More information : (SX 183602) Botelet on site of Manor House (NR). (1)
Farmstead, dwelling of which is situated on the site of an ancient
manor. (2)
Belonged to the Brotreaux family, the last of whom died in 1462. (3)
The old house at Botelet was located at SX 18326021 according
to the present owner and all that remains is a section of six
foot high undateable walling. This house was demolished when the new house was built in 1884. (4)
William of Worcester, who wrote an Itinerary of Cornwall in the reign of Edward IV mentions a dilapidated castle, called Bodleit, near Sir John Coleshills mansion, at Tremoderet. This may have been Botelet, in the adjoining parish of Lanreath, which was a manor of the Bottreaux family. (5)
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