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)
Mabe, a vicarage, is situated in the hundred of Kerryer, and hath upon
the north Stithians, and west Constantine; east, part of Gluvias and
Bradock.
For the name, it is plain Cornish Mab or Mabe, being a son, and in
this place either to be construed in reference to Milorus (son of
Melianus, King or Duke of Cornwall), who lies buried in Milor
church-yard, and who was lord of this place, or had some jurisdiction
over it, as Milor church at this day hath in spirituals over Mabe, to
which it is considered as annexed.
Or perhaps the name of this church, Mab or Mabe, refers to our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ, to whose honour it may have been erected by
our ancestors as a pledge of their orthodox faith, in opposition to
the Ebiorite and Arian heresies.
At the time of the Norman conquest the district was taxed under the
jurisdiction of Tremiloret, i. e. Milor’s Town. In the Inquisition of
the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester, 1294, into the value of Cornish
benefices, Ecclesia de Sancto Milore in decanatu de Kerryer cum
Sacello (that is to say, with this church or chapel), was rated £6.
13_s._ 4_d._ In Wolsey’s Inquisition, 1521, Milor la Vabe, or Mabe, is
valued £16. 15_s._ The patronage in the Bishop of Exon, the incumbent.
Now Milor-la-Vabe is either Milor’s son’s place, or a corruption of
Milor-ha-Vabe, i. e. Milor and mabe, or Milor and son; this parish was
rated to the 4_s._ per pound land-tax 1694, £56. 17_s._
In this place, at Tremough, is the dwelling of John Worth, Esq.
sheriff of Cornwall 10th of Queen Ann, who married Trefusis, his
father Penularick; originally descended from the Worths of Worth, in
Devon or Somerset; who giveth for his arms, in a field Ermine, an
imperial eagle with two necks Sable, armed Gules.
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