The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
At Crego, that is a burrow, bank, or tumulus, in this parish, liveth
Charles Trevanion, Esq. barrister at law, that married ―――― Curthorp,
of London; his father ..., his grandfather Arundel, originally
descended from the Trevanions of Carhayes and Tregathin, who is that
great though unfortunate gentleman, who at his own proper cost and
charges, and for his own benefit, by virtue of an act of parliament,
19 Charles II. undertook to make the river Val navigable as far as
Crowe-hill, in St. Stephen’s; and though his first summer’s work
seemed to favour his design, bringing the salt water by two or three
sluices above Tregony Bridge, the place of its old flux and reflux,
yet by reason of the great and rapid confluence and washes of the Val
river, in the winter season, after the foundation of the walls of
those sluices being made upon mud or osier ground, where the sea was
driven back as aforesaid, were undermined, fell down, and were
comparatively driven away. However the good undertaker was not
discouraged at this misfortune, but re-edified the same the summer
following; and so on for many summers after with greater skill, cost,
and charges. But alas! still the lofty current of the river Val, in
winter season, was such a malicious and invincible enemy to this noble
project, that, as before, it continually undermined the walls of those
sluices for about the space of twenty years, so that the very worthy
gentlemen aforesaid, in order honestly to defray the charges of this
work, hath spent the greatest part of this fine estate, and given over
his undertaking as too difficult and unprofitable an enterprize.
At Carreth, in this parish, i. e. rock, grave, or tumulus, dwelleth
―――― Hearle, Gent, doctor or practitioner in physic, son of ――――
Hearle, Rector of St. Hearne, who by the honest practice of his
profession, and small fees, hath advanced himself to considerable
wealth and reputation in those parts. He married Nance, and hath issue
James Hearle, that married Daye, and Glynn; and Hearle, a student in
physic, that married the daughter and heir of Edmund Hals, doctor of
physic, by Curthop, of London, a younger brother of the Halses, of
Efford, in Devon, by whom he had a considerable estate.
The Right Honourable Hugh Boscawen, Esq. Privy Councillor to William
III. Lord and High Lord of this town, built a fair house or hospital
within the same for poor people, and endowed it with lands of
considerable value.
TONKIN.
The Manor of Crogith, which perhaps signifies the wooden cross, has
always gone with the same owner as Carhays. The barton is at present
the seat, on lease under Mr. Trevanion, of John Croaker, Esq.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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