The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 3 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 3 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
Trevanion, formerly written Trevagnion, that is, the town or dwelling
in an hollow, gave name and was the ancient inheritance of this very
eminent family, which they left on their marriage with Arundell’s
heiress, for Carhayes. The house at Trevanion is now so wholly
destroyed, that it would be hard to guess where it stood, had not the
footsteps of two or three ways leading towards it pointed out the
former situation. The park is at this place, and not at Carhayes,
being well wooded, and having a fine river flowing through it. A
portion of the park is in the parish of Gorran, called by the name of
Porown Berry, and paying a quit-rent to the duchy manor of Trevennen,
out of which it plainly appears to have been taken.
Hurris, or Herys, was formerly the seat of a knightly family, of which
family I believe was Henricus de Herys, mentioned by Carew to have
held a knight’s fee in the reign of Richard the First.
Near to this place is Treberrick, the fruitful or fertile town.
Treberrick in this parish (for there is another place of the same name
in St. Ewe) carries with it not only the advowson of St. Michael
Carhayes, but also of St. Stephen’s, and St. Dennis in Branwell. It
was sold by John Tanner, esq. to Charles Trevanion, of Carhayes. This
place is now the seat, under lease, of Simon Slade, gent. a younger
brother of the late Mr. William Slade, of Trevennen. Mr. Simon Slade
was twice married, first to one of the daughters of Mr. Thomas
Hancock, of Pengelly in Creed, and not having any surviving children,
he married secondly the daughter of Stephen Thomas, of Tregamena in
Verian, gent. by whom he has two sons and two daughters.
The church is but small: being seated however on a hill, it is a good
sea mark. This church consists of a nave, a south aisle extending
about half its length, a north cross aisle, and a small confessionary
to the north of the chancel. The tower is low and without pinnacles,
provided with three bells.
A broken flat stone in the chancel has this inscription round its
margin:
Here lyeth the bodie of Mr. Zacharie Hooker, of this parish rector,
who was buried yᵉ XXV day of Nov. 1643.
On the middle of the stone,
Si genus aut nomen quæras, insignia monstrant:
Si vitam, aut mortem, sat pia facta docent.
Non opus est tumulo, cujus tot viva sepulchra
Commemorant meritum, terra quot ora tenet.
At the end of the verses is an achievement, containing the arms of
Hooker, with several quarterings.
THE EDITOR.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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