Mullion is in the hundred of Kerrier, in that part of it called
Maneage, bounded to the west by the Channel, to the north by Cury,
Gunwallo, and St. Mawgan, to the east by Ruan Major, and to the south
by Grade.
This parish has its name from St. Melina, and is dedicated to her. It
is a vicarage valued in the King’s Book at £9. 4_s._ 4_d._ The
patronage in the Bishop of Exeter. The incumbent Mr. Wills. The great
tithes belong to the Chapter of Exeter, with the exception of an
endowment to the vicar made by Robert Lyddra, sometime Provost of
Glassney College, as may be seen in the registry of Exeter.
In the valuation of Pope Nicholas anno 1291, the 20th of Edward the
First, this church is valued at £8; but since it is there called
Ecclesia Sancte Melanie, and that in Usherde Brit. & Eccles.
Primordiis, pp. 145 and 146 (I presume Archbishop Usher De
Christianarum Ecclesiarum, in Occidentis præsertim partibus,
Successione et Statu, London, 1613, 4to. Hamburgh, 1658, London, 1687,
with a continuation. Edit.) the famous St. Malo is called St.
Mellonus, St. Melanius, and Meloninus Britannus, I rather take him to
have been the patron of this church, and to have given his name to the
parish.