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Joanna, is shown on other grounds to have the preference, I con- 

 chide that it was his effigy which, with that of his wife, was 

 removed from Carminow to Mawgan, as related by Hals ; whilst 

 the stone coffin, glass, alabaster, and mortal remains, recently 

 found in the transept, were removed thither, on the occasion of 

 the burial of Sir Thomas, from the chapel and burying place at 

 Carminow. « 



It only needs to be added that all the mortal remains, both 

 those found in the coffin, and those in the grave beneath, were 

 carefully interred in the grave when the wall was rebuilt and the 

 coffin restored to its place. The niche has now been made deep 

 enough to contain the two effigies, in their original state, side by 

 side. 



To those who feel an interest in this Cornish family, it may be 

 useful to notice the inaccuracies which appear in the Pedigree 

 given by Polwhele ; so far as relates to the elder branch of the 

 family, now under review. Polwhele's pedigree appears to be a 

 copy of the Herald's Visitation of 1620, with addition of the last 

 descent. Now, however early the date may have been at which 

 they were settled at Carminow, it is quite plain that the first 

 Eoger named by him could not have lived at the alleged date, 

 which allows for only four descents in as many centuries; whereas 

 there should have been at least twelve descents in that period, ac- 

 cording to the usual calculation of three descents to a century. 

 Again, if Polwhele's Oliver were chamberlain to Eichard II, he 

 could not have died in 1345, which was thirty-two years before 

 that monarch came to the throne ; nor, again, if Edward II was 

 the King he served, as given in another Pedigree, in MS., could he 

 have married Elizabeth, sister of the Duke of Holland, whose 

 dukedom was not created until 1397, long after Edward's death. 

 However accurate, therefore, the Herald's Visitations may generally 

 be, this particular Pedigree is not to be trusted. 



An attempt is now made to construct from the title-deeds of 

 the Carminow Manor, which remain at Penrose, and from other 

 original documents, a more accurate Pedigree of some of the 

 earlier descents. It is far from being complete ; but it is believed 

 to be accurate as far as it goes, and is supported, in most of its 

 points of difference from that of Polwhele, by the independent 

 testimony of a MS. Volume of Cornish and Devon Pedigrees, 



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