“Belgium me birth, Braitaine me breeding gave,
Cornwalle a wife, ten children, and a grave.”
Observe also the inscription on the brass of John Clies, in which the
place now called Penzance is spelt Penzour; and the north-west end
window, recently presented to this Church by the Rev. M. N. Peters, the
Vicar. There are many quaint inscriptions on the old tombs, besides
that to George Daniel.
At Landithy farm house, near at hand, note the ancient doorway, which
formed a portal to the preceptory of the Knights’ Templars; a
considerable portion of the college of these warrior monks, with some
of the rooms adorned with curious portraits, supposed to be those of
the early kings and queens of England, was standing until a few years
ago, when the interesting old building was taken down and a farm-house
erected on its site.
From the old portal of Landithy college, we pass up the road north of
the Church; at the corner of the Union garden, take the path across the
fields; at the bottom of the lane leading out of the third field, turn
down through the moors on the right, and a path over soft grass and
camomile brings us to a stile, which takes us into the moor where are
St. Madron’s Well and Chapel.