Cornish Characters and Strange Events

by S. Baring-Gould

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[CONTENTS]

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WILLIAM PENGELLY, GEOLOGIST	[1]
SIR CHARLES WILLS, K.B.	[12]
LIEUTENANT GOLDSMITH AND THE LOGAN ROCK	[18]
HUGH PETERS, THE REGICIDE	[26]
JAMES POLKINGHORNE, THE WRESTLER	[54]
HENRY TRENGROUSE, INVENTOR	[59]
THE BOTATHAN GHOST	[72]
JOHN COUCH ADAMS, ASTRONOMER	[83]
DANIEL GUMB	[91]
LAURENCE BRADDON	[96]
THOMASINE BONAVENTURA	[108]
THE MURDER OF NEVILL NORWAY	[117]
SIR WILLIAM LOWER, KNT.	[126]
THE PIRATES AT PENZANCE	[130]
DAME KILLIGREW	[133]
TWO NATURALISTS IN CORNWALL	[141]
John Ralfs
George Carter Bignell
SIR JOHN CALL, BART.	[154]
JOHN KNILL	[169]
THOMAS TREGOSS	[176]
ANTHONY PAYNE	[181]
NEVIL NORTHEY BURNARD	[186]
SIR GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY, KNT., INVENTOR	[192]
THE JANES	[206]
THE PENNINGTONS	[222]
DOCTOR GLYNN-CLOBERY	[228]
THREE MEN OF MOUSEHOLE	[232]
DOLLY PENTREATH	[238]
ROBERT JEFFERY OF POLPERRO	[247]
ADMIRAL RICHARD DARTON THOMAS	[258]
COMMANDER JOHN POLLARD	[269]
THE CASE OF BOSAVERN PENLEZ	[270]
SAMUEL FOOTE	[280]
THE LAST LORD MOHUN	[298]
THE LAST LORD CAMELFORD	[318]
WILLIAM NOYE	[329]
WILLIAM LEMON	[342]
SAMUEL DREW	[346]
THE SIEGE OF SKEWIS	[364]
THE VOYAGE OF JOHN SANDS	[370]
CHARLES INCLEDON	[375]
THE MURDER OF RICHARD CORYTON	[388]
SIR JAMES TILLIE, KNT.	[399]
LIEUTENANT JOHN HAWKEY	[408]
DR. DANIEL LOMBARD	[424]
THE DREAM OF MR. WILLIAMS	[427]
SIR ROBERT TRESILIAN	[432]
PIRATE TRELAWNY	[441]
JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM	[455]
MARY ANN DAVENPORT, ACTRESS	[466]
THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PRUSSIA	[470]
CAPTAIN RICHARD KEIGWIN	[479]
THE LOSS OF THE "KENT"	[489]
VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES V. PENROSE	[500]
SIR CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, BART.	[515]
ANNE JEFFERIES	[531]
THOMAS KILLIGREW, THE KING'S JESTER	[544]
NICOLAS ROSCARROCK	[554]
LIEUTENANT PHILIP G. KING	[559]
HICKS OF BODMIN	[569]
CAPTAIN TOBIAS MARTIN	[579]
THE MAYOR OF BODMIN	[586]
JOHN NICHOLS TOM, ALIAS SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, K.M.	[593]
THE BOHELLAND TRAGEDY	[614]
MARY KELYNACK	[620]
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ROGERS	[623]
JOHN BURTON OF FALMOUTH	[627]
THE FATE OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL	[637]
FRANCIS TREGIAN	[652]
ANN GLANVILLE	[663]
JONATHAN SIMPSON, HIGHWAYMAN	[670]
DAVIES GILBERT	[675]
JAMES HOSKIN, FARMER	[682]
JOHN HARRIS, THE MINER POET	[692]
EDWARD CHAPMAN	[701]
JOHN COKE OF TRERICE	[704]
THOMAS PELLOW OF PENRYN	[707]
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBARTES FAMILY	[718]
THEODORE PALEOLOGUS	[727]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Thomas Pitt, Lord Camelford	[Frontispiece]
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William Pengelly	[2]
From a painting by A. S. Cope, reproduced by permission of Mrs. H. ForbesJulian
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Wills	[12]
From an engraving by Simon, after a picture by M. Dahl
A View of the Celebrated Logan Rock, near Land's End in Cornwall	[18]
Taken after the Rock was displaced on the 8th of April, 1824. From a lithographby Vibert, after a drawing by Tonkin
A View of the Southern Part of Castle Treryn, showing the Machinery erected for the purpose of replacing the Logan Rock	[22]
From a lithograph by Vibert, after a drawing by Tonkin
Hugh Peters	[26]
From an old engraving
James Polkinghorne, the Famous Cornish Wrestler	[54]
From a drawing as he appeared in the Ring at Devonport on Monday, 23October, 1826, when he threw Ab ̱ͫ . Cann, the Champion of Devonshire,for a stake of 200 sovereigns
Henry Trengrouse, the Inventor of the Rocket Apparatus for Saving Life at Sea	[60]
From an oil painting by Opie the younger, reproduced by permission of Mr. H.Trengrouse
The Wreck of the "Anson"	[66]
From a sketch by Mr. H. Trengrouse
"Parson Rudall"	[72]
From a painting in the possession of the Rev. S. Baring-Gould
John Couch Adams	[84]
From a mezzotint by Samuel Cousins, a.r.a., after a picture by ThomasMogford. From the collection of Mrs. Lewis Lane
John Couch Adams	[88]
The Cheese-wring	[92]
From an etching by Letitia Byrne, after a drawing by J. Farington, r.a.
Nevill Norway	[118]
From a painting in the possession of Miss A. T. Norway
Sir William Lower	[126]
The Killygrew Cup	[134]
"1633. from maior to maior to the towne of permarin,where they received mee that was in great misery" Jane Killygrew This cup has been recently valued at the sum of £4000. It measures just twofeet in height
George Carter Bignell	[142]
From a photograph
John Ralfs	[146]
Reproduced by permission of Miss Loveday E. Drake
Sir John Call, Bart.	[154]
From a portrait (by A. Hickle) in the possession of his great-granddaughter,Mrs. de Lacy Lacy
Whiteford—the Residence of Sir John Call	[164]
From a drawing in the possession of Mrs. de Lacy Lacy
John Knill	[170]
After a picture by Opie in the possession of Captain Rogers, of Penrose
Glass inscribed "Success to the Eagle Frigate, John Knill, Commander"	[172]
From the collection of Percy Bate, Esq., of Glasgow
Anthony Payne	[182]
From a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, purchased by Sir Robert Harvey,High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1901, and presented to the Institute of Cornwall
Nevil Northey Burnard	[186]
From a bas-relief by the sculptor himself, in the possession of S. Pearn, Esq.,Altarnon
Wesley's Head over the Old Meeting-house, Penpont, Altarnon. Cut by Burnard when 16 years of age	[188]
Tombstones cut by Burnard	[188]
That on the right is upon the grave of his grandfather in Altarnon Churchyard,and was cut when the sculptor was only 14 years old; the one on the left is inBodmin Churchyard
Tombstones in Altarnon Churchyard. Cut by Burnard	[190]
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney	[192]
From a lithograph by W. Sharp, after a drawing by S. C. Smith
Dorothy Pentreath of Mousehole in Cornwall. The last Person who could Converse in the Cornish Language	[232]
From a drawing by R. Scadden
Monschole, in Mount's Bay, from the Island	[238]
From a drawing by Captain Tremenhere
Samuel Foote	[280]
The Last Lord Mohun	[298]
From a mezzotint by I. Faber, after a picture by Sir Godfrey Kneller
The Duel between Lord Mohun and the Duke of Hamilton	[312]
From a contemporary mezzotint in the British Museum
Sir William Noye, Attorney-General to King Charles the First	[330]
Sir William Lemon, Bart., M.P. for Cornwall	[342]
From an engraving by J. H. Meyer
Samuel Drew	[346]
From an engraving by R. Hicks, after a painting by F. Moore
Henry Rogers, Pewterer	[364]
Charles Incledon, as Macheath	[376]
From an engraving by J. Thomson, after a painting by Singleton
Sir James Tillie, Knt.	[400]
Sir James Tillie's Monument at Pentillie	[406]
Edward John Trelawny	[442]
From a drawing by D. Lucas
James Silk Buckingham	[456]
Mrs. Davenport, in the Character of Mrs. Grundy	[466]
From an engraving by Ridley, after a picture by De Wilde
At Prussia Cove. "Bessy's" Cove from Battery Point	[470]
From a drawing in the possession of J. B. Cornish, Esq.
John Carter's House at Prussia Cove. (Demolished in 1906)	[476]
From a photograph by Gibson & Sons, Penzance
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles V. Penrose, k.c.b.	[500]
From a picture by Allingham
Thomas Killigrew, Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles the Second	[544]
From an engraving by I. Vander vaart, after a picture by W. Wissens
Lieutenant Philip Gidley King	[560]
From an engraving by W. Skelton, after a drawing by J. Wright
William R. Hicks	[570]
William R. Hicks of Bodmin	[576]
From a Caricature
John Thomas, otherwise Sir William Courtenay, who shotLieutenant Bennet in Basenden Wood, Boughton, nearCanterbury, and the Constable Mears, on Thursday,May 31st, 1838.	[594]
Percy Honeywood Courtenay, Knight of Malta, etc. etc.,as he appeared at the Election in 1832	[608]
Mary Kelynack	[620]
Captain W. Rogers	[624]
From an engraving by Ridley and Blood, after a picture by Drummond
John Burton of Falmouth	[628]
Sir Cloudesley Shovel	[638]
Ann Glanville	[664]
Davies Gilbert	[676]
From a mezzotint by Samuel Cousins, a.r.a., after a picture by HenryHoward, r.a. From the collection of Mrs. Lewis Lane
John Harris, the Miner Poet	[692]
The Right Hon. John Earl of Radnor: Baron Roberts ofTruro	[718]
After Sir Godfrey Kneller
Memorial Brass in the Church of Landulph	[728]
Reproduced by permission of E. H. W. Dunkin, Esq., f.s.a., from his book onCornish Brasses

From a painting by A. S. Cope, reproduced by permission of Mrs. H. Forbes Julian

From an engraving by Simon, after a picture by M. Dahl