236 CARMINOW OF CAEMINOW. 



In 1319 the earliest mention is made of the manor of Car- 

 minow. In this year, by a fine preserved at Penrose, Sir Oliver 

 and his wife, Elizabeth Pomeroy, settle in tail the manors of 

 Carminow and Trethenes, or Tredenes, with land in Wyteston 

 (Whitestone), and .the advowsons of Euan, Eglosros, and 

 Wyteston. Another fine, at the Eecord office, adds Kenel to 

 these manors as held in dowry by Joan, the mother of Sir 

 Oliver. The deeds at Penrose also shew several dealings with 

 these manors by way of settlement and lease by the Carminows ; 

 and one of the fines at the Peeord office shews that in 1308, on 

 the death of Sir Roger, the king ''received the homage of his 

 son and heir Sir Oliver" (who is described as being 30 years 

 old at his father's death), " for the lands held by him and his 

 father, Roger, in eapite, and gave him fidl seizin."^' Another 

 fine records that in 1331 Sir John de Carminow, who died in that 

 year, held his lands also as tenant in eapite, i.e., directly from 

 the king, as in knight service : ' ' tennit in eapite terras et tene- 

 menta in dominico suo ut de feodo, die quo obiit."f Further, on 

 the death of Joanna, the heiress, who died in 1396, and on whose 

 death, Arundell and Trevarthian succeeded to aU the Carminow 

 estates, we find, by the inquisition, preserved at the Record 

 office, that she was seized of the manors of Wynianton, Merthyn, 

 Rosewyk, Kenel, Trethenes, with lands in Stikker, Trelewyth, 

 Whitstone, and Eglosros, and the advowsons of S. Ruan Minor, 

 Whitstone and Eglosros (Philleigh), and that her grandmother, 

 Elizabeth (Beaupel), who seems to have been still alive, held the 

 manor of Carminow, with the advowsons of S. Rxian Major and 

 Wynwolay (Grunwalloe).| These were large possessions in the 

 14th century. Many other entries might be cited, but they only 

 confirm the statements ah'eady made. 



The manors of "Wynianton, Merthyr, and Tamerton were 

 derived from Gervais de Hornaeote (sometimes spelt Hornyng- 

 cote, and Hornington), who obtained them by exchange with 

 Richard, Earl of Cornwall, for the manor of BoscineyH 

 (Bossiney). 



* Fine Eoll, 2 ed., 2.— Inqu. p.rn , 2 Ed., 2. 



t Fine Eoll, 5 ed., 3. 



X Inqui. p.m., 19,Eic., 2. 



II Assize Eoll, 30, Ed. 1 ; see also Visitation of Cornwall, 1620, p. 299, note. 



