Cornish Characters and Strange Events

— appears as Othello, 285 — boastfulness punished, 290 — caricatures his friends, 288, 289 — character of, 283, 287 — dramatic talent of, 296 — early life of, 280, 282, 284 — extravagance of, 287, 290 — his Diversions, 285 — jocularity of, 283, 292, 293, 294, 296 — mimicry of, 283, 286, 287, 289, 292, 293, 294 — prank at college, 284 — rebuilds Haymarket, 290 — trial of, 295 Foote, Samuel, of Tiverton, 280 Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall, 93, 185 Forbes, John, 34 Forbes, Professor Ed., 189 Fordwick, Lord, 599 Forest of Dean, 168 Fore Street, St. Ives, 172 Formidable, 376 Forrabury, 109 Forster, General, 13 Fort Royal, 321 Fort S. David, 158, 160, 161 Fort S. George, 158, 159, 162 Fort S. Julian, 145 Fort Tregantle, 148 Fort William, 158 Fossils—never found in granite, 95 — superstition about origin of, 4 Foster's Baronetage, 156 Fowey, 26, 187, 247, 248, 298, 329, 515, 518, 723 Fowler, Dean, 213 Fox, Caroline, 86, 90 — on Burnard, 188 Foxwell, Mr., 61 Fragments of an Unfinished Drama, 454 Francis, 707 Francis, Mr. G., 603 Franklyn, Mr., 28 Frederick, Prince of Wales, 319, 344 Frederick the Great, 471 Freemantle, Admiral, 514 Free Trade, see Smuggling Fremington, 225

Fresnel, 202 Friar Street, London, 204 Friendship, 559, 561 Frisk, Lady Betty, 286 Froissart, Sir John, on Sir Robert Tresilian, 435-40 Frome, 103 Frome Selwood, 99 Froude, J. A., 657 — on Archbishop Parker, 31 — on the Church of England, 32 — on the Reformation, 29 Fry, Mr., 679 Fryer, Dr., 479 Fulford, Elizabeth, 592 Fulford, Sir John, 592 Fulham, 672 Fulmer, 467 Fulton, Mr., 688 "Furry Day," Helston, 59 Gall, John, 113 Galway, Mr., 410, 417 Gardiner, Captain Allen, death and burial of, 236, 237 — encounters hardships, 234, 235 — starts for Terra del Fuego, 232, 233 Gardiner, S. R., 53 Garnett, Mr. R., 445, 454 Garonne, 196 Garrick, David, mimicked by Foote, 286, 292 Garrick Coffee House, 380 Garth, Mr., 420 Gascoyne, Mr., 525 Gaverigan, John, 718 Gaverigan, Philippa, 718 Gawsworth, 317 Gay, Thomas, 386 Geffrey, Joan, 718 Gell, Philip, 521 General Advertiser, 285 Geneva, 31 Genoa, 707 Gentleman's Magazine, 19, 169, 170, 279, 423, 529 Geological discoveries by Pengelly, 4, 7-10 Geology, Pengelly's first lesson in, 4 George I, 184, 713 George II, 294 George III, 223, 524 George IV, 223 George Inn, Newnham, 607 George of Denmark, Prince, 639 George's Coffee House, 286 Georgian Æra,

468 Germansweek, 109 Germoe, 342 Gerrard, Fitton, 299 Ghosts — appears to Gumb, 94 — at Bothathan, 74-79, 82 — at S. Austell, 347, 348 — of Tregeagle, 628 Giants, 185 Giants and Dwarfs, 185 Gibbon, Edward, 729 Gibraltar, 503, 639, 716 Gibson, Captain, 730 Giddy, Edward, 675 Giddy, John, 675 Giddy, Mr. Davies, 192 Giddy, Rev. Edward, 341 Giddy, Thomas, 675 Gidley, John, 560 Gilbert, Carew Davies, 340 note Gilbert, C. S., 662 —finds Payne's portrait, 184 Gilbert, Davies, 20, 23, 167, 192, 340, 341 — and the Logan Rock, 680 — and the Royal Society, 679 — frames Act of interment of the drowned, 62 — friend of Beddoes, and Humphry Davy, 676, 677 — his collection of carols, 676, 681 — his wife, 678 — his works, 680 — on derivation of Week, 109 — on Henry Rogers, 368, 369 — on John Knill, 171, 173 — practical mathematician, 677, 678, 680 Gilbert, Mary Ann, 678 — a strong-minded partner, 679 Gilbert, Thomas, 220 Gilbert, Walter Raleigh, 227 Gildew, Mr., 556 note Gilpin, 405 Ginger, J., 328 Gingi, 163 Gironde, 505 Gladiator, 254 Glaisher, Professor, 89, 90 Glance behind the Curtain, 70 Glanville, Ann, beats the French, 668 — champion oarswoman, 666 — character of, 669 — Jack Tar's mother,

666 Glanville, Eulalia, 665 Glanville family, the, 664, 665 Glanville, Judge, 665 Glanville, Mary, 665 Glasgow, 202 Glasgow, 509 "Glee Club, The," 380 Gleig, Mr., 504 Glimpses of the Supernatural, 81 Glivian, 173 Gloag family, the, 256 Gloucester, 112, 199, 648 note, 651 Gloucester, Bishop of, 531 Gloucester Hall, 284 Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of, 432-439 — and Sir Robert Tresilian, 438-440 Gluvias, 500, 614, 615 note, 616 Glyn, Dennis, 280 Glyn, Nicholas, 280 Glynn, Robert, 228 Glynn-Clobery, Richard, his prize poem, 231 — life at Cambridge, 229-30 — strong Chattertonian, 228, 231 Goadby & Co., 347, 349 Godolphin House, 584, 705 Godolphin, Lady, discovers Coke's ill practices, 705 Godolphin, Lord, 343 Godolphin, Margaret, 480 Godolphin, Nicholas, 480 Godolphin, Prudence, 706 Godolphin, Sir Francis, 704 Godolphin, William, 706 Golden, 528, 652, 656 Golden Grove, 559, 565 Golding, Lady, 630 Goldsmith, Lieutenant, 680 — death of, 25 — describes displacement, 21 — displaces Logan Stone, 19 — replaces Logan Stone, 23 Goldsmith, Oliver, 19 Goldsworthy, General, 192 Gonzalo, 371 Goodall, John, 406 Goodall, Peter, 406 Goodall, William, 406 Goodere, Samuel, 280 — strangles his brother,

281-2 Goodere, Sir Edward, 280 Goodere, Sir John Dinely, 280 — strangled by his brother, 281-2 Goodfellow, John, 223-4 Goodrestone, 606 Goodwin, John, 42, 48 Goodwin, Rev. Harvey, 89 Goodwin Sands, 602 Gordon, Colonel, 448 Goring, Lord George, 38, 723 Gorran, 12 Gotha, 453 Gottenburg, 501 Gough, General, 189, 405-6 Gould, Jacky, 664 Gout not hereditary, 229 Gower, Dr., 284 Graham, Mr., 716 Graham, Sir Thomas, 487 Grampound, 329, 515, 516, 517, 518, 527, 529 — disfranchisement of, 524 — elections at, 522-524 Grandison, John, Earl, 318 Grasse, Count de, 377 Gravesend, Bishop of, 386 Gray's Inn, 170, 173, 283 Graythwaite, 374 Great Eastern Company, 70 Great Exhibition, 620 Great Smith, 643 Great Torrington, 179 Green Castle, 62 Green, J. R., 208 Greenwich, 269 Greenwich Hospital, 626 Gregor, Mr., 424 Gregory XIII, 653, 654 Grenville family, the, 181 Grenville, Lady, 328 Grenville, Lady Grace, 183 Grenville, Lord, 319, 323 Grenville, Sir Beville, 182 Grenville, Sir John, 183 Grenville, Sir Richard, 139, 653, 722, 724 Gretna Green, 465 Grey de Ruthyn, 112 Grey, Lord, 588 Grey of Gloucester, 112 Grey, Thomas, 661 Grey, William, Lord, 589 Griffith, Anne, 317 Griffith, Colonel Edward, 299

Grove, 156 Grub Street, 317 Grylls, Rev. P. Couch, 85 Grylls, Tabitha Knill, 83 Guardian, 319 Guernsey, 246 Guiana, 134 Guide to Ilfracombe, 143 Guide to Penzance, 143 Guildhall, London, 390 Guilston, 646 Gulf of Finland, 408 Gulf of Lyons, 267 Gull, 87 Gumb, Daniel, Hawker's account of, 94 — observatory of, 92 — stone diagrams of, 92, 93 Gunning, 231 Gunpowder Plot, 661 Gunther, Captain, 420 Gurney, John, 192 Gurney, Miss A. D., 205 Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy, 192-205 Gurney invents and applies steam-blast, 194-197, 203, 204, 205 — invents Bude light, 202, 205 — invents oxyhydrogen blow-pipe, 203-205 — prejudice against his inventions, 200, 202, 205 — prophecies of, 203, 204 — runs a steam-coach, 198, 205 — uses concrete, 204 Gustavus of Sweden, 511 Gwennap, 427 Gwennap mines, 343 Haberdashers' Company, 542 Habingdon, Mr., 38 Hachard, J., 328 Hackworth, Mr., 195 Hadleigh, 727 Hague, The, 128, 547 Hales' estate, the, 600 Halifax, 261, 267 Hall, 81, 701 Hall, Mr., 109 Hall, Mr. S. C., on J. S. Buckingham, 455, 463 Halley's Comet, 85 Hallowell, Admiral, 506 Halls, Honor, 360 Halstead, Mr., 97 Hals, John, inaccuracy of, 137 — 244, 338, 340, 557, 591, 616, 680 — on Edward Chapman, 701 —

on John Coke, 704-706 — on Tillie, 400, 403, 404 Hals, Sir Nicholas, 135, 136, 137 Hambley family, the, 455 Hambley, Thomazine, 455 Hamilton, Colonel John, examination of, 315, 316 — second in Mohun's duel, 311-315 Hamilton, Duchess of, 316 Hamilton, Duke of, fights with Mohun, 310-317 Hamilton, Marquis of, 39 Hamley, Colonel, 569 Hamley, Mr., 370 Hamoaze, 663, 667 Hampden, John, 96 Hanacott Manor, 204 Handel, 378 Handley, Mr., 609 Hanover, 16, 308, 424 Hanover Square, 345 Hanseatic League, 334 Hans Towns, 136 Hardcastle, Mrs., 467, 469 Harley, 79 Harley, Robert, 310 Harlyn, 26 Harpford, 701 Harpsfield, 557 Harrington, Earl of, 317 Harris, Alfred, 697, 699 Harris, Captain John, 623 Harris, George, 369 Harris, Howard, 697, 699 Harris, James, 695 Harris, Jane, 697 Harris, John, early versifications of, 694 — his escapes from death, 698 — his own account of his life, 692-698 — his prize poem on Shakespeare, 699 — miner poet, 700 — reads Shakespeare, Byron, and Burns, 695 — talent of, 699 — vanity of, 694, 697, 698 Harris, Lucretia, 697 Harris, Mr. J. Henry, 245 Harris, shoemaker, 119 Harris, Sir W. Snow, 203 Harris, Susan, 623 Harris, Thomas, 378 Harrison, Colonel, 51 Hartland, 92

Hartland Abbey, 156, 165 Harvey family, the, 467 Harvey, Catherine, 428 Harvey, Joseph, 467 Harvey, Lord, 376 Harvey, Martin, 428 Harvey, Mary Ann, 466; see Davenport Harvey, Sir Robert, 185 Harwich, 320 Hatch, J., 366 Havre, 130, 597, 667 Haweis, 432 Hawke, 130 Hawker, Rev. R. S., 73 — on Gumb, 93 — on Payne, 183, 185 Hawkey, Charles, 408 Hawkey, Charlotte, 166, 168, 408, 423 Hawkey, Lieutenant Joseph, 408 Hawkey, Lieutenant John, death of, 422 — explores the Congo, 409-422 — narrow escape from drowning, 410 — prisoner in France, 408 Hawkey, Mr., 166 Hawkey, Richard, 408 Hawkey, William, 408 Hawkins family, the, 515, 516 Hawkins, Florence, 516 Hawkins, Francis, 516 Hawkins, George, 516 Hawkins, Jane, 516 Hawkins, John, 516, 517 Hawkins, Maria, 443 Hawkins, Mary, 516 Hawkins, Mr., 138-140 Hawkins, Philip, 516, 517 Hawkins, Reginald, 516 Hawkins, Renatus, 516 Hawkins, Sir Christopher, 443 — acquires land, 517 — borough-monger, 515, 520, 521, 526 — encourages inventions, 527 — influence at Grampound, 522-524, 527 — influence at S. Ives, 524, 527-529 — M.P. for Mitchell, 518, 527 — M.P. for Penryn, 527 — tried for corruption, 520 Hawkins, Thomas, 516, 517 Hawley, Captain, 101, 105

Hayle, 172, 516 Haymarket Theatre, 285, 287, 294, 295, 377, 465, 467 — rebuilt by Foote, 290 — wreckage of, 278 Hayward, Abraham, 578 Hayward, Sir John, 590 Heathman, Francis, 538 Heir at Law, 469 Heliophotus hispidus, 151 Helland, 228, 592 Helston, 60, 61, 67, 71, 170, 171, 329, 362, 364, 516, 579, 580, 678 —described, 59 "Helston Arms," 582 Helston Church, 587 Hender, Frances, 721 Hender, John, 721 Hengest, 231 Henley, 287 Henry II, 407 Henry III, 133, 298 Henry VI, 109, 111 Henry VII, 32, 154, 661 Henry VIII, 243, 247, 586, 652, 655 — and the Reformation, 28, 29 Herald's Visitations of Cornwall, 81, 107, 155, 224, 280, 370, 441, 661, 701 Herald's Visitations of Devon, 171 Herbert, Admiral, 638 Herbert, Lord Charles, 544 Herbert, Mr. Edmund, on Sir C. Shovel, 642, 646 Herbert, Sir William, 589 Hercules, 446 Herkomer, Professor von, 90 Heme Hill, 606, 609, 611 Herod's Foot, 581 Heroes of the old Falmouth Packet Service, 626 Herring, Mr. F., 190 Herschel, Sir John, 88 Hesse, Charlotte van, 547 Hesse, John van, 547 Heywood, Anne, 516 Heywood, James, 517 Hicker, George, 543 Hicks, Polly, 283 Hicks, William Robert, chestnuts of, 573 — examples of humour of, 574-578 — personal

appearance of, 569-575 — tells of an indifferent night, 574 — versatility of, 569 Higginson, Rev., 34 Higher Brown Quartils, 75, 78, 80, 82 Highgate, 387 Highgate, Lord, 386 High Life Below Stairs, 407 Highwaymen, see Jonathan Simpson Hill, Captain Richard, 299, 300 — escapes, 305-6 — murders Mountford, 299-304 Hill, Mr., 427-8 Historical and Critical Account of Hugh Peters, 53 Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 568 Historical Survey of Cornwall, 662 History of the Commonwealth, 53 History of Cornwall, 73, 238, 243, 361, 401, 616, 680 History of England, Froude's, 31 note, 32 note History of the Four Last Years of the Queen, 317 History of His Own Times, 53, 106 History of John Gilpin, 2 History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, 72 History of Looe, 681 History of Polperro, 257 History of the Reign of Queen Anne, 645 note, 648, 651 History of Rev. Hugh Peters, 53 History of Queen Anne, The, 307, 308 note History of the West Indies, 172 Histrio-Mastix, 335 Hitchens, 243 Hodder, Mr., 418 Holborn, 170, 276 Holdsworth, Mr. Arthur, 166 Holinshed, 432 Holland, Captain, 105 Holland House, 326 Holland, Lord, 327 Holland, Sir John,

437-8 Holman, Samuel, 405 Holmes, Mr., 526 Holsworthy, 108, 156 Holt, 305 Holyhead, 626 Homer Place, 622 Honiton, 588 Hooker, John, 155 Hooker, Richard, 369, 588 Hope, General Sir John, 505 Hopton, Sir Ralph, 206 Horace, 692 Hore, Richard, 654 Hornblower, Jonathan, 677 Horner, Mr., 524 Horse, a sagacious, 352 "Horse and Groom," 326 "Horse and Jockey," 582 Hosken, Anthony, 226 Hosken, Nancy, 226 Hoskin family, the, 683 Hoskin, James, advice to his children, 690 — and his rector, 683 — burial of, 682 — his adventures in America, 685-89 — on farming in the States, 684 Hoskin, return of, 689 Hoskin, John William, 683 Hoskin, Richard Vinnicombe, 683 Hosking, Harriet, 669 Hotham, Sir John, 36 Hound, 650 Hounslow Heath, 17 House, Jane, 669 Household Books of Lord William Howard, 556 note Household Words, 1852, 22 note Howard, Lord, 96 Howard, Lord William, 555, 558 Howard Street, 301, 302 Howell, James, 128, 518 — on Noye, 331, 333, 338, 340 Howes, Mr. James, 390 Hudibras, 44 Hudson, Mr., 148 Hudson, river, 689 Hugo, Mr., 594 Huguenots, massacre of, 653 Hull, 642, 667 Humayoon Shah, 460, 462 Humphries, Mr., 323 Hungate, Dom Gregory, 556 Hungerford, 210 Hunt, Anna Maria, 726 Hunt, James,

613 Hunt, Thomas, 726 Hunter, John, 560, 568 Huntly, 485 Hurst Castle, 39 Hyde, Edward, 206 Hyde, Sir Edward, 545 Hyde Park, 16, 17, 311, 316 Hyder Ali, 164 Hyndford, Earl of, 648 Identity and Resurrection of the Human Body, The, 360 Ilfracombe, 143 Illustrated London News, 620, 622 Illustrious Obscure, An, 578 Imaum of Muscat, 460, 462 Imperial Magazine, 361, 363 Incledon, Charles, chorister at Exeter, 375 — death of, 387 — hoaxed, 380, 381, 385, 386 — in the navy, 376, 377 — partiality for wine, 381, 382, 383, 387 — selfishness of, 383, 384 Incledon, theatrical experiences of, 377, 378, 387 — vanity of, 380, 381, 382, 386 — voice of, 378, 379, 386 — wrecked, 380 Incledon, Mrs., 382, 382, 384 Indefatigable, 456 Independents, rise of, 37 Ingoldsby, Colonel Richard, 17 Ingram, Sir Arthur, 331 Inner Temple, 554 Innes, Mr., 523 Innocent Lady, The, 128 Inny, river, 83 Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Power, 427 Inventions—by Call, 158 — of the Bude light, 202 — of heating houses, 204, 205 — of life-saving rockets, 63, 64 — of the locomotive, 193 — of the oxyhydrogen blow-pipe, 203 — the steam-blast, 195-197 — of a torpedo, 688 Invincible, 321 Ireland, Duke of, 433, 435, 438, 439

Irresistible, 260 Isle of Wight, 39 Isthmus of Suez, 459 Jackman, 55 Jackman, Mr. William, 244 Jackson, constable, 119 Jackson, Rev., 295 Jackson, William, 375 Jago, Dr., 730 Jago, Rev. W., 626 Jamaica, 172, 515, 683 Jamaica Inn, 573, 628, 629 — Christmas Eve at, 627-631 James I, 31, 134, 718, 721 James II, 105, 106, 209, 210, 221, 402, 542, 638 James, Ann, 582 James's Naval History, 257, 626 Jamison, Mr., 566 Jane family, the, 206 Jane, Joseph, 206 — answers Milton's Εικονοκλαστης, 207 Jane, Thomas, 206 Jane, William, 207 Jane, William, blocking tactics of, 216-219 Jane confers on Real Presence, 209 — Prolocutor, 215 — rapid promotion of, 207, 219 — transfers allegiance to William III, 210, 221 Janina, 508, 513 Janus, 211, 330 Jefferies, Anne, abstains from food and performs cures, 531, 535, 537, 538 — imprisoned, 531, 540 — meets with fairies, 532, 533, 536, 538 Jefferies, Mr., 420 Jeffery, Dolly, 238, 245; see Pentreath Jeffery, John, 247 Jeffery, Robert, exploits his privations, 256 — Government inquiry concerning, 254 — impressed for Navy, 248, 250 — left on Sombrero, 251, 253 — thief, 250 Jeffreys, Judge, 104, 106 Jeffreys, Lord, 542 Jenken, Mary, 71 Jenken, Samuel, 71

Jenkin, Captain W., 678 Jennings, Captain, 458 Jennings, Elizabeth, 458 Jerusalem, King of, 599, 600 Jervis, Sir John, 258, 259 Jeune Richard, Le, 623, 624 Jewell family, the, 156 Jewell, Sarah, 156 John II, 727 John, King, 719 John and Nicholas, 626 John, Elizabeth, 615 John, Joan, 615, 616 John, Margaret, 615 John, Michael, 615, 616 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 2, 167, 675 — and Samuel Foote, 289, 293 Johnson, Mr., 420 Johnstone, Andrew C., 522 Johnstone, Jack, 381 "Joiners' Arms," S. Columb, 593 Jones, Mrs. Cadwalader, 157 Jones, William, 717 Jonson, Ben, 337, 338, 550 Jope, Mr., 171 Jope, Rev. John, 173 Jordan, Mrs., 468 Jordan, W., 680 Josselin, 474 Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 140, 185, 626, 644, 651 Juga, 415, 417, 418 Jumper, Sir W., 642 Justification of the War, 46