There is very little to add respecting Veryan. Mr. Lysons states that
the manor of Elerkey, which gave its secular name to the parish, now
lost in that of the patron saint, belonged with Ruan Lanihorne to the
family of Archdeknes, from them it passed to the Lucys and Vaux, &c.
and that it was finally purchased by the late Mr. Francis Gregor in
1790.
The Dean and Chapter of Exeter have the great tithes, and they are
patrons of the vicarage; and, what is perhaps without example in
reference to so fluctuating a body, three successive vicars have stood
in near relationship to each other. The Reverend Mr. Mills was
succeeded by his son-in-law the Rev. Jeremiah Trist, and Mr. Trist by
his son, the Rev. S. P. J. Trist, who was instituted in 1829. The net
income of the benefice in 1831 was £339.
In the charter of William Earl of Morton, founding his priory of
Montacute, among the endowments is the following: “Et in Cornubia
Ecclesiam de Lerky,” which cannot be any other than Veryan, by its
original name.
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The late Mr. Trist built a very excellent house on his own land
adjoining to the glebe.
Veryan measures 4864 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 6625 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 1255 12 0
Population,――{ in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 1007 | 1082 | 1421 | 1525
giving an increase of 51½ per cent. in 30 years.