I believe that St. Dominica must be sought for in the same Canon with
St. Veronica and St. Kurie Eleeeson.
Mr. Lysons says that Francis Rous, distinguished as a member of both
houses during the Protectorate, was born at Halton about the year
1579. He was made provost of Eton College, and died at Acton, in
Middlesex, in January 1659. The property now belongs to Mrs. Bluett,
daughter and heiress of Mr. John Clerk, in whose family were this
manor, and the advowson of the living.
Mr. Lysons further states that Charles Fitz-Geoffry, rector of this
parish, where he died in 1637, published the Life of Sir Francis
Drake, written in lofty verse and when he was only Bachelor of Arts, a
Collection of Latin Verses, &c.
Sir James Tillie appears to have been at the least an eccentric man,
from the fanciful directions which he gave respecting his funeral. He
was succeeded, as has been stated, by his nephew, James Woolley, who
took his name; and the only daughter of this gentleman’s grandson
married the late Mr. John Coryton, of Crockadon, descended by a female
line from the Corytons of Newton. Mr. Coryton was Sheriff of Cornwall
in 1782. His son, Mr. John Tillie Coryton, has built a splendid Gothic
mansion on Pentillie, and made it one of the finest seats in Cornwall.
Both Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin have reference to Crockadon and Pentillie
in the parish of St. Dominick, whereas Pentillie is in Pillaton, and
Crockadon in St. Mellion.
The parish of St. Dominick measures 2,778 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 4149 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 595 4 0
Population, {in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 538 | 534 | 690 | 726
giving an increase of 35 per cent, in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Rev. E, J. Clarke, presented by Edward
Bluet, Esq. in 1803.