THE LOSS OF THE "KENT" 489 VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES V. PENROSE 500 SIR CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, BART. 515 ANNE JEFFERIES 531 THOMAS KILLIGREW, THE KING'S JESTER 544 NICOLAS ROSCARROCK 554 LIEUTENANT PHILIP G. KING 559 HICKS OF BODMIN 569 CAPTAIN TOBIAS MARTIN 579 THE MAYOR OF BODMIN 586 JOHN NICHOLS TOM, _ALIAS_ SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, K.M. 593 THE BOHELLAND TRAGEDY 614 MARY KELYNACK 620 CAPTAIN WILLIAM ROGERS 623 JOHN BURTON OF FALMOUTH 627 THE FATE OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL 637 FRANCIS TREGIAN 652 ANN GLANVILLE 663 JONATHAN SIMPSON, HIGHWAYMAN 670 DAVIES GILBERT 675 JAMES HOSKIN, FARMER 682 JOHN HARRIS, THE MINER POET 692 EDWARD CHAPMAN 701 JOHN COKE OF TRERICE 704 THOMAS PELLOW OF PENRYN 707 THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBARTES FAMILY 718 THEODORE PALEOLOGUS 727 ILLUSTRATIONS THOMAS PITT, LORD CAMELFORD _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE WILLIAM PENGELLY 2 From a painting by A. S. Cope, reproduced by permission of Mrs. H. Forbes Julian LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHARLES WILLS 12 From an engraving by Simon, after a picture by M. Dahl A VIEW OF THE CELEBRATED LOGAN ROCK, NEAR LAND'S END IN CORNWALL 18 Taken after the Rock was displaced on the 8th of April, 1824. From a lithograph by Vibert, after a drawing by Tonkin A VIEW OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF CASTLE TRERYN, SHOWING THE MACHINERY ERECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPLACING THE LOGAN ROCK 22 From a lithograph by Vibert, after a drawing by Tonkin HUGH PETERS 26 From an old engraving