32 ANNUAL EXCURSION. 



Having thanked Mr. and Mrs. Hearle for their kindness in 

 assisting us to see the interesting features of Golden, we 

 proceeded to Trenowth, Grrampound-road, where, in the newly- 

 erected bungalow, we were entertained at lunch provided by our 

 jjresident. Sir Robert Harvey, the owner of the estate. During 

 lunch the weather showed signs of breaking, and showers fell. 

 The company having drunk to the long life and happiness of Sir 

 Robert Harvey, the Eev. T. M. Comyns gave us a few interesting 

 statements about Trenowth Manor. He pointed out that there 

 were two ancient encampments upon the estate — one at 

 Grampound-road, and one in the middle of Trenowth wood. 

 Upon the manor in the old days there were three chapels or 

 oratories — one belonging to the old mansion of Trenowth, 

 another at Chapel Rock, and a third close to Grrampound-road 

 village.'®' The old mansion was in the usual form of an E, and 

 faced East. Remains are still to be found. Two old arched 

 granite doorways are set up in the garden wall, one of which 

 seems to have been associated with the chief entrance, the other 

 with a back door. In one of the cottages is the tracery of a 

 Perpendicular window, and in the front of the cottage there are 

 set into the wall several coats-of-arms carved in stone blocks, 

 representing, among others, the Herle, the Trenowth, and the 

 Carmine w families. There are still bits of the labels formerly 

 over the mullioned windows. The terraces of the gardens may 

 be seen north of the house. The family of Trenouth in the 

 male line died out in the reign of Henry VIII. Nicholas 

 Herle, of Trenouth, by his will in 1559, desired to be buried in 

 the "Jesus aisle" of Probus Church. The Herle family came 

 to an end in 1737 by the death of Northmore Herle, who left 

 his property to his six half-sisters, the daughters of Chas. 

 Kendall, D.D. The last of those died in 1806, when by private 

 Act of Parliament the property was sold to Mr. C. Rashleigh, 

 of St. Austell, who sold it to his nephew, the first Sir Colman 

 Rashleigh. Mr. Comyns' interesting little sketch was heartily 

 appreciated, and the rain having cleared off, we thanked him 

 and proceeded to Chapel Rock in the woods overlooking another 



6. Oil 8 fan., 1405, license was granted to Ralph Trenewyth and Joan his wife 

 for oratory in their mansion of Trenewyth, and in the chapels of the Holy Trinity 

 and B.V.M., within their demesne of Trenewyth, in St. Probus (Regr. Stafford, I. 72b). 



