© 13 June 2022, Peter J Williams
Since July 1803, Cornwall had been served by The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser for news and advertising. It reflected the conservative, Tory and pro-royalist views of businessmen and landowners, and the views of the local Anglican clergy and gentry. In 1810, a rival newspaper, The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, was established by supporters of the liberal Whig Party to present an alternative view of events. The new publication favoured parliamentary reform and had the support of many Methodists1.
In June 1810, a prospectus for the new publication was circulated in Cornwall . The reception was strongly coloured by political leanings. It seems that the name of the new newspaper was to have as subtitle The Miners’ Journal. The conservatives in the Cornish mining industry, namely the owners, adventurers, captains, and agents, took exception to the proposed subtitle. Their protest was published in several editions of the Gazette:
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Protest of the Miners of Cornwall. |
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We, the Miners of Cornwall, having seen the Plan, said to be proposed by Mr Edward BUDD, school-master in Truro, and acknowledged by him, for establishing a second Newspaper in this County, to be called the “West Briton, or Miners Journal”, &c which we think likely to implicate us in what he calls in his Prospectus “discussions of public measures and judgment on the conduct of public men”; and conceiving it probable, that we may be exhibited to the Nation and the Government, by this unauthorised use of our name, as men who participate in and approve of his principles: |
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DO SOLEMNLY PROTEST against this unwarrantable assumption; and Declare that we are determined, peaceably and firmly to support the KING, the LAWS, and the CONSTITUTION of our Country... |
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WE the undersigned, not wishing to interfere in any manner with politics, do hereby protest against the new paper intended to be published at Truro, being called the Miners’ Journal…2 |
The statement of protest was followed by a list of subscribers, under the headings of “Lords & Adventurers” and “Agents and Managers on the Mines”. The editor of the Gazette added:
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We have above inserted a list of the Lords Adventurers and Agents of Mines, who have signed the protest against Mr Budd’s intended Miner’s Journal, to which we might add a list of all the Miners, comprising about 5-6ths of the total within the county. We have omitted inserting this list, as it would be more than this Paper could contain. |
Mr Budd brought a legal case against Mr T Flindell, the printer of the Gazette, which was heard early in July. An account of the case was printed in the Gazette , no doubt with a bias. Budd accused Flindell of “offences against the Act of 39 Geo. III c.79, s.27”, alleging that Flindell “had forfeited accumulated penalties to the amount of 10,000l” in relation to the printing of The Miners’ Protest. The Act referred to was entitled “Unlawful Societies Act (1799) 39 Geo. III, c. 79” and had as subtitle “An act for the more efficient suppression of societies established for seditious and treasonable purposes, and for better preventing treasonable and seditious practices” . Its main aim was to suppress republican opposition. Printers were closely regulated as one of the main problems in the Government’s view was that seditious pamphlets were widely circulated and untraceable. Anyone possessing printing equipment was required to register, while all printed items were required to carry the name and address of the printer on the titlepage or the final page, and printers were required to declare all items they had printed to magistrates and retain copies for inspection. Budd accused Flindell of not adhering to this legislation when Flindell published The Miners’ Protest pamphlet. Budd alleged that Flindell had vilified and libelled him and that damages should be awarded. One of the witnesses was a Gazette employee, involved in the printing of the pamphlet, who a week later resigned and took a position with the West Briton. Flindell was acquitted of the charge. The Gazette concluded “Thus ended an attempt to silence the voice of truth, honor, and Constitutional loyalty in Cornwall, by crushing The Cornwall Gazette and its propriety in one common ruin”. The Gazette reported that “The firm of Messrs Edward Budd and Co… have at last published their Prospectus, in the first number of The West Briton”. The “first number” was dated 20 July 1810.
Footnotes
1 Wikipedia, Unlawful Societies Act 1799, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Societies_Act_1799 visited 13 June 2022; Wikiwand, Unlawful Societies Act 1799, https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Unlawful_Societies_Act_1799 visited 13 June 2022.
2 Royal Cornwall Gazette, 28 July 1810, page 4.
Source: Royal Cornwall Gazette, 30 June 1810, page 1.
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Surname |
Forenames |
Suffix |
Category |
Notes |
Parish |
Mines |
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Banfield |
Joseph |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Barguanna |
James |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Batten |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bawden |
William |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
West Wheal Fortune |
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Bennett |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bennett |
Robert |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bennetts |
Matthew |
Agents & Managers |
Redruth |
North Downs |
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Bennetts |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bevan |
J W |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bevan |
Morgan |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bevan |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bonds |
Henry |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Druid |
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Borlase |
Jas I |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bratt |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
Penberthy Crofts |
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Bray |
Alexander |
Agents & Managers |
Kenwyn |
Keagbraws |
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Bray |
John |
Agents & Managers |
St Agnes |
Wheal Towan |
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Broad |
J |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
West Wheal Fortune |
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Brown |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Bucknell |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Jewell |
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Budge |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Budge |
Peter |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Budge |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Wheal Fanny |
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Burall |
Paul |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Burall |
Solomon |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Burgess |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Carne |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Carne |
Lords & Adventurers |
with Michell & Trevenen |
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Chilcott |
Gilbert Hele |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Chilcott |
J W |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Clark |
Henry |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Clark |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Cocke |
Josias |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Cocking |
Joseph |
Agents & Managers |
Calstock |
Gunnislake, Wheal Hingston |
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Daniell |
R A |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Davey |
John |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Davey |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Davey |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Benner Downs |
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Davey |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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De Dunstanville |
Lords & Adventurers |
Lord |
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Dennis |
John |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Gorland |
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Dennis |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Gorland |
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Dillon |
Robert |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Dunstone |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Eddy |
Stephen |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Consolidated |
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Eustice |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Benner Downs |
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Eustick |
George |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Falmouth |
Lords & Adventurers |
Lord |
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Faull |
Giles |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Cranver |
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Fussell |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Garby |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Clinton |
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Garland |
Charles |
Agents & Managers |
St Agnes |
Wheal Towan |
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Garland |
Peter |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Garland |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
United Hills |
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George |
James |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Glanville |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Wheal Abram |
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Glasson |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Goldsworthy |
Henry |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Trevenen |
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Goss |
Samuel |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Gregor |
Francis |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Gregory |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Grose |
Matt |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Grose |
Samuel |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Grose |
Samuel |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Gundry |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Hale |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Hancock |
Samuel |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
Penberthy Crofts |
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Hancock |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Cook's Kitchen |
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Harris |
Walter |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Balreeth |
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Harris |
Walter |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Harris |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Harvey |
Colan |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Harvey |
Henry |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Harvey |
Josiah |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Hichens |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Hichens |
Thomas |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Consolidated |
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Hichens |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Hocking |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Hodge |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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James |
Nicholas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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James |
William |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
West Wheal Fortune |
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Jelbert |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Jenkin |
James |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Jenkin |
John |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
Penberthy Crofts |
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Jenkin |
William |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Jennings |
Edward |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Cranver |
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Johns |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Kitto |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Spinster |
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Lanyon |
Tobias |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Lean |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Lean |
Lewis |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Lean |
Lewis |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Trenoweth |
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Lean |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Wheal Abram |
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Mackenny |
Daniel |
Agents & Managers |
Redruth |
Wheal Pink |
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Mackenny |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Jewell |
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Malachy |
Joseph |
Agents & Managers |
Calstock |
Gunnislake, Wheal Hingston |
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Malachy |
Robert |
Agents & Managers |
Calstock |
Gunnislake, Wheal Hingston |
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Martin |
Roger |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
Penberthy Crofts |
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Martyn |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Wheal Fanny |
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Martyn |
Thomas |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Damsel |
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Martyn |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Martyn |
Tobias |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Trevenen |
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Martyn |
Tobias |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Michell |
James |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Tresavean |
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Michell |
James |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Michell |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Michell |
Lords & Adventurers |
with Trevenen &
Carne |
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Millett |
Robert |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Morcom |
Jos |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
St Agnes |
Wheal Towan |
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Morcom |
Jos |
Agents & Managers |
St Agnes |
Wheal Towan |
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Nicholls |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Treskirby |
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Nicholls |
Richard |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Nicholls |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Nicholls |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Redruth |
Trefula |
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Pascoe |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Passingham |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Paull |
Alexander |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Paull |
Henry |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Paull |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Paynter |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Pellew |
Israel |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Trevenen |
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Penberthy |
Henry |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Penberthy |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Penberthy |
Stephen |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Penberthy |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Penrose |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Penrose |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Polkinghorne |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
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Polkinghorne |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Treskirby |
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Pryce |
Sam V |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Quentrall |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Benner Downs |
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Rashleigh |
Charles |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Reed |
James |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Consolidated |
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Reed |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Reed |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Balreeth |
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Reed |
Thomas |
jun |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Reed |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Retallack |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Reynolds |
George |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Reynolds |
Joseph |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Cook's Kitchen |
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Reynolds |
Joseph |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Reynolds |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Rich |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
West Wheal Fortune |
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Richards |
Anthony |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Richards |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Cranver |
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Richards |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Gwinear |
Relistian |
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Richards |
Philip |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Richards |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Richards |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Tin Croft |
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Richards |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Ripper |
Daniel |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
Penberthy Crofts |
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Roberts |
Stephen |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Cranver |
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Roberts |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Robins |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Rodd |
Francis |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Rodda |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Benner Downs |
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Rogers |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Rogers |
Matthew |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Cook's Kitchen |
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Roscrow |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Treskirby |
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Roskilly |
Peter |
Agents & Managers |
St Hilary |
West Wheal Fortune |
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Rowe |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Rowe |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Gwinear |
Relistian |
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Rule |
Andrew |
Agents & Managers |
Feock |
Carnon |
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Rule |
Charles |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Damsel |
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Rule |
John |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Rule |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Rule |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Cook's Kitchen |
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Rule |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Sampson |
James |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Damsel |
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Sampson |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Seller |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Benner Downs |
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Sims |
James |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Gorland |
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Sims |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Sims |
William |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Engineer |
Gwennap |
Treskirby |
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Skews |
Alexander |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Skinner |
Martin |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Jewell |
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Skinner |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Damsel |
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Skues |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Smith |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Stevens |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Stona |
John |
jun |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Stona |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Symons |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Benner Downs |
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Teague |
Edward |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Teague |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Tin Croft |
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Teague |
Thomas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Teague |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
2 of this name |
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Thomas |
Charles |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Thomas |
Charles |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Thomas |
James |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Thomas |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Thomas |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Thomas |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Trevenen |
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Tippet |
Edward |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Trebilcock |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Feock |
Carnon |
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Tredinnick |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Ann |
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Tregaskis |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Redruth |
Wheal St Aubyn |
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Tregoning |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Cook's Kitchen |
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Tregoning |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Nangiles |
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Tregoning |
S |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Tremayne |
H H |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Trenery |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Trevenen |
Lords & Adventurers |
with Michell & Carne |
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Treweek |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Consolidated |
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Tucker |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Tucker |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Wheal Abram |
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Tucker |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Turill |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Trenoweth |
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Turner |
James |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Tyack |
Emanuel |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Wheal Abram |
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Unwin |
George |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Uren |
Simon |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Uren |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Wendron |
Balreeth |
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Vivian |
Andrew |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
Henry |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Vivian |
Henry |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
James |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
Johnson |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Vivian |
Johnson |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
Joseph |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Druid |
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Vivian |
Joseph |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Cook's Kitchen |
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Vivian |
Joseph |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
Matthew |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Druid |
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Vivian |
Nicholas |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Wheal Fanny |
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Vivian |
Nicholas |
Agents & Managers |
Crowan |
Cranver |
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Vivian |
Nicholas |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Vivian |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Wheal Fanny |
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Vyvyan |
Vyell |
Lords & Adventurers |
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West |
Daniel |
Agents & Managers |
Illogan |
Wheal Fanny |
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West |
William |
Agents & Managers |
Camborne |
Dolcoath, Camborne Vean, Roskear Adit, North Roskear |
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Williams |
Charles |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Wheal Damsel |
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Williams |
Edward |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Williams |
John |
Agents & Managers |
Redruth |
North Downs |
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Williams |
John |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Williams |
Mich |
jun |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Williams |
Michael |
jun |
Agents & Managers |
Gwennap |
Nangiles |
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|
Williams |
Michael |
Lords & Adventurers |
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|
Williams |
Richard |
Agents & Managers |
Calstock |
Gunnislake, Wheal Hingston |
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Williams |
Richard |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Williams |
William |
jun |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Williams |
William |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Williams |
William Paul |
Lords & Adventurers |
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Wood |
Thomas |
Agents & Managers |
Phillack |
Wheal Alfred |
(c) 2022, Peter J Williams, Grad Dip Local & Applied History
