170 MYLOR CHURCH; ITS CROSSES, FRESCOES, &C. 



only a slender rod, erect,* surmounted by a fir cone, drawn in black, 

 could be recognized. 



On a buff back-ground, painted upon and obliterating the Latin 

 scrolls, were comparatively modern devices ; a rectangular white 

 tablet, bordered red, containing, in black-letter, words from I Cor., 

 vi, 9, in English. On the opposite side of the church, a similar 

 tablet was found, under the whitewash, quoting Eccles. v, 1, and 

 displaying the date "1638." These had been in their turn ob- 

 literated by more recent text-tablets, such as may be seen in most 

 of the old churches which have not been restored. The successive 

 layers of washes and designs being so numerous, it became a 

 matter of difficulty to scale off each from the other ; any partial 

 clearance at once producing complication and confusion, from the 

 mixture of letters, &c. Eemains of colour have also been found 

 on stones in other parts of the Church. 



The mural monuments are not ancient — on some are shields of 

 arms.t The oldest (which was built against the splay of the 

 east window in the Trefusis Aisle) X exhibits a kneeling effigy of 

 the deceased, a shield of arms, and a varied inscription, com- 

 mencing "EN Tn TA^ESQAI EI2 8PAN0N ANABAZIi:, 

 Exuvim ffrancisci Trefusis, &c., &c." Latin and English verses being 

 introduced and the dates thus given — " Natus 8 Juhj 1650, Denatus 



* A sceptre appeared also in one of the wall-paintings discovered at 

 Lanivet in 1864. The bearer of it was there represented as a female figure 

 crowned — an inscribed label charged with the name " S. Crede " (?) being 

 above her head, in letters much lilie those observed at Mylor. Through the 

 kindness of Eev. H. J. Borrow, Eector of Lanivet, I have been enabled to 

 copy this figure from a photograph in his possession (see Plate III). 



For a good account of the Lanivet Frescoes, see Mr. Couch's Paper in 

 the E. I. Journal, No. IV, page 79. For Talland Frescoes, see E. I. Eeport 

 for 1849, p. 32. 



+ Bonython (Arg. 3 fleurs de lis sab :) impaling Hele (Gules ) t ^ i 



a bend lozeugy) Ul^ ^^^'^^^^ 



Kempe (3 garbs) impaling Bonython J J-i'ansept. 



Pellew (Arg. a chevron gu : on a chief of the 2nd, 3 mascles of the first 

 " Deo adjuvante " on scroll above. "Fortuna Sequatur," motto 

 below). 



Yescombe (Sable a cross moline. Crest, &c.). 



+ In the Trefusis Aisle, against a pillar, was a modern Hatchment, dis- 

 playing, beneath a Baron's coronet, and with greyhounds for supporters, 

 these arms quarterly, viz : Trefusis, Eolle, Clinton, Saye, Cotton ; with two 

 impalements, viz : " Argent a lion's head couped " and " Or a castle turreted 

 gules," motto " Tor^t vient de Dieu" (Trefusis arms — " Arg. a chevi-on be- 

 tween 3 wharrow spindles sab :). 



