John Nicholls (1662-1714) of Trereife's will stipulated that his widow Frances, born Foote, should not later be buried with him so ‘That after a toilsome and discontented life I may rest in peace and quiet.’ (modernised spelling). @lsangha.bsky.social
Oil painting titled Cornish Fisherfolk by Walter Langley depicting a rustic coastal village courtyard in Cornwall. A fisherwoman wearing a bonnet and apron stands on a cobblestone lane carrying a large wicker basket on her back, speaking with a seated fisherman in a cap who leans on a wooden stump beside a metal bucket. Nearby, a mother in a simple dress sits on stone steps holding a young girl on her lap. Behind them, a child peers from a half-open wooden doorway of a whitewashed cottage with slate roofs, narrow stone steps, and a small window box with red flowers. The scene shows the everyday life of a 19th-century Cornish fishing community, with textured brushwork, muted earthy tones, rural architecture, and a glimpse of green hills and blue sky in the background.
We’re delighted to share that Cornish Fisherfolk by Walter Langley has officially joined the permanent collection at Penlee House Gallery & Museum.
You can see it now on display in Gallery 5 at Penlee House as part of the Newlyn School collection.
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Not much academic to draw on. James Whetter decades ago Uni Birmingham PhD and book 17th century economy Cornwall included tokens. 2 more recent 2022 and 2023 non-academic articles Penny Watts Russell in Trevitihick Society Journal Making money: Pascoe Grenfell, Matthew Boulton & the copper coinage.
As you may know many tokens in use in seventeenth and eighteenth century Cornwall (tin and later copper mining district).
Cats mind if a human mistakes them for a corner cushion and sits on them. All the back curls and stretches are sleeping gymnastics to keep their spine supple.
Yup Roderick Williams married Elizabeth at Marden Herefordshire in October 1737. Maiden surname may not have been Willoughby.
Includes some of my favourite walks.
Granite best building material ever #Sundaypixstone . This is Pendeen manor. Home of the Borlase family before they decided to vacate in eighteenth century.
Great coastal hiking weather today sunny and cool and not too blowy. You have some of the loveliest sections north coast yet to do. Plus there are brilliant inland walks with hill top views both coasts - and lots of history and archaeology if that's your thing.
Alongside our latest exhibition, ‘Cornwall in Print’, we’ll be highlighting some Cornish printers over the next few months.
It was not effective prevention. Might ask whether reluctant to impede trade. There were more successful Excise prosecutions of Cornish merchants later and some caused bankruptcy / ceased trading (not long imprisonment). Severe penalties Georgians often exemplary and bringing to trial not routine.
Thanks for sharing this - I was not surprised to see how many in Cornwall were on shore excise discovery but interested to see so many - including some notorious individuals - listed as cannot be taken. www.amazon.co.uk/Merchants-sm...
Me too - typed undergraduate dissertation on portable Olivetti something like this. Loved the case and turquoise colours - functional object given stylish Italian makeover.
William Veale of Trevaylor's journal 5 March 1787.
'Perran day. Dined at the hotel in Penzance at Wheal Growan first account.' With 16 men he named. The pride in Cornish identity, distinctiveness, and belonging has a long history. (To which later elements including faux tartan were added.)
Need the elastic section but can sometimes shorten by adding new hole for buckle and cutting long end off. Kaladin would likely enjoy playing with the cut offs!
It's #womenshistorymonth Transported on the First Fleet in 1787. Mary Broad married a fisher William Bryant #SundayPixNavigation . Together sailed 3,000 miles in a small boat from Port Jackson to Timor. With two young children and 7 fellow transportees. My book here www.amazon.co.uk/Mary-Broad-d...
Captain Joseph Banfield sailed this ship from Falmouth to Naples with a cargo of fish #SundayPixNavigation There were many things Banfield might have done. His willingness to participate in the transatlantic slave trade - and whaling - was hard to fathom.
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Just read Jacqui Howard's latest article on Cornwall's first gothic novelist Thomasine Dennis who wrote 'Sophia St Clare' radcliffeanromance.au/Journalconte...
Elizabeth Borlase reading Roman history in 1784. 'Mr Ferguson supposes (and perhaps very justly) that none of Caesar’s offers of peace and reconciliation were sincere. Because they were immediately followed by rapid movements and preparation for war.'
Nice to help a creative student. Though if you joined Equity you can insist on professional rates, and expand your job search market.
Two fit on one chair. Fully grown they will be like the 3 bears. K and M look to be a pair at the moment in photos.
“The great south sea caterpillar, transform’d into a Bath butterfly” (1795), James Gillray's caricature of English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences Joseph Banks, born #onthisday in 1743. More on the iconography of Banks here publicdomainreview.org/essay/j... #otd
Who'd have thought that women reaching state pension age six years later might work for longer. Or that because cost of living increases some people in work might defer starting state pension even longer to get more later.
"We'll go for a proper climb when we've pushed all that stuff onto the floor, if he doesn't move it out the way for us first".
As a NA reader I can and do download wills free within notice acceptable use. I think NA should digitise records and not put online access behind commercial paywalls. As indie researcher want off site access all digitised records, think community access to Uni library resources should be offsite too
Give the kittens time - they run with the pasty and tackle each other to take possession.
It’s #ManorialMonday! 🥳 We’re loving the detail on this beautiful cartouche from plans for the Manor of Penpoll, once owned by John Coryton. Recently cleaned + waiting for digitisation! Surveyor James Blackmore clearly had artistic flair. 💖
#manors #oldmap #digitisationprojects
Kittens likely inspired by the rugby and practising with pasties until they get their first oval ball.
I research PROB 11 wills often through Discovery and all OK. There is increased vigilance against hacking - thankfully if it protects us from outages NA digitised records. May be worth exploring whether VPN affects interactions because shields what you are doing, and if so use Discovery without it
Valentine's poem 1723 from Benjamin Pender to Kate @kresenkernow.bsky.social
