iv. 316 March ab Meircyon, i. 338 March, Earl of, i. 168 _bis_ March and Ulster, Roger Mortimer Earl of, i. 64 Margaret, Queen, i. 169.――Took sanctuary in Beaulieu abbey, ii. 329 ―――― St. family, ii. 362 Margaret’s, St. church, Westminster, ii. 98 Margate, high water at, iii. 98 Marghessen foos, iii. 323 _bis_, 324 _ter._ Account of 323 Marham or Marwyn church, manor of, iii. 116, 117 Marham Church parish, i. 133――ii. 413――iii. 254, 352――iv. 12, 15, 131, 152 MARHAM CHURCH parish, situation and boundaries, name and antiquity, the Conqueror’s charter of appropriation, iii. 114. Confirmed by the pope, number of vicarages in England, and in Cornwall, Walesbury 115. Longford hill 116. By Tonkin, name, value, manor of Marwyn Church ibid. By Editor, antiquity of the church, manor, Walesborough manor, Hilton manor, Wood-Knole, patron, nature of the soil, abundance of wood 117. Statistics, Geology by Dr. Boase 118 Marhasdeythyou, or Market Jew, by Leland, iv. 287 Marianus the historian, ii. 403 Mark St. his day, iv. 140 ―――― well, i. 199 Marke of Woodhill, i. 143 Markesju, by Leland, iv. 264 Market Jew, ii. 200 Marks of St. Wenn, Miss, iii. 237 Markwell manor, ii. 363 Marlborough, ii. 76 ―――― administration, ii. 217 ―――― castle, ii. 179 ―――― Duke of, ii. 307.――John Churchill, i. 126 _bis_, 234.――Churchill, iii. 217, 297.――Henrietta, Duchess, i. 126 Marney of Colquita, Henry first Lord Marney, i. 369 ―――― of Essex, Henry, family and arms, iii. 65.――Family, iv. 22 Maroons of Jamaica, treaty with, iii. 300 Marperion rock, iii. 73 Marre, Lord, ii. 9 Marrifield, i. 215 Mars, i. 295.――Camelford sacred to, ii. 403 Marsh, Rev. William, ii. 134 Marshal, Earl, his court, iii. 129, 130 _ter._ Marshall, Miss, iii. 239 Martial’s epigrams, notes on, iv. 87 Martin, i. 386. John, Archbishop of Canterbury 87.――John and Thomas,