by his wiues assent which in many auncient deeds was formall departeth to him and his daughter in lawe with the one halfe of his Holding in hand Now though after the fathers decease the mother may during her life turne them both out of doores as not bound by her owne word and much lesse by her husbands yet I haue seldome or neuer knowne the same put in practise but true and iust meaning hath euer taken place Yet another vnconscionable quirk some haue of late time pried into viz. in a ioynt-lease to three intended by the taker and payer to descend successiuely and intirely one of them passeth ouer his interest to a stranger who by rigour of law shall hold it during the liues of the other twaine The ordinary couenants of most conuentionary Tenants are to pay due Capons doe haruest iournyes grinde at the Mill sue to the Court discharge the office of Reeue and Tithing-man dwell vpon the Tenement and to set out no part thereof to tillage without the Lords licence first obtained Which conditions are yet enlarged or restrained according to the Demifors humour Vsuall it is for all sorts of Tenants vpon death at least if not surrender or forfeyture to pay their best beast for a Heriot yea if a stranger passing thorow the Countrey chaunce to leaue his carkase behind him he also must redeeme his buriall by rendring his best beast which he hath with him to the Lord of the soyle or if he haue none his best Iewell or rather then fayle his best garment then about him in lieu thereof But this custome hath beene somewhat shaken in comming to triall and laboureth of a dangerous Feuer though the Cornish Gentlemen vse all possible remedies of almost fas et nefas by pleading the 11. poynts of the Lawe to keepe it on liue The free Tenants seruices are ordinary with those of other places saue that they pay in most places onely fee-Morton releefes which is after fiue markes the whole Knights fee so called of Iohn Earle first of Morton then of Cornwall and lastly King of this Land whereas that of fee-Gloucester is fiue pound And to accomplish this part I haue heere inserted a note of the Cornish Knights fees and acres which I receyued from my learned and religious kinseman Master Robert Moyle Record Feod Milit. in Cornub. fact Anno 3. H. 4. vt sequitur HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae Francâ—â— Dominus Hiberniae dilectis nobis Vicecom Escaetori nostris in Com. Cornub. ac Iohanni Colshil Iohanni Tremayn seniori collectoribus auxilij 20. solidorum de quolibet feod Milit. tento de nob sine medio in Com. praedicto ad Blanchiam primogenitam filiam nostr ammaritand iuxta formam statuti anno regni Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Aui nostri 25. edict assignai salutem Quasdam euidentias quas de libris rotulis memorand Scaccarii nostri exhiberi fecimus pro informatione vestra super captione inquisitionum diuersorum feodorum in Com. praedicto viz. de rubro libro vnam scedulam duos rotulos de euidentiis nuper collectoribus auxilii pradicti auo nostro ad filium suum primogenitum milit faciend anno Regnisui 20. concessi vobis mittimus sub pede sigilli nostri mandantes vt inspect euidenc praed vlterius inde tam per casdem euident quam per Inquisitiones super praemiss per vos capiend pro commodo nostro faciatis quod de iur e per vos videatur faciend It a quod euidenc prad vna cum toto facvestro in premiss hoc breue ad Scaccarium nostrum super compot vestrum proxim de eodem auxilio redend Baronibus de dicto Scaccario nostro ibidem liberaÌ„dum habeatis Teste Iohanne Cokayn apud Westmonast 30. die Ianua Anno Regni nostri 2. Rotl memorum de anno 3. Hillar record Hundred de Penwith WIll de Campo Arnulphiten 7. feod di in Luduon trewedryn Maien Kellemeke Will. Basset ten 1. feod in Tihidi Trenalga Mich. de Bray ten 2. partes vnius feod in Bray Alanus Bloighon ten 2. feod in Tremall Haeres Marcide Walestbren ten 2. partes feod in Veno Episcop Exon. ten dimid feod in Lauestli Haeres Iocei Dynnan ten 1. feod in Gorten Comes Gloc. ten 4. part vnius feod in Draynneck Idem Comes ten 1. feod in Couerton Idem Comes ten 1. feod in Binnerton Idem Comes ten 5. part 1. feod in Loigans Haeres Ties ten dimid feod in Alwerton Marchio Dorset ten 4. feod in Trenwel Hundred de Lysnewith WIll de Botriaux tenet in isto Hundred in Walebreux 1. feod Idem Will. ten in Polruman di feod Idem Will. ten in Wolueston 1. feod Idem Will. ten in Tresciward 1. feod Idem Will. ten in Worthauale 1. feod Reginald de Ferrar in ead Hund. 7. feod Will. de Witha Iohan. de Crammon tenent in Trewint Westdisart 1. feod Idem Will. de Campo Arnulphi ten 1. feod in Heliset Idem Will. ten in Oterham 1. feod Idem Will. in Donneghny Crugplegh di feod Simon Giffard ten 1. feo in Donneghny de la Bruer Henric. de la Pomerey ten in Lesnewith Treuyghan di feod Rogerus de Crammon ten in Moteland 1. feod Omnia praedicta feod sunt feod Mortanne Haeres Iocei Dinan ten in Ouer rescradeck nether rescradeck di feod Hundred de Stratton HErbertus de Pyn ten in Middeland 3. feod Idem ten in Bere 1. feod in Deuon Idem ten in Alwington in Deuon 2. feod Idem ten Mar wonchurch 1. feod Idem ten in Pensenteinon Trethewy Westory 2. feod Comes Gloc. ten 2. magna feod in Kilkham land Ranulphus de Albo Monasterio tenet in Stratton 1. feod Thomas de Wamford ten in Efford 1. feod Henric. de Killigreu ten 1. feo in Orchard marries Iohannes de Cobbeham in Lancols 1. feod quod Abbas conuentus de Hartland tenent in pur perpet elem Idem ten in Wiston Scrpeknol 1. feod Idem ten in burgo paruo Ponte knol Sunondsham 1. feod quod Abbas conu praed clam tenere in pura perpet elem Idem ten 3. part 1. feod in Turlebere Idem ten 1. feod 6. part 1. feod in Hilton simul cum Ferewil in Deuon Rogerus de Carmmon ten 1 feod in Hormecot Refcher Rex ten 1. feod in Bostinne Idem ten Lamaylwen 1. feod quod Oliuerus de Crammon ten Idem ten in Nantoige 1. feod di feod Iohanna Lengleis ten 1. feod in Wadfaste Guilielmus de Campo Arnulphi ten 1. feod in Pennalim Idem ten 1. feod 2. partes 1. feod in Wike Prior de Lanceston ten ¼ 1. feod in Borton Haluethus Maliuery ten di feo milit in Tamerton Omnia praedicta feod sunt parua feod praeter 2. feod in Kilkam lond Hundred de East IOhanna de Rame ten 1. fe magnum de Seniock Nicholaus Danne ten 1. partem feod
burial of a Duke whose heire was maried to the prince But who it should bee I cannot deuise albeit my best pleasing coniecture lighteth vpon Orgerius because his daughter was married to Edgar At the last Cornish commotion S. Richard Greynuile the elder did with his Ladie and followers put themselues into this Castle there for a while indured the Rebels siege incamped in three places against it who wanting great Ordinance could haue wrought the besieged small scathe had his friends or enemies kept faith and promise but some of those within slipping by night ouer the wals with their bodies after their hearts and those without mingling humble intreatings with rude menaces he was hereby wonne to issue forth at a posterne gate for patley The while a part of thoserakehels not knowing what honestie and farre lesse how much the word of a souldier imported stepped betweene him and home laid hold on his aged vnweyldie body and threatned to leaue it liuelesse if the inclosed did not leaue their resistance So prosecuting their first treacherie against the prince with suteable actions towards his subiects they seized on the Castle and exercised the vttermost of their barbarous crueltie death excepted on the surprised prisoners The seely Gentlewomen without regard of sexe or shame were stripped from their apparrell to their verie smockes and some of their fingers broken to plucke away their rings and Sir Richard himselfe made an exchange from Trematon Castle to that of Launceston with the Gayle to boote This Castle vaunteth the Lord Warden his steward by Patent Master Anthonie Rouse his Baylife by inheritance and Richard Carew of Antony his keeper by lease Of the ancient officers one yet retayneth the name though not the place viz. M. Porter to whose ancestor when Vantor was L. thereof one by a deed before date gaue land lying without the gate by the title of Russell Ianitori de Trematon which he still enioyeth M. Porters Armes are Sa. Three Belles Ar. a Canton Erm. It standeth in S. Stephens parish the sheafe whereof together with other farre reuennues M. George Wadham enioying in the right of his wife the daughter and heire to master Hechins liberally bestoweth in continuall hospitalitie Master Hechins Armes are Sa. a crosse Fleurty quarterly B. and G. betweene 4. Lyons heades erased Sa. langued of the second M. Wadhams G. a Cheuron betweene three Roses Ar. The same parish also compriseth Saltash in olde writings called Villa de Esse Esse his towne and such Gentlemen there haue bene of ancient descent and faire reuennues The word Salt is added thereunto because it standeth on the sea to distinguish it from other places of the same name It is seated on the declyning of a steep hill consisteth of three streets which euery showre washeth cleane compriseth betweene 80. and 100. households vnderlyeth the gouernment of a Maior his 10. brethren and possesseth sundry large priuiledges ouer the whole hauen to wit an yeerely rent of boates and barges appertayning to the harbour ancorage of strange shipping crowning of dead persons laying of arrests and other Admirall rights besides electing of Burgesses for the Parliaments benefit of the passage foreclosing all others saue themselues from dredging of Oysters except betweene Candlemas and Easter weckely markets halfe-yeerely fayres c. The towne is of late yeeres well encreased and adorned with buildings the townsmen addict themselues to the honest trade of marchandise which endoweth them with a competent wealth Some 7. or 8. ships belong thereunto It was not long since that the neighbour-ministers successiuely bestowed their paines in preaching there on the market daies and the bordering gentlemen yeelded their presence Sermon ended the Preachers resorted to one ordinary and the Gentlemen to another This affoorded commendable effects to many works of loue and charity but with the retorted blame from one to another it is now wholly giuen ouer Heere that great Carrack which Sir Frauncis Drake surprised in her returne from the East Indies vnloded her frayght and through a negligent fyring met with an vnproper ending In this towne also dwelleth one Grisling deafe from a long time who besides his merry conceites of counterseyting by signes like the Romane Pantamimi any kinde of occupation or exercise hath a strange quality to vnderstand what you say by marking the mouing of your lips especially if you speake deliberately of any ordinary matter so as contrary to the rules of nature and yet without the helpe of arte he can see words as they passe forth of your mouth and of this I haue caused him to giue often experiments And if Plyny now liued I suppose he would affoord a roome in his natural History to a dogge of this town who as I haue learned by the faithfull report of master Thomas Parkins vsed daily to fetch meate at his house there and to carry the same vnto a blinde mastiffe that lay in a brake without the towne yea that more is hee would vpon Sundayes conduct him thither to dynner and the meale ended guide him back to his couch and couert againe I had almost forgotten to tell you that there is a well in this towne whose water will neuer boyle peason to a seasonable softnes At the foot of Saltash there abbutteth vpon the sea a rock called Ashtorre alias Esses Torre which is inuested with the iurisdiction of a mannour and claymeth the sultes of many Gentlemen as his freeholders in Knights seruice Belowe this there is a rock on eche side of the riuer the one termed the Bull the other the Hen that on Deuon this on Cornwall side The Hen standeth a little distant from the shore which giueth occasion to a Packe how between it and the land the Queenes greatest ship may saile but it is meant of the farther distant Aboue Saltash Cargreen a fisher towne sheweth it selfe but can hardly muster a meane plight of dwellings or dwellers so may their care be greene because their wealth is withered Neere thereunto is Clifton a neat seated house appertayning to one of the Arundels descended by a yonger brother from those of Trerice he maried Hill his father Cole Neither hath your eye searcely quitted that when it receiueth Halton the pleasant and commodious dwelling of M. Anthony Rouse both which benefits he employeth to a kind vninterrupted entertainment of such as visit him vpō his not spare inuiting or their owne occasions who without the selfe guilt of an vngratefull wrong must witnes that his frankenesse confirmeth their welcome by whatsoeuer meanes prouision the fewell of hospitality can in the best maner supply His auncestours were Lords of little Modbury in Deuon before the descent of times grew to a distinguishment by the date of writings which mannour together with other lands through a lineall succession fell to be possessed by Raphe Wil. Raphe Iohn Wil. Raphe and Raphe whose daughter and heire Elizabeth bestowed the same with
amidst his foes By courage guided sought and scapt his death Loe here amongst his friends whom liking chose And nature lent hath vp resign'd his breath Vnripened fruit in grouth precious in hope Rare in effect had fortune giuen scope Our eyes with teares performe thine obsequy And hearts with sighes since hands could yeeld none aid Our tongues with praise preserue thy memory And thing his with grieft since we behind are staid Coswarth farewell death which vs parts atwaine E're long in life shall vs conioyne againe His sister maried Kendall Edward his vncle and heire by vertue of these entayles married the daughter of Arundel of Trerice and from a ciuill Courtiers life in his younger yeeres reposeth his elder age on the good husbandry of the country hauing raised posterity sufficient for transplanting the name into many other quarters He beareth A. on a Cheuron betweene three wings B. fiue Bezants Against you haue passed towards the West somewhat more then a mile Trerice anciently Treres oftreth you the viewe of his costly and commodious buildings What Tro is you know already res signifieth a rushing of fieeting away and vpon the declyning of a hill the house is seated In Edward the 3. raigne Ralphe Arundel matched with the heire of this land and name since which time his issue hath there continued and encreased their liuelyhood by sundry like Inheritours as S. Iohn Iew Durant Thurlebear c. Precisely to rip vp the whole pedigree were more tedious then behoouefull and therefore I will onely as by the way touch some fewe poynts which may serue in part to shew what place regard they haue borne in the Common wealth There was an Indenture made betweene Hugh Courtney Earle of Deuon Leiutenant to the King for a sea voyage in defence of the Realme and Sir Iohn Arundel of Trerice for accompanying him therein He was Sherife of Cornwall Iohn Earle of Huntingdon vnder his seale of Armes made Sir Iohn Arundel of Trerice Seneshall of his houshold as well in peace as in warre gaue him ten pound fee and allowed him entertaynment in his house for one Gentleman three Yeoman one boy and sixe horses The same Earle stiling himselfe Lieutenant generall to Iohn Duke of Bedford Constable and Admirall of England wrote to the said Sir Iohn Arundel then Vice-admirall of Cornwall for the release of a ship which hee had arrested by vertue of his office The Queene by her letter aduertised Iohn Arundel of Trerice Esquire that she was brought in child-bed of a Prince The King wrote to Sir Iohn Arundel of Trerice that he should giue his attendance at Canterbury about the entertaynment of the Emperour whose landing was then and there expected Iohn Arundel of Trerice Esquire tooke prisoner Duncane Campbell a Scot in a fight at sea as our Chronicle mentioneth concerning which I though it not amisse to insert a letter sent him from Tho. Duke of Norfolke to whom he then belonged that you may see the stile of those dayes By the Duke of Norf. RIght welbeloued in our hearty wise we commend vs vnto you letting you with that by your seruant this bearer wee haue receiued your letters dated at Truru the 5. day of this moneth of April by which we perceyue the goodly valiant and ieopardous enterprise it hath pleased God of late to send you by the taking of Duncane Camel other Scots on the sea of which enterprise we haue made relation vnto the Kings Highnesse who is not a little ioyous and glad to heare of the same and hath required vs instantly in his name to giue you thanks for your said valiant courage and bolde enterprise in the premises and by these our letters for the same your so doing we doe not onely thanke you in our most effectuall wise but also promise you that during our life wee will bee glad to aduaunce you to any preferment we can And ouer this you shall vnderstand our said Soueraigne Lords pleasure is that you shall come and repaire to his Highnes with diligence in your owne person bringing with you the said Captiue and the Master of the Scottish ship at which time you shall not onely be sure of his especiall thanks by mouth to know his further pleasure therein but also of vs to further any your reasonable pursuits vnto his Highnes or any other during our life to the best of our power accordingly Written at Lambeth the 11. day of Aprill aforesaid Superscribed To our right welbeloued seruant Iohn Arundell of Trerice The King wrote to Sir Iohn Ar. of Trerice touching his discharge from the Admiralty of the fleete lately committed vnto him that he should deliuer the ship which he sayled in to Sir Nic. Poynts The same yere the King wrote to him againe that he should attend him in his warres against the French king with his seruants tenants and others within his roomes and offices especially horsemen Other letters from the King there are whose date is not expressed neither can I by any meanes hunt it out One to his seruant Iohn Arundel of Trerice Esquire willing him not to repaire with his men and to wayte in the rereward of his army as hee had commaunded him but to keepe them in a readinesse for some other seruice Another to Sir Iohn Arundel of Trerice praying and desiring him to the Court the Quindene of Saint Hillarie next wheresoeuer the King shall then bee within the Realme There are also letters directed to Sir Iohn Arundell of Trerice from the Kings Counsell by some of which it appeareth that hee was Vice admirall of the Kings shippes in the West seas and by others that hee had the goods and lands of certaine Rebels giuen him for his good seruice against them The Queene wrote to Sir Iohn Arundell of Trerice praying and requiring him that hee with his friends and neighbours should see the Prince of Spaine most honourably entertained if he fortuned to land in Cornwall Shee wrote to him being then Sherife of Cornwall touching the election of the Knights of the shire and the Burgesses for the Parliament Shee likewise wrote to him that notwithstanding the instructions to the Iustices hee should muster and furnish his seruants tenants and others vnder his rule and offices with his friends for the defence and quieting of the Countrie withstanding of enemies and any other imployment as also to certifie what force of horse and foote he could arme These few notes I haue culled out of many others Sir Iohn Arundell last mentioned by his first wife the coheire of Beuill had issue Roger who died in his fathers life time and Katherine married to Prideaux Roger by his wife Trendenham left behind him a sonne called Iohn Sir Iohns second wife was daughter to Erisy and widdow to Gourlyn who bare him Iohn his succeeder in Tretice and much other faire reuenewes whose due commendation because another might better