THE MAYORALTY Oi' TRURO. 229 



These extracts are translated from the Confirmation Charter 

 of 31 Elizabeth, 1589, a charter which remained in force until 

 the passing of the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill in 1835. 

 (Pat. Eoll 31 Eliz., pt. 13). 



Of mayors of Truro previous to 1589, I have discovered the 

 names of but four, tlie earliest being" Wat. Devis, who, as mayor, 

 was appointed one of the visitors to close the friary in 1538, 

 The second, in 1573, was George Singleton, a descendant of the 

 Singletons of Singleton Hall, Lancashire ; having settled in 

 Truro, he rose to eminence in the town, and a monumental bi'ass 

 commemorating certain members of his family was laid under 

 the reading desk of St. Mary's Church. For many years 

 previously to the demolition of the church it was lost, but its 

 mutilated remains were recovered in 1880. In his account of 

 Thomas Farnabie, a noted schoolmaster. Wood refers (" Athenec 

 Oxonienses") to his grandfather as: " Farnabie, sometime 

 Mayor of Truro ; " he does not mention the year of his mayoralty, 

 but the context seems to show that it was before 1589. The 

 fourth of these mayors was Gregory Friggens, 1585; he after- 

 wards became one of " the first and modern Capital Burgesses" 

 under the provisions of Elizabeth's charter, and was again mayor 

 in 1619, by which time he had become " an aged man." 



In the earlier half of the seventeenth century two gentlemen 

 whose names are still prominent in the city held the office of 

 mayor. The former was Jenken Daniel, son of William Daniel, 

 a representative of Truro in the parliament of 1660, and brother 

 of Richard Daniel, who was mayor in 1622, and who represented 

 Truro in the parliaments of 1624 and 1628. Jenken Daniel was 

 mayor in 1615, and his name is on the inscribed stone, which, 

 after being first placed in the original market house at the 

 western end of the middle row, and then in the succeeding 

 market house, has been finally built into the western wall of the 

 present structure. The Daniel family at this jieriod divided into 

 two branches, one of which migrated to Madron ; the other, 

 represented by Jenken Daniel, remained at Truro. Jenken's 

 brother, Richard, lent him large sums of money, which enabled 

 him by judicious trading to acquire considerable wealth. His 

 son, Jacob Daniel, was chosen as mayor in 1632; he was 

 described by his cousin as being " rich, very rich," but the writer 



