East Anthony. Mr. Carew hath given a full account how this manor came
to his family (p. 244 of Lord Dunstanville’s edition); I shall
therefore only take notice here that the present Lord of East Anthony,
so called in respect of its situation from the church, is Sir William
Carew, a gentleman that in every respect comes up to the merits of the
greatest of his ancestors. He married the Lady Anne Coventry, only
daughter and heir of Gilbert Earl of Coventry, by whom he hath one
son, Coventry Carew, Esq. He had also a daughter, Anne, who died in
the bloom of her age. Sir William Carew hath lately built a stately
house here of Penteran stone; and hath adorned it with gardens, &c.
suitable to it. From the bowling-green above the house is a beautiful
prospect of the river, and of all the country round.
Thanks, in this parish; perhaps from Angosa conspectus, sight through
Angosa, the sight or view as lying open to the river. This was
formerly the seat of a family, Searle, who gave for their arms,
Argent, a chevron Sable, between three birds Azure, with breasts,
bills, and legs Gules. Thanks now belongs to Thomas Graves, Esq. who
hath been for several years a captain of a man-of-war. [Ancestor of
the present Lord Graves.]