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)
Margaret, married to David Renaudin, of Arwothal; and Isabella,
married to Richard Bonithon, second son of Simon Bonithon, of
Bonithon.
This barton fell to the share of the said David Renaudin, but he and
Margaret his wife dying without issue, their portion of the whole
inheritance, said to be worth £500 per annum, came to Richard Bonithon
and Isabella his wife. The last male descendant of this family,
Richard Bonithon, esq. a very worthy gentleman, died July the 31st
1697, in the 45th year of his age, leaving by Honor his wife, daughter
of Sir Thomas Heale, of Fleet, one daughter and heir, Jane, married to
Samuel Kempe, of Penryn, esq.; which said Samuel Kempe died without
issue, October the 20th 1728, leaving the said barton of Carclew, and
some small part of the ancient lands, (for he had sold off the rest in
his lifetime,) to his widow, who now resideth there; a lady who, for
her many virtues, bounty, and other accomplishments, deserveth a much
better fortune, in every respect, than she has had the luck to meet
with.
The said Mr. Kempe built a noble house here, which he did not live to
finish, and had laid such a plan for avenues, gardens, &c. as when
brought to perfection would have made it one of the pleasantest seats
in the county.
There hath been much tin on this barton, and perhaps it would turn to
good account if a deep adit were brought in to unwater the shafts in
depth. There is also a pretty good lode of antimony not wrought, and
perhaps not worth working.
The arms of D’Angers, or Dangeros, as they were painted in the old
glass windows at Carclew, were Sable, a chevron between three
flowers-de-luce Argent.
Arms of Bonython: Argent, a chevron between three flowers-de-luce
Sable. But they likewise gave them, as appear in the old hall, as
above, with three pelicans feeding their young ones in the nests,
Argent, added.
THE MANOR OF RESTRONGET.
This manor joins with Carclew. It was formerly written Restrongas, and
I take the sense of the word to be Res, Ros, Rose, a valley; trong, a
nose, used in the same sense as we use ness, from the French, for land
jutting into the sea; and gas, or guys, deep; so as to signify
altogether, the valley with the deep promontory or point of land.
William de Bodrigan was lord of this manor in the 12th of Henry the
Fourth. And that family possessed it till the beginning of the reign
of Henry the Seventh, when, on the attainder of Bodrigan, it was given
to William Trevanion, in which family it still continues, John
Trevanion, of Carhayes, Esq. being the present lord thereof. In the
village of Restronget have lived in lease for several generations a
younger branch of the Leys of Ponacumb.
There is a passing boat kept here, it being the post road, and by much
the nearest cut from Falmouth to Truro and the east, called Restronget
Passage.
A part of the Bishop’s manor of Penryn extends into this parish.
MANOR OF TREFUSIS AND TREGOSE.
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