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)
Since the writing of the above, the incumbent, Mr. Fincher, has built
a pretty fine house on the glebe lands of this vicarage, equal if not
superior to any other of that sort in Cornwall of its bigness, except
Altar-nun, as designing to buy the patronage thereof, being a
sinecure, which I interpret too often to be, without care, thought,
regard, or guardianship, over souls, where the rector presents to the
vicarage. But maugre all designs and endeavours of Mr. Fincher to
purchase the patronage of this church, Sir John Seynt-aubyn and Mr.
Arundell, the patrons thereof, sold the same to Balliol College in
Oxford 1701. At the consideration of which fact, as common fame saith,
Mr. Fincher was so dismayed, that forthwith he grew melancholy, and
the grief thereof so depressed his spirits, that he broke his heart,
and departed this life 26th November 1703, at night; and so went to
Heaven in that great tempest and hurricane that then happened, with
many others. The vicar has now all the tithes, paying 40_l._ yearly to
the master or one of the fellows of Balliol College, by act of
parliament. Properly he is the rector of a church, that hath a
parsonage where a vicarage is endowed, to which he presents, as in
this parish; and yet it is supposed, in some places, that person is
the patron, or he in whom the right of patronage is; for before the
second Council of Lateran, A.D. 1131, he had right to the tithes, in
regard of his having endowed the church which he had founded. But the
Council of Lateran aforesaid, under Pope Innocent II. consisting of
two thousand bishops, made it sacrilege and damnation for laymen to
take tithes.
Tre-wer-gy, id est, the village or farm-town, the same, I suppose, in
Domesday Roll, taxed by the name of Treworgan, being still the voke
lands of an ancient barton and manor, which claims the royalty or
liberty of fishing over the river and haven of Loo, by virtue of the
grant thereof from the ancient Earls and Dukes of Cornwall in right of
their honour, manor, borough, and castle of Liskeard, situate upon the
same river, which place was the mansion of the ancient, worshipful,
and gentle family of the Kendalls for many ages; and in particular
here lived Richard de Kendall, Sheriff of Cornwall 8 Richard II. 1385,
as his posterity continued to do till John Kendall, Esq. having no
issue temp. William III. and his estate being incumbered with debt,
sold this barton and manor to William Williams, of Boderick, merchant,
now in possession thereof. The arms of Kendall are, Argent, a chevron
between three dolphins Sable. Ken-dall signifies to see or behold the
dale or valley; otherwise Kendall or Cendall is fine linen; and
Cen-dale may be a corruption of Pendall, id est, the head of the
valley.
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