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in 1842, at £686 Is.— viz. to the Yicar, £342 9s., and to the 

 rector or chantor of Haccombe, £343 12s. The church at 

 Haccombe, dedicated to S. Blaise, contains, in fine preservation, 

 many interesting monuments of the Haccombes and Carews. 



(10.) Robertus de Draenas — 15 librates. 



No family of this name is to be found in any Cornish record, 

 and bearing in mind the fact that the spelling of names in these 

 ancient records is very erroneous, we must have recourse to 

 probabilities, and find some family of importance, at this period, 

 with the christian name of Robert. De Draenas we take to be 

 I)e Pridias. Draenas has the same number of letters as Pridias : 

 the initial letter D may be a mistake for P, the second, sixth., 

 and seventh letters are identical. 



Robert de Pridias was the son of Sir Thomas de Pridias, 

 Knt., who, in 3rd Henry III (1218) was placed in remainder in 

 default of issue of John Bevill and Agnes his wife, inter alia, in 

 the manor of Wolfyston, county Cornwall. His mother was 

 Jane, daughter of Philip Brodrygan (Bodrigan). This Philip 

 had a brother Eeginald, who was attorney for him in 1253. 



Eobert de Pridias granted to the monastery of Tywardreth 

 certain lands in Frank Almoigne. 



The family of Be Pridias (Prideaux) held the manor of 

 Predeaux of the Priory of Tywardreth. Baldwin de Pridias, 

 who died 1165, had a grant in fee of the manor of Prideaux from 

 Osbert, Prior of Tywardreth. The last heir-male of the elder 

 branch of this ancient family died 1 1th Eichard II (1388) ; his 

 daughter and heir, Jane, married Philip Arvas, whose grand- 

 daughter, Johanna, brought the manor of Prideaux to the 

 Hearles of West Hearle, in Northumberland, a branch of which 

 family resided in Cornwall. At the death of Northmore Herle, 

 Esq., of Landew, in 1737, he bequeathed this manor with other 

 property to his six half-sisters. Eventually Prideaux was sold 

 in 1806, to the Eashleigh family, who are the present pro- 

 prietors. 



(11.) Philippus de Valletorta — 40 librates. 

 This ancient baronial family became extinct in 1289, when 

 Eoger de Valletort died, bequeathing his large landed property 

 to his two sisters. One, Isabel, married first Alan de Dunstan- 



