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Cornish Characters and Strange Events · S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould — chapter 7 of 242 · ~233 words · public domain

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From an engraving by R. Hicks, after a painting by F. Moore

HENRY ROGERS, PEWTERER 364

CHARLES INCLEDON, AS MACHEATH 376

From an engraving by J. Thomson, after a painting by Singleton

SIR JAMES TILLIE, KNT. 400

SIR JAMES TILLIE'S MONUMENT AT PENTILLIE 406

EDWARD JOHN TRELAWNY 442

From a drawing by D. Lucas

JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM 456

MRS. DAVENPORT, IN THE CHARACTER OF MRS. GRUNDY 466

From an engraving by Ridley, after a picture by De Wilde

AT PRUSSIA COVE. "BESSY'S" COVE FROM BATTERY POINT 470

From a drawing in the possession of J. B. Cornish, Esq.

JOHN CARTER'S HOUSE AT PRUSSIA COVE. (DEMOLISHED IN 1906) 476

From a photograph by Gibson & Sons, Penzance

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES V. PENROSE, K.C.B. 500

From a picture by Allingham

THOMAS KILLIGREW, GROOM OF THE BEDCHAMBER TO KING CHARLES THE SECOND 544

From an engraving by I. Vander vaart, after a picture by W. Wissens

LIEUTENANT PHILIP GIDLEY KING 560

From an engraving by W. Skelton, after a drawing by J. Wright

WILLIAM R. HICKS 570

WILLIAM R. HICKS OF BODMIN 576

From a Caricature

JOHN THOMAS, OTHERWISE SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, WHO SHOT LIEUTENANT BENNET IN BASENDEN WOOD, BOUGHTON, NEAR CANTERBURY, AND THE CONSTABLE MEARS, ON THURSDAY, MAY 31ST, 1838. 594

PERCY HONEYWOOD COURTENAY, KNIGHT OF MALTA, ETC. ETC., AS HE APPEARED AT THE ELECTION IN 1832 608

MARY KELYNACK 620

CAPTAIN W. ROGERS 624

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