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tally with the above inscription. " Eobert Shallow, Esq., 

 justice of the peace, and " Coram." 



SEAM=load. 



" For carriage of nineteen semen of helyngston." — 

 Acts, of Launceston. 1604-5. 



SPENCE=cupboard. 



" In the Rectory two little spences." — Terrier of 



Landulph Rectory. 1679, 



BAii=mine. 



" Who died at the Bal.''^ — St. Br cage Registers of Burials. 

 1689. 

 Cornish words are used in " canting" heraldry, by families 

 who bear, on their arms and as crests, various objects, whose 

 names in Cornish can be susceptible of a double meaning. For 

 example : — 

 G}-AMBORNE=-part of a leg. 



Family of Gambon. " Ar. a fess between three men's 

 legs couped at the thigh." 



HARVE=^harrow. 



Family of Harvey, of Hall, Linkinhorne : — 



" Ar : a Chev : between 3 harrows. ^^ 

 TuBB= gurnard (red). 



Family of Tubb of Trengoffe in Warleggon. 



Crest — " A beaver pass : ppr : in the mouth a gournet 

 gu:" 



Occurrence of Cornish Pronunciation in Old Cornish 

 Documents. 

 Serpell= surplice . 



" Paid for foure serpells.''^ — Launceston Borough Accounts. 

 1450. 



BoFT=bought. 



" It. for ridge tile I hoft U^d.''— Accounts of St. Thomas 

 Church, Launceston. 1474. 



BAiLEY=bailiff. 



"Thomas Awode. . . .bayly of Botlete." — Relief on the 

 death of Thomas Whaleshorough. 1482. 



