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Monument Number 425074
Hob Uid: 425074
Location : Cornwall Ludgvan
Grid Ref : SW5280032500
Summary : Site of the manor of Truthall, recorded in the Domesday Book. The manor house was granted a licence to crenellate in 1335 and a chapel was licenced in 1387. Its site is said to be covered by the debris of West Wheal Fortune mine.
More information : The ancient manor of Truthall, Trewall or Tregewall (Truthwall named at SW 527323 on OS 1:10 000 1977), named 'Treiwal' in Domesday. The mansion at Truthall must have been of some importance as a licence to crenallate was obtained in 1335. A chapel was licenced at "Treguwel in parochia Sancti Ludvoni" in 1387 and renewed in 1400. The site of this chapel is said to be covered by the debris of West Wheal fortune (SW 528325), and Borlase records the tradition of a chapel in 1770. (West Wheal Fortune was working in 1725, see SW 53 SW 18). (1-3)

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Source details : Henderson C. Ecclesiastical History
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Source details : Gover JE. 1948. Place Names of Cornwall MS 1948
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Borlase W. 1770. Exercitations Sacrae MS, Penzance Library
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Manor recorded in Domesday
Monument End Date : 1086
Monument Start Date : 1086
Monument Type : Manor, Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Licenced 1335
Monument End Date : 1335
Monument Start Date : 1335
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Licenced in 1387
Monument End Date : 1387
Monument Start Date : 1387
Monument Type : Chapel
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 53 SW 38
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Monument Number 425074