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Hob Uid: 1466217 | |
Location : Cornwall Portreath
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Grid Ref : SW6549045530 |
Summary : 1577 - 1578 wreck of a cargo vessel which may have foundered off Portreath with a cargo of wine from Gascony. She was identified by the discovery of a mast at Tehidy Cliff, four hogsheads of Gascon wine at Portreath, and pieces of timber at Carvannel. She was a wooden sailing vessel. |
More information : Anno 19 Eliz. 'One mast found in Tehedye Cliff and carried to Conerton by Sir John Arundell's tenants and others by sea at Abbotstone appraised at £1 10s. The finders had half of the money for their labour. 4 hogsheads of Gasken wines found that year in Porth Treyth in Legan within the Manor of Tehedye appraised by indifferent men at £6. The finders had half the money the wine was carried to Lannhern to Sir John Arundell's use Lord of the Franchise. Certain pieces of timber as wrack found that year at Carvanell within the Manor of Tehedye appraised at 3s. d. The finders had the half.' (1)
Date of Loss Qualifier: Approximate Date of Loss
N.B. Source (1) gives the year of loss as the 19th year of Elizabeth I's reign. The 19th year would have begun on the 17th of November 1577. (2)
N.B. 'Porth Treyth' refers to Portreath. (1) |