Chapter 2

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

ILLUSTRATIONS

THOMAS PITT, LORD CAMELFORD _Frontispiece_

TO FACE PAGE

WILLIAM PENGELLY 2

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

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 lithograph by 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,
23 October, 1826, when he threw Aḇͫ. 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
Thomas Mogford. From the collection of Mrs. Lewis Lane

JOHN COUCH ADAMS 88