278 THE FAMILY OF KILLIGREW. 



pursuing his interest in obvious things ; who with y^ money his 

 Father left him (fortunately) purchased y^ Barton of Tregenver, 

 y'= Barton of Trescobeas, and Howard's part of Treganeggy * * '" *. 

 " In or about y^ year 1670 Sir Peter left London, and settled 

 with his family at Arwenack, in order to y^ more closely looking 

 into the Interest of his Estate there; and in particular for y' 

 better accomodation of y"" Revenue of y^ Customs, he set about 

 building a Public Quay there, in w"'' projection and carrying it on 

 to success, he met with very great opposition from y^ towns of 

 Penryn and Truro, in W^^ y^ said Mr. Rogers played his Aldermen 

 and y^ whole Corporation of Falmouth upon Sir Peter'* * * *. 

 Besides y^ building of y*^ said Quay, w'^^ was very costly, he was 

 obliged to pursue a Commission out of y^ Exchequer for establish- 

 ing y^ Limits of y® Port, with y^ approbation of y^ then Lord 

 Treasurer Danby, and that at a very great Expense, Labor, and 

 many London journeys ; when also was judged necessary, y® ob- 

 taining an Act of Parliament for fixing y^ pitiful Duties to be 

 paid him by y'' Merchants on their imports and exports of their 

 goods from such his Quay '^ ''' *. Y*^ said public Quay, projected 

 and established with y*^ Custom House upon it, was y*^ putting a 

 full stop to y'' Clandestine trade y** said Rogers had till then carried 

 on ; and had not y'^ Revenue of y^ Customs (upon y^ coming in 

 of King AVilliam) been in a shameful manner prostituted to Par- 

 liament interest, as it more and more continued to be, y*^ benefit of 

 y^ said Public Quay would have answered all his labor and cost 



* AS vV •S? 



" About y" latter end of y^ year 1683, having some few years 

 before buried an infant son called Peter, he found all his ready 

 money gone, and got into debt more or less; and in family 

 charged with an only son, just come of age, a fine and hopeful 

 young Gent, and two daughters, Frances and Ann, remarkably 

 good and dutiful children, and his Estate yielding him not more 

 than a reasonable subsistence, common prudence put him upon 

 y® thoughts of marrying his son, in order that from such Wife's 

 portion in money to make provision for his two daughters, on 

 settling his whole Estate upon his son. And soon had an oppor- 

 tunity of effecting y® same, by marrying him to y^ daughter of a 

 most worthy and honorable Genf^, his neighbour,* and in all 



* This was Sir John St. Aubyn. Martin Killigrew's character of the lady 



