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XV. — Carminow of Carminoiv. — By John Jope Eogebs, Member 

 of the Institution. 



AN attempt was made in a former number"^' to identify the 

 effigy of the Carminow tomb in the Church of Mawgan in 

 Meneage as that of Sir Eoger Carminow, a crusader : and 

 some steps in the Pedigree of that family, as given by Polwhele, 

 were corrected from entries in original documents at Penrose. 



It is now proposed to add such further information respecting 

 the Carminows as subsequent research has brought to light ; 

 and it will be seen that whilst some erroneous statements 

 concerning them require correction, the scanty items of their 

 authentic history have received some accessions which it may be 

 worth while to preserve. These records naturally fall into the 

 following order : — 



1. The origin and orthography of the name of Carminow. 



2. Antiquity and pedigree of the family. 



3. Arms, crest, and motto. 



4. Manorial residence at Carminow. 



5. Lands held by them in Cornwall. 



1. — ORIGIN AND OETHOGRAPHY OF THE NAME. 



The earliest authentic document which contains the name is a 

 fine, which is one of the title deeds of the Manor, and bears 

 date 1 July, 12 Edward 2, (1319) — Oliver cle Caermenow and 

 Elizabeth his wife are parties to the fine, and the orthography 

 of the name as here spelt is identical with that of the two 

 Cornish words from which it is derived by Pryce and others, 

 viz : Caer-menou, i.e. little castle, or fortified place, words 

 sufficiently descriptive of the moated residence of the family, 

 which will be more particularly noticed below. During the 

 14th century it was more commonly spelt Carmynou, Carmynow, 

 Carmine, and did not settle down to the present form of 

 Carminow until long after the absorption of the elder branch 

 of the family into that of ArundeU in 1396. William, of 



* Journal of the E.I.C., Vol. ii, p. 143. 



