Mylor lieth in the hundred of Kerrier; it has to the west Gluvias, to
the north St. Perran Arworthal, with Carnan and Restronget creeks, to
the east and south Mylor Pool and Falmouth harbour.
The Saint that gives name to this parish is Meliorus, son of Melianus,
Duke of Cornwall.
In the valuation by the Bishop of Lincoln this parish is valued at £6.
13_s._ 4_d._; being about that time appropriated to the College of
Glasseney.
The church is a vicarage, valued in the King’s Books at £16. 15_s._.
The patronage in the Bishop of Exeter; the incumbent Mr. Francis St.
Barbe; the impropriation of the sheaf in Robert Trefusis, esq.
I shall begin with the barton of Carclew. I find the name of this
place anciently written Crucglew. Cruc is a barrow, and also clew I
apprehend to be an inclosure; so that the whole signifies the
inclosure of barrows, or by barrows, of which there are several in the
adjoining commons. The first owner of this place that I can meet with
is Dangeros, or Dangers, who married Margery, the daughter of
Bartholomew Serischall, whose arms were the same with the Seriseaux:
Argent, a saltire Sable, between twelve cherries slipped Proper; in
the reign I believe of Henry the Second.
Robert de Cardinan, by a very ancient deed, without date, which I have
seen, gave Crucgleu and Pengaer to Richard Dangeros and his heirs.
This family, who by their matches seem to have been gentlemen of
considerable note, continued at this place till the beginning of the
reign of Henry the Fourth, when James Dangero left two daughters and
coheirs:
Margaret, married to David Renaudin, of Arwothal; and Isabella,
married to Richard Bonithon, second son of Simon Bonithon, of
Bonithon.
This barton fell to the share of the said David Renaudin, but he and
Margaret his wife dying without issue, their portion of the whole
inheritance, said to be worth £500 per annum, came to Richard Bonithon
and Isabella his wife. The last male descendant of this family,
Richard Bonithon, esq. a very worthy gentleman, died July the 31st
1697, in the 45th year of his age, leaving by Honor his wife, daughter
of Sir Thomas Heale, of Fleet, one daughter and heir, Jane, married to
Samuel Kempe, of Penryn, esq.; which said Samuel Kempe died without
issue, October the 20th 1728, leaving the said barton of Carclew, and
some small part of the ancient lands, (for he had sold off the rest in
his lifetime,) to his widow, who now resideth there; a lady who, for
her many virtues, bounty, and other accomplishments, deserveth a much
better fortune, in every respect, than she has had the luck to meet
with.
The said Mr. Kempe built a noble house here, which he did not live to
finish, and had laid such a plan for avenues, gardens, &c. as when
brought to perfection would have made it one of the pleasantest seats
in the county.
There hath been much tin on this barton, and perhaps it would turn to
good account if a deep adit were brought in to unwater the shafts in
depth. There is also a pretty good lode of antimony not wrought, and
perhaps not worth working.
The arms of D’Angers, or Dangeros, as they were painted in the old
glass windows at Carclew, were Sable, a chevron between three
flowers-de-luce Argent.
Arms of Bonython: Argent, a chevron between three flowers-de-luce
Sable. But they likewise gave them, as appear in the old hall, as
above, with three pelicans feeding their young ones in the nests,
Argent, added.