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)
“The issue of this marriage, as the monument tells us, were five
children, Theodoro, John, Ferdinando, Maria, and Dorothy, all of
whom must have been born before Theodore left the eastern part of
the kingdom; for the register of Landulph, perfect till the year
1629, makes no mention whatever of the name. He could not
therefore have settled at Clifton in Landulph earlier than 1622
or 1623.
“Clifton, a few years before this, in 1600, was the mansion of
the Arundels; but in 1630, Sir Nicholas Lower, a Cornish
gentleman, who married Sir Henry Killigrew’s daughter, was living
at Clifton. Between these two dates Paleologus must have come
here; and what is more particular, he died at Clifton in 1636, at
the very time that Clifton was the residence of Sir Nicholas
Lower.
“I have made repeated inquiries of the old people of the parish,
but not the slightest tradition remains respecting him; and here
again conjecture must supply the place of fact. When Theodore
came to Clifton, he came with his family, for by the register it
appears one of his daughters married in the parish, and the other
died here unmarried. There must then have been some connection
either between the Arundel or Lower families and himself.
“As to the first supposition, if it is probable he came into
England with Sir Thomas Arundel from the battles in Hungary, we
may suppose Sir Thomas recommended him to Landulph, as from its
vicinity to the sea and warmth of climate, more nearly resembling
the climate and situation of Pesaro than any other place in the
kingdom. In this case we may suppose him to have taken Clifton
for a term, and as the house appears to have been originally
divided into two, the subsequent occupier, Sir Nicholas Lower and
Paleologus, might be both living at Clifton at the same time,
unconnected with each other.
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