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resided, at the manor of Killigrew, in St. Erme. It has been 
stated by Hals, and following him some writers, that Eichard, 
Duke of Cornwall, and king of the Komans, was actually related 
to this family, from the fact of that prince having relegated to 
them their arms of a double-headed eagle, within the border of 
Cornwall (bezants) ; but that fact proves nothing, since many 
other families in Cornwall bear bezants, and one other bears the 
double eagle ; viz., the Godolphins. 
Kalph Killigrew was therefore not a natural son of Richard 
Duke of Cornwall and Joan de Yalletort. This forms number 
one of the scandalous chronicle of Hals, to which I shall have to 
refer more than once in this paper. 
John de Killigrew had £20 a year or more in land in 1292. 
This would amount to a very considerable sum in the present 
currency. Henry de Killigrew held a military feu in the hundred 
of Stratton in 1402, while Ealph Killigrew held one in the 
hundred of Powder. 
In the 15th century the Killigrews took up their residence at 
Arwenack, Falmouth, through their marriage with the heiress of 
the great Arwenack estate ; but they did not part with the manor 
of Killigrew until 1636, and probably maintained a residence 
there until that time, as we frequently meet with references to 
the family as being at Truro, as though they belonged to that 
place. As this is not a pedigree, I pass over many names of 
worthy squires who held knights' fees, intermarried with gentle 
ladies, and for whom fines were paid post mortem. 
The earliest monument to any member of the family is the 
brass in Gluvias Church, near Penryn, to Thomas Killigrew and 
his two wives, Joan and Elizabeth, and all their children. He is 
described as a gentleman (generosus), and is represented in the 
costume of the latter part of the 15th century in a long handsome 
robe, trimmed with fur, and carries on his right shoulder his hat 
after the fashion of his time. He looks like a wealthy merchant ; 
there is nothing of a military character in his surroundings. 
The next distinguished man of his race was John Killigrew, 
who, with John Treffry, Esq., of Fowey, was engaged in building 
the fortress at Pendennis in the time of Henry VIII., and he 
became the first governor of the Castle, the site being rented of 
him by the Crown. He rebuilt Arwenack House early in the 
reign of Elizabeth, and died in 1567. This house is stated to 
