SIR CIOUDESLET SHOVELL. 19 



The following copy of a letter addressed to the Eight Hev. the 

 Bishop of Winchester, will still further illustrate the story of Sir 

 Cloudesley Shovel's wreck. It has been before printed, in the 

 Second Volume of the Transactions of the Penzance Natural His- 

 tory and Antiquarian Society. 



" St. Hilary, November 16, 1707. 



" My Lord, 



Your Lordship's commands having been signified to my Brother at 



Scilly, he immediately made y" strictest enquirey y' was possible, all the 

 bodies y' had been thrown ashore & buried & being told of one buried at 

 Agnes about Mr. Trelawny's age, was resolved to have him taken up in order 

 to view him, whether it was he or no ; He had seen the young Gentleman at 

 Torbay, but not willing to depend on his own judgment desir'd the Capt"- of 

 y« Phenix Fire ship that was stranded there who knew Mr. Trelawny inti- 

 mately well all the voyage to goe w"* him. As soon as they had y" body up, 

 they found it actually to be y^ same, tho somewhat alter'd having been buried 

 11 days, and in y« water 4, however y^ Capt°- presently knew him, & my 

 Brother took care to have y« body brought over to St. Mary's, & interd it in 

 ye chancel of the Church there y^ 8"' instant w"> all y® marks of respect 

 and honor, y® Island could show on such an occasion. Some Captains and 

 ye best of y® inhabitants being present, y^ funeral my Brother took of his 

 hair being cut & y* so very close y' y^ left lock was not left to send over, & 

 there is no room to doubt, but t'was y^ body of poor Mr. Henry Trelawny, 

 It has not been his good luck as yet to meet with any thing belonging to him, 

 but whatever of y' nature happens to come to his hand, or knowledge your 

 L"! will be siure to have a faithful account of it. They can say nothing in 

 particiilar touching Sir Cloudesley's loss, only the man saved out of the 

 Eumney tells that Sir Cloud was to the windward of all the Ships, and fired 

 3 guns when he struck, and immediately went down, as the Eumney a little 

 after did. Upon hearing y^ guns, y^ rest of the Fleet that were directly 

 bearing on the same rocks changed their course, & stood more to y ^ South- 

 ward, or else in all probability they had run y" same fate, as never enough 

 to be admired; how t'was possible men of so much experience could be 

 mistaken in their reckoning, after they had y^ advantage of a great deal of 

 fair weather before hand, & no bad weather w° they were lost. There is a 

 great quantity of timber all round y^ islands & abundance of sails & Rigging 

 just about ye place where the ships sunk, & a mast, one end a little above 

 water vf'^^ makes 'em conclude an entire ship to be foundered there because 

 all y* force they can procure is not able to move y^ mast. The Eagle most 

 certainly is lost too, & I wish no other of the Squadron may be wanting, 

 beside those, tho I'm heartily sorry for y^ loss poor England has sustained 

 of so many men, & in a most particular manner for y^ share your Lp has 

 in it. 



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