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Catchfrench, Cornwall, England



 


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Carew, speaking of Catchfrench, says that it is “a house so named by likelihood for some former memorable, though now forgotten accident.”



“This” observes Mr. Whitaker, “is plainly a name that has been thrown into the crucible of vulgar pronunciation, and come out again completely disfigured in its aspect. The mere sound of the letters, at first suggests to an English ear, that the name is derived from some interception of a French party landed upon the coast adjoining, and penetrating thus far, about three or four miles up into the country.”



This antiquary intimates, that the word is purely Cornish, that it is a compound, and signifies the Prince's enclosure.



“Here then,” he adds, “without offering any violence to the language, I have found a house in the parish of St. Germans, that tells us its royal origin, and was honoured probably with the residence of Germanus during his visit to Cornwall.”



Catchfrench or Cadge-Fryns was formerly the property of Talverne, a family that resided at Talverne in Northill.



By an heiress of this family it passed to Kekewick, with whom it remained for many generations.



Afterwards it became the property of the Boscawens, from whom it passed in marriage to the Fortescues.



In 1728 it was purchased of Hugh Fortescue Lord Clinton, by Julius Glanville, Esq. ancestor of the present proprietor.



The benefice of St. Germans is a perpetual curacy, of which the dean and chapter of Windsor are patrons.



The great tithes, which were formerly appropriated to the priory, are held by Francis Glanville, Esq. of Catchfrench, under the church of Windsor.



Mention is made in the registers of the see of Exeter, of a chapel dedicated to St. Wynnel, having been in this parish ; but no vestige of it at present remains. In the year 1657, a school was founded at St. Germans, by Nicholas Hony, Esq. who endowed it with lands now let at £10 per annum.

Address : Latitude: 50.40762043059544, Longitude: -4.386192798679986


Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID   Tree 
1 Kekewich, Jane  Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I9894 Geneagraphie 

Christening

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christening    Person ID   Tree 
1 Kekewich, Francis  11 Jun 1609Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I743433 Geneagraphie 

Address

Matches 1 to 22 of 22

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Address    Person ID   Tree 
1 Boscawen, Bridget  1715Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I21111 Geneagraphie 
2 Boscawen, Hugh  ca 1670Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I21109 Geneagraphie 
3 Boscawen, William  ca 1680Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I743364 Geneagraphie 
4 Croker, Dorothy  1646Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I4249 Geneagraphie 
5 FitzGerald, Anne  1681Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I743365 Geneagraphie 
6 Fortescue, Earl Hugh  1715Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I21108 Geneagraphie 
7 Fox, Francis  1646Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I4246 Geneagraphie 
8 Glanville, Francis  1769Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I723342 Geneagraphie 
9 Glanville, Francis  1781Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I723383 Geneagraphie 
10 Glanville, John  ca 1730Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I723380 Geneagraphie 
11 Glanville, Julius  1721Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I723378 Geneagraphie 
12 Kekewich, George  ca 1550Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I311356 Geneagraphie 
13 Kekewich, George  ca 1580Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840092 Geneagraphie 
14 Kekewich, George  ca 1634Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I311361 Geneagraphie 
15 Kekewich, Georgius  ca 1490Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840097 Geneagraphie 
16 Kekewich, Johannes  ca 1530Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840094 Geneagraphie 
17 Kekewich, William  ca 1600Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840067 Geneagraphie 
18 Robartes, Francis  ca 1681Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I743366 Geneagraphie 
19 Talcarne, Edward  ca 1480Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840099 Geneagraphie 
20 Talcarne, Johanna  ca 1490Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840098 Geneagraphie 
21 Talkarne, Johannes  ca 1450Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840101 Geneagraphie 
22 Talkarne, Johannes  ca 1460Catchfrench, Cornwall, England I840100 Geneagraphie 
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