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95: 130:"Heere lyeth John Killigrew, Esquier, of Arwenack and lord of ye manor of Killigrew in Cornewall, and Elizabeth Trewinnard his wife. He was the first Captaine of Pendennis Castle, made by King Henry the eight and so continued untill the nynth of Queene Elizabeth at which time God tooke him to his mercye, being the yeare of Our Lord 1567. S John Killigrew, Knight, his son(n)e succeeded him in ye same place by the gift of Queene Elizabeth" 457: 61: 912: 206:
in 1646 he held the castle for King Charles I, and withstood a five-month long siege by Parliamentarian forces, at the end of which his forces were reduced by hunger to eating their horses. He obtained an honourable
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Pedigree of Killigrew, Vivian, J.L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter, pp.268,270
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Pedigree of Killigrew, Vivian, J.L., ed. (1887). The Visitations of Cornwall: comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter, p.268
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Nicholas Hals Pender, A Falmouth Guide: Containing a Concise Account of the History, Trade, Port and Public Establishments of Falmouth, etc., Falmouth, 1825, p.86
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1598–1603: Sir Nicholas Parker (died 1603) An inscribed slate ledger stone in his memory exists against the south wall of the chancel of St Budock's Church.
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Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise, The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall with Descriptive, Genealogical and Heraldic Notes, 1882, pp.36-7, Plate 31
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is unclear. He was seated at Hickfield in the county of Southampton, and was later Commander-in-Chief in Jamaica, where he died in 1657.
187:(1606-1643), a Royalist commander during the Civil War. Killed at the battle of Bristol, in 1643. His widow Gertrude Bagg remarried to 629: 603: 574: 178: 171: 963: 587: 497: 604:"KILLIGREW, Sir William II (1606-1695), of Pendennis Castle, Cornw.; later of Lincoln's Inn Fields, London and Kempton Park, Mdx" 300: 281: 251: 143:(d.1583/4) of Arwenack, son, 2nd Governor, appointed by Queen Elizabeth I, as stated on his father's brass in St Budock's Church. 1105: 1084: 958: 516: 150:(c. 1557 – 1605), of Arwennack, son, 3rd Governor. He was removed from office due to grave suspicions about his loyalty to the 476:
Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise, The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall with Descriptive, Genealogical and Heraldic Notes, 1882, pp.36-7
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1646–1648: Col. Richard Fortescue (d.1657), for Parliament. His relationship to the prominent Devonshire family of
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of John III Killigrew (d.1567) of Arwenack, Falmouth, first Governor of Pendennis Castle. St Budock's Church,
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The early Governorship was a quasi-hereditary office, whose holders were as follows:
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1775–1793: Lt-Col. Robert Robinson (previously Colonel of 32nd Foot)
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in 1660, by General George Monck. A grandson of the 3rd Governor
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was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at
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The Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall volume 2
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of 1660. He was a cousin of the Arundells of Trerice.
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Charles Beauclerk 225:1648-1649: John Fox, for Parliament/ 369:78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 14: 381:Lieutenant-Governors of Pendennis 254:(c. 1634–1704), appointed at the 864:. 9 November 1811. p. 2167. 780:Sandoe-Gilbert, Charles (1820). 455: 301:John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 282:John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 252:Sir Peter Killigrew, 2nd Baronet 118:survives in St Budock's Church, 59: 884:. 25 January 1814. p. 211. 338:1749–1753: Lt-Col. John Laforey 262:(c. 1557 – 1605), of Arwennack. 110:John III Killigrew (d.1567) of 1142:People from Falmouth, Cornwall 844:. 16 November 1776. p. 1. 726:. 19 November 1774. p. 1. 341:1753–1774: Lt-Col. Arthur Owen 24:, part of the defences of the 1: 746:. 24 July 1832. p. 1703. 706:. 16 October 1753. p. 3. 606:. History of Parliament Trust 552:. History of Parliament Trust 52:Governors of Pendennis Castle 36:. 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Index

Pendennis Castle
River Fal
Carrick Roads
Falmouth
Henry VIII
Second World War
78th Regiment of Foot
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Monumental brass
Budock Water
Arwenack
monumental brass
Budock Water
Sir John IV Killigrew
John V Killigrew
English Crown
Sir John Parker
Robert Killigrew
William Killigrew
William Killigrew
Nicholas Slanning
Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
John VII Arundell
Trerice
Civil War
Fortescue
Filleigh
Weare Giffard

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