DAME KILLIGREW AND THE SPANISH SHIP, 287 



Jane Killigrew, but Dame Mary Killigrew, her husband's 

 grandmother, who was the heroine of the tale. It also appears 

 the former lady was divorced from her husband, and that the 

 town of Penryn furnished her with funds, and the inscription on 

 the silver cup refers to this fact.* 



Thus although the story in its general outlines is true, the 

 details have been much distorted, and the obvious moral is that 

 in all cases of local history, resort must be had to the original 

 documents, where they exist, and that no statement should be 

 adopted without being thus verified. 



* MS. History of the Killigrew Family, Journal B.l.C, 1876. 



