The Story of an Ancient Parish: Breage with Germoe / With Some Account of Its Armigers, Worthies and Unworthies, Smugglers and Wreckers, Its Traditions and Superstitions

by H. R. Coulthard

[61] I am aware that the term Sanctuary came to be applied very loosely, and came to mean sometimes little more than Churchland or even a Tithe Barn. The Rev. Thomas Taylor, of St. Just, suggests with regard to the Kenneggie "Church Close" and "Sanctuary" that these fields may have been fragments of the ancient Manor of Methleigh, which passed from the See of Exeter to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, who alienated it from the Church.

[62] "Park Blood" might be "Park Blod," the field of flowers. "Blodon" in the 12th century vocabulary is "Flos," and "Blot" is the same as "farina." In Welsh "blawd" is "flour" and "blodon" "flower." In later Cornish "blez" is "flour" and "bledzahn" is "flower." There still survives a dialect word "blouth."

Mr. H. Jenner

[63] Mr. H. Jenner.

[64] See Daniell's "History of Cornwall."

[INDEX.]

• A.
• Ancient Glass in Breage Church, [52].
• Aneurin, [18].
• Ankou, King of the dead, [154].
• Armada, The, [67].
• Arundell, Benedict de, [45].
• Arundell, Humphrey, [60], [126].
• Arundell, Sir John of Lanherne, [57], [116].
• Arundell, John, Colonel of Horse, [117].
• Arundell, John, Last of the Arundells of Truthal, [117].
• Arundell, Ralph, [116].
• Arundell, Sir Thomas of Tolverne, [116].
• Ashton, [74].
• Athelstan, Saxon King, [27].
• Atwell, Parson and Physician, [75].
• B.
• Bal Lane, [153].
• Barbary Corsairs, [125].
• Bargest Croft, [150].
• Bargheist, The, [151].
• Barnes, Revd. Jocelyn, Vicar of Breage, [88].
• Bartholomew, Black, [72].
• Bells, Breage, [90], [91].
• Bells, Germoe, [92].
• Bede, The Venerable, [17].
• Berkeley, Sir Charles, [108].
• Berkeley, Dorothy, [107].
• Berkeley, Francis, [108].
• Berkeley, Sir Henry, [107]
• Bery, John, Vicar of Breage, [59], [61].
• Black Death, The, [48], [64].
• Boaden, Jos., [146], [147].
• Bodmin, [48].
• Bordars, [30].
• Boscawen, Hugh, [79].
• Breage Church, [24], [50], [51], [52], [53].
• Breton Saints, [22].
• Briefs, [97], [98].
• Brother Thomas of Hayles, [46].
• Brythons, The, [10], [17], [18].
• Bucca, The, [153].
• Buller, Mr. Justice, [128].
• Burials by Night, [97].
• Buryan, Chapel of, [44].
• Burying-place of Godolphins, [102].
• C.
• Canons of St. Keverne, [34].
• Carter, Mrs. Cornelia, [90].
• Carter, Harry, [129] to 137.
• Carter, John, "King of Prussia," [137] to 139.
• Carter, Family of, [128].
• Carter, William Thornton, [90].
• Cattle, Cornish, in 17th Century, [75].
• Cecil, Lord Burleigh, [105], [106].
• Celtic Bishops, [26].
• Celtic Churches at Breage and Germoe, [24] to 26, [35].
• Celtic Cross in Breage Churchyard, [24].
• Celtic Method of Consecrating Churches, [23], [26].
• Charles II. at Breage, [70], [71], [106], [109].
• Chammonds, Family of, [115].
• Christianity in Ireland at the End of the 5th Century, [19], [20].
• Church Ales, [77].
• Church Registers, [92] to 99.
• Churchwardens, [98], [99].
• Churches, Built on Sites of Heathen Temples, [25].
• Churston, Lord, [128].
• Chynoweth, [23].
• Clarendon, Earl of, [107].
• Clergy, The Chief Sufferers from Plague, [48].
• Clyes, Rawe, Blacksmith and Physician, [75].
• Cole, John, [105].
• Collegiate System in Saxon Times, [33].
• Coliberts, [33].
• Collins, Revd. E., Vicar of Breage, [82], [92].
• Colonies of the Saints, [26].
• Commissioners of Edward VI., Their Report on the Churches of Breage and Germoe, [61], [62].
• Communion Plate, Breage and Germoe, [92].
• Conan, The Castle of, [18].
• Coode, Dorcas, of Methleigh, [69].
• Coode, Family of, [69].
• Coode, John, of Methleigh, [70].
• Cornish Bishops, [26].
• Cornish Language, [10].
• Cotton, William, Vicar of Breage, [66], [68], [69].
• Council of Arles, [17].
• Council of Nicæa, [17].
• Crettier, Henry, Vicar of Breage, [57].
• Crowan, [19].
• Cury, [33], [38].
• D.
• Dawe, Sir Alexander, Vicar of Breage, [63], [64].
• Dean, Matthew, of Buryan, [44].
• Dellaregetto, Wm., [96].
• Diodorus, Siculus, [14].
• Domesday Book, [28], [31].
• Durrow, Book of, [21].
• E.
• Earldom of Cornwall, [35].
• Earls of Cornwall, [34].
• Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, [42].
• Egbert, Saxon King, [27].
• Eglos Penbroe (Breage), [24].
• Emmanuel College, Cambridge, [65], [106].
• Epsley, Thomas, "The Inventor of Shooting the Rocks," [97].
• Erasmus, Edmundus, [95], [96], [105].
• Essex, Earl of, [106].
• Eusticke, William, Vicar of Breage, [82] to 84.
• F.
• Fairies, [13], [152] to 154.
• Fight Between Wreckers from Breage and Wendron, [80].
• Flint Implements, [9].
• Fraddam, Witch of, [120] to 122.
• Frederick II. "Stupor Mundi," [48].
• Frescos in Breage Church, [50] to 52, [89].
• Frescos in Pengersick Castle, [127].
• G.
• Germoe Church, [26], [50], [53], [54].
• Germoe, People of, [79].
• Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, [41].
• Gildas, [18].
• Giraldus, [35].
• Glanville, John, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, [105].
• Glasney, Collegiate Church of, [45].
• Glass, Mediæval in Breage Church, [52], [89].
• Gode, Sir John, Vicar of Breage, [58], [101], [103].
• Goidels, The, [10], [18].
• Godolphin, Dame Alice, [105].
• Godolphin, Dame Blanche, [104].
• Godolphin, Catherine, [112].
• Godolphin, Dame Dorothy, [107].
• Godolphin, Elinora, [101].
• Godolphin, Sir Francis I., [67], [73], [95], [104] to 106.
• Godolphin, Sir Francis II., [106], [107], [108].
• Godolphin, Francis, Second Earl of, [113].
• Godolphin, Dr. Henry, Dean of St. Paul's, [93], [107].
• Godolphin, Sir John, [58], [101], [103].
• Godolphin, John, [78].
• Godolphin, Margaret, [110], [111].
• Godolphin, Sidney, First Earl of, [86], [109] to 112.
• Godolphin, Sidney, Cavalier, [107], [108].
• Godolphin, Penelope, [108].
• Godolphin, Sir William I., [103], [104], [126].
• Godolphin, Sir William II., [65], [69], [70], [78], [79], [95], [106].
• Godolphin, Sir William III., [106].
• Godolphin, Sir William IV., [107], [108].
• Godolphin, Sir William of Treveneag, [113].
• Godolphin, Master Thomas, [58].
• Graeme, Hugh, [94], [95].
• Grandisson, Bishop, [46].
• Great Work Mine, [73].
• Greeks, The Ancient, [14].
• Gregory, the Great, [30].
• Gregory IX., Pope, [41].
• Grenfell, Lydia, [85], [86].
• Grotto, Ferrata, [42].
• Guary, Plays, [77].
• Gunwalloe, [33], [38].
• Gwydian, Celtic God of Vegetation, [11].
• H.
• Hals, County Historian, [37], [101], [125].
• Harvest Customs, [11].
• Harvey, Francis, Vicar of Breage, [65], [66], [68], [82].
• Hayles Abbey, [38], [41], [42], [43], [47], [59], [63].
• Hayle River, [19].
• Helmets in Breage Church, [102].
• Helston, [74].
• Helston Flora, [11].
• Helston Old Church, Commissioner Body Murdered in, [60].
• Hingston Down, [27], [39].
• Hobbs, The Philosopher, [107], [108].
• Horses, Cornish, in 17th Century, [74].
• Human Remains: A Forgotten Tragedy, [53], [89], [90].
• Hurling, Game of, [75].
• Huthnance, Henry, Vicar of Breage, [82].
• I.
• Ictis, Island of, [14].
• Innes, James, Intruding Puritan Minister at Breage, [72], [82].
• Interdict, The, [40].
• Ireton, General, [107].
• Irish Saints, The, [17], [19], [22].
• Isabella de Clare, [41].
• Ivernians, The, [9], [17].
• J.
• Jago, Robert, Vicar of Wendron, [151].
• Jago, Family of, [117].
• Jakes, Master John, Vicar of Breage, [59].
• Jews in Cornwall, [42].
• Jew's Lane, Haunting of, [151].
• John de Beaupré, [44].
• John, Earl of Oxford, [56].
• Jordan, William, [77].
• K.
• Kells, Book of, [21].
• Killigrews of Arwennick, [78].
• Killigrew, John, [105].
• Killigrew, Dame Margaret, [105].
• Kiltor of St. Keverne, [60].
• L.
• Landerdale, Earl of, [72].
• Leland, The Antiquary, [18], [22], [23], [37], [73].
• Leeds, Dukes of, [88].
• Lemon, William, [140] to 142.
• Leofric, Bishop, [28], [34].
• Lewes, Battle of, [42].
• Llwarch-Hen, [18].
• Lyspein, David de, Vicar of Breage, [45], [46], [57].
• M.
• MacDonald, Angus, [96].
• Marshall, Revd. Edward, Vicar of Breage, [91], [92].
• Martin, Tobias, [143] to 146.
• Martyn, Henry, [85], [86].
• Martyr's Close, [149], [150].
• Mat Making in Cornwall, 17th Century, [75].
• Methleigh, Manor of, [28], [34], [114], [117].
• Midsummer Eve Customs, [12].
• Militon, Job, [125], [126].
• Militon, John, [78].
• Militon, William, [128].
• Miners, Cornish, Condition of, 17th Century, [72].
• Miracle Plays, Cornish, [76], [77].
• N.
• Nansladons, Family of, [115].
• Nicknames, [75].
• Nicol, Henry, Minister of Germoe, [61].
• Norman Churches at Breage and Germoe, [36], [37].
• Norman Fonts at Breage and Germoe, [36].
• O.
• Oratories at Rinsey and Godolphin, [50].
• Orchard, William, Vicar of Breage, [69] to 72, [82].
• Ordinalia, The, [77].
• Origen, [17].
• P.
• Palm Sunday Rites in Mediæval Church, [56].
• Pascasius, Vicar of Breage, [43], [44], [45].
• Patronage of Breage and Germoe, [37].
• Pelagius, [17].
• Pellour, Sir William, [49], [57].
• Pencair, Hill of, [18], [23].
• Pengersick Castle, [50].
• Pengersick, Henry de, [46].
• Pengersick, John, [50].
• Penwith Peninsula, [15].
• Pembro Farm, [24].
• Pers, Sir William, Vicar of Breage, [45] to 57.
• Phial Reputed to Contain Blood of Christ, at Hayles Abbey, [42].
• Phœnicians, [14].
• Pilgrims to St. Michael's Mount, [56].
• Population of Breage and Germoe in Saxon Times, [32].
• Porthleven, Shipwreck at, [47].
• Poseidonius, [14].
• Prior and Canons of Plympton, [35].
• R.
• Reformation, Effects of, [73], [76].
• Religion of Celts, [10], [14].
• Restoration of Breage and Germoe Churches in 1891, [88].
• Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans, [40], [41], [42], [88].
• Rinsey, John, [50], [101].
• Rinsey, Manor of, [28], [29].
• Roads, Cornish, in 17th Century, [74].
• Robert de Belesme, [37].
• Robert de la More, Vicar of Breage, [43].
• Robert, Earl of Cornwall, [34], [37].
• Romans in Cornwall, [16].
• Rood Stairway in Breage Church, [52].
• S.
• St. Aubyn, Thomas, [78], [126].
• St. Aubyn, John, [79].
• St. Bridget, [23].
• St. Breaca, [16], [19], [22], [24].
• St. Breoke, [38].
• St. Christopher, [52].
• St. Cruenna, [19], [22].
• St. Chrysostom, [17].
• St. Germoe, [17], [19], [22], [23], [46].
• St. Germoe's Chair, [54] to 56, [125].
• St. Germoe's Well, [54].
• St. Gwithian, [22].
• St. Hilary Church, [16].
• St. Ia, [22].
• St. Just, [21].
• St. Levan, [22].
• St. Michael's Mount, [14], [15], [37].
• St. Moran, [22].
• St. Ninian, [19].
• St. Patrick, [19].
• St. Wendron, [22].
• Sanctuary Fields, [148].
• Saxons, [17].
• Saxon Churches at Breage and Germoe, [35].
• Saxon Land Tenure, [29], [30], [31].
• Saxon Manor Courts, [33].
• Scilly Islands, [106].
• Screen in Breage Church, [89].
• Sheep, Cornish, in 17th Century, [74].
• Sheep, Phantom, [151].
• Skerrit, Alice, [105].
• Skerrit, John, [105].
• Sidney, Thomas, [106].
• Simon de Apulia, Bishop of Exeter, [39].
• Smith, Robert, Curate of Germoe, [71].
• Smith, Right Honourable W. H., [88].
• Smuggling Ways, [139], [140].
• Snow storms, Great, [97].
• Spanish Armada, [10].
• Sparnon, Family of, [69], [128].
• Stafford, Bishop of Exeter, [50].
• Stannary Courts, [39].
• Stone Circles, [11].
• Surnames, Local, [93], [94].
• T.
• Taliesin, [18].
• Thanes, Saxon, [20].
• Tenure of the Manor of Godolphin, [100], [101].
• Tertullian, [17].
• Teudor, Cornish Chief, [19], [23].
• Thirteenth Century, Spirit of, [49].
• Tillage in Cornwall in 17th Century, [74].
• Tin Mines, [14], [42], [73].
• Tinners, Their Love of Fighting, [81].
• Tithes of Breage, [71], [150].
• Tolmena, [23].
• Totemism, [13], [14].
• Tonsure, Irish, [20].
• Tower of Breage Church, [25].
• Tregew, Manor of, [28].
• Tregoning Hill, [18], [23], [24], [86].
• Tremearne Farm, Ancient Chapel at, [116].
• Trescowe, Manor of, [28], [29].
• Trewarvas Head, [12], [73].
• Trewinnard, James, the elder, Vicar of Breage, [82].
• Trewinnard, James, the younger, Vicar of Breage, [82].
• Treworlas, Manor of, [115] to 117.
• V.
• Vane, Sir Harry, [107].
• "Venton Ghost" Field, [149].
• Villeins, [29].
• W.
• Waller, Cavalier Poet, [107].
• Walter de Stapleton, Bishop of Exeter, [44].
• Welsh at Reformation devoted to the Church, [62].
• Welsh Bards, [18].
• Wesley, John, [63], [72], [83] to 85.
• Western Cornwall, Once Thickly Wooded, [74].
• Wheal Vor Mine, [16], [73].
• William de Mortain, Earl of Cornwall, [37].
• William Fitz Robert, Earl of Cornwall, [37].
• William, Earl of Gloucester, [38].
• William, Son of Humphrey, Parson of Breage, [40], [43].
• William, Son of Richard, Parson of Breage, [40], [43].
• William the Conqueror, [28].
• Wilmet, John, [152].
• Wilmington, Hundred of, [33].
• Wizard's Plot, [149].
• Wrecking and Wreckers, [47], [48], [78] to 80, [87], [88], [118].
• Wrestling, [75].
• Y.
• Yealmpton, [46].
• Yorke, Mary, [65].
• Yurl, Sir John, Vicar of Breage, [57].

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