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CORNWALL AND THE SPANISH ARMADA. 



Launces 4 "^ 

 Horsemen. Light Horse 96 [ 100 

 Petronolls o) 



Abstract. 



Able men 7760 



Armed 3600 (of which) 

 Tralaed 1500 

 Untrained 2100 * 



There were 3000 men left ia Cornwall to guard the coast 

 and to encounter the enemy should he succeed in effecting a 

 landing, Sir Richard Grenville being the Colonel. In addition, 

 should any attack be threatened, 4000 men from Cornwall, 4000 

 from Devon, and 3000 from Somerset, 11,000 in all, were 

 appointed to meet at Falmouth for the defence of the sea towns, 

 the principal captains bfiing Grodolphin, Grenville, Arundell of 

 Trerice, Mohun, Edgcumbe and Carminowe. 



* The Musketteers were armed with the Arquebus, which was a hand gun fired by a 

 match, it was often supported on a rest fastened to the barrel by a hook of iron. 



t A whole suit of armour worn by pikemen, showing the nirmber of the latter. 



