TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Superscripts (eg S^r, Esq^{re}) are indicated by ^ and have not been expanded. This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the first. The second volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #46530, available at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46530. Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. CORNISH WORTHIES: _SKETCHES OF SOME EMINENT CORNISH MEN AND FAMILIES._ BY WALTER H. TREGELLAS. _IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. I._ 'Cornubia fulsit Tot fœcunda viris.' JOSEPH OF EXETER (XIIIth century). LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 1884. I Dedicate THESE SKETCHES OF SOME OF MY NATIVE COUNTY'S WORTHIES TO THE WORTHIEST OF WOMEN,-- MY WIFE. [Illustration: (vignette at start of Table of Contents.)] CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PAGE PRELUDES vii INTRODUCTION xi RALPH ALLEN; THE MAN OF BUSINESS AND PHILANTHROPIST 1 JOHN ANSTIS; THE HERALD 27 THE ARUNDELLS OF LANHERNE, TRERICE AND TOLVERNE; ECCLESIASTICS AND WARRIORS 35 THE BASSETS OF TEHIDY 107 ADMIRAL WILLIAM BLIGH, F.R.S. 137 THOMASINE BONAVENTURA (DAME THOMASINE PERCIVAL), LADY MAYORESS OF LONDON 149 HENRY BONE, R.A.; THE ENAMELIST 159 REV. DR. WILLIAM BORLASE, F.R.S.; THE ANTIQUARY 167 THE BOSCAWENS 189 DAVY; THE MAN OF SCIENCE 245 ADMIRAL VISCOUNT EXMOUTH 289 SAMUEL FOOTE; WIT AND DRAMATIST 309 THE GODOLPHINS OF GODOLPHIN; STATESMEN, JURISTS, AND DIVINES 337 [Illustration: (beginning of chapter vignette.)] PRELUDES. 'For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?'--_Job_ viii. 8-10.