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)
Richard de Seriseaux held (3 Henry IV.) three small fees de Mort. in
Lanrethon, Kilgather, et Lansalwys. (See Carew, p. 125, Lord de
Dunstanville’s edition, quoted in Lanreath). But however this may be,
it is quite certain that the family of Boligh had been possessed of
property here long before that time, for here lived John Boligh, who
married the daughter of Killigarth. He was succeeded by his eldest son
William Boligh, who by Avice, the daughter of Richard Pentine, had
issue a son, of his own name, which last William, by Isabel, the
daughter of William Bodrigan, afterwards married to Ralph Vivian, had
issue one sole daughter and heir, married to John Kelliow, who brought
with her this manor, which continued the principal seat of this
family, although they have sometimes lived at Lanleke in South
Pederwyn, and sometimes at Rosesilian in St. Blazey. Here they
flourished in good esteem, having married the heiresses of Leveddon,
Trehawke, and Trefusis of Landew, and matched into several
considerable families of this county, until such time as Christopher
Kelliow, of Lanlake, Esq. having first mortgaged it to pay the debts
of the family, at last sold the property outright to John Speccot, of
Penheale, Esq.; and this is gone with the rest, or with the major part
of Col. Speccot’s estate, as he devised it by will, to Thomas Long, of
Penheale, Esq. who is the present lord of this manor.
The arms of Kelliow, Or, a chevron between two cinquefoils and a
mullet pierced Sable.
This manor is one of those given by William the Conqueror to the Earl
of Morton.
THE EDITOR.
This church is situated on very high ground; and one of the stations
for the great trigonometrical survey was chosen immediately by it.
When the latitude and longitude were determined, latitude, 50° 20′
25.7″; longitude, 4° 32′ 45.7″; in time, 18m. 11s. west of Greenwich.
Besides the church town, this parish contains three villages,
Tregavethick, Tregou, and Trenewan.
The manor of Lansallas has been traced by Mr. Tonkin to Mr. Thomas
Long, of Penheale.
Mr. Long left three daughters, as has been noticed under Egloskerry.
One of these ladies married Mr. Charles Phillipps, of Camelford,
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Cornwall Militia, and Member for Camelford.
Neither of the sisters had any family; and on a division of the
property, this manor came to Mr. Phillipps, who left it jointly to his
two brothers, Jonathan Phillipps, a Captain in the Militia, and the
Reverend William Phillipps, Rector of Lanteglos by Camelford. The
former gave his share of this manor to his sister’s daughter, married
to her relation Mr. Winsloe, directing them to take the name of
Phillipps; the latter gave his portion to his sister’s son, Mr. John
Phillipps Carpenter, of Mount Tavy, from whom the shares have
respectively descended to Thomas Phillipps, Esq. of Landue, and to
John Carpenter, Esq. of Mount Tavy.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4) — John Shaqi
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