The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
right or justice of the merits of his case, for he served all the
council, officers, and attornies of the court at that assizes with
writs of privilege; so that no person was permitted to speak or act
publicly on the part or title of Noye or Davies; but the case or trial
was immerged or was swallowed up without due course or form of law, so
that Mr. Davies was only permitted to plead his case himself, which he
did with so much judgment, sense, law, and equity, as the Court
admired at it, being no lawyer. But, alas! he wanted instruction in
the grand point in such cases, to have cried out a merger or emerger,
and the verdict must have been for him or Noye the second time.
After which bad success, and for that Mr. Davies was threatened to be
sued on the statute of _scandalum magnatum_, for words said to be
spoken by him reflective on his lordship’s honour and reputation, he
was terrified into a composition or agreement with the said Earl, by
the end of Hilary term then next ensuing, for the consideration of
500_l._ to levy a fine _sur cognizance de droit_, with proclamation on
those lands, with deeds declaring the uses thereof to be only to the
proper use and behoof of the said Earl of Bath, his heirs and assigns
for ever, as accordingly was performed, and so this controversy ended.
But, alas! when too late it appeared further, that when Mr. Davies had
sold his title to this manor of Lanow as aforesaid, that there were
two tenements of Mr. Noye’s paternal estate whilst he was in
possession thereof, after his purchase from Grenvill, that he had
annexed to the said manor, situate in this parish, and worth 900_l._,
which Mr. Davies ignorantly debarred himself of, to his greater loss.
See Withell parish for Bryn, the lands of Bevill and Grenvill.
Bo-Kelly in this parish was the dwelling of the genteel family
surnamed Carn-sew, i. e. dry, sterile, or barren spar-stone, or rock;
perhaps so called from the local place of Carnsew in Mabe, altogether
under such circumstances; otherwise Mr. Carew tells us the name of
those gentlemen was Carn-deaw, i. e. black spar-stone or rock. William
Carnsew of this house was sheriff of Cornwall 18 Edward IV.; William
Carnsew was Sheriff of Cornwall 3 Henry VIII.
Richard Carnsew, Esq. afterwards knighted, was Sheriff of Cornwall 17
Charles I. 1642, whose heir George Carnsew, as I am told, sold it to
Tregagle, and is now by lease in possession of John Nicholls, of
Trewane, Esq. The two only daughters and heirs of Sir Richard Carnsew,
of Tregarne, were married to Prideaux, of Fewborough, and Godolphin of
the younger house, whose arms were, Sable, a goat passant Argent,
attired Or.
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