; .3a N A T I ?R A .L H I* S T O R Y
cboks Ifland, * in Plymouth Sound,- for the' eaflerm boundary. t This
R i ? ^ ‘^id^'^pomtment o f King Athelftan, * the Sasflpq^( A. D.
93,8,) was to be the general boundary of the Garnifh Britans.;. but
when the .Normans came in> and the Kingdom became fufedivided,
into Lordfhips ahdiManois, (thofe Httle Kingdoms (within a Kingdom) r
Barons, jealous of the extent, .rights, and honours: of -their Manors*
procured their lands on the borders, -tdfbe ■ appropriated to the
comaty: in. which^ their domains sand chief plaees-of refidence were
*" fixed | Hence its happens that this’Saxon law of Athelftan in fourjnftftwrps
has given way to the foeceedipg regulations of the Normans**
and-though the River ^awdks^hdi' in Cornwallp yetiDevonfhire
intrudes for feven miles in length and three in breadth at Wetingto%
and claims the two parifhes there of Werington and North Pedhei>
wyn,- asit does alfo the manfion, domain, and park of-Mount Edg--
cumbe, at the Tamar’s mouth. , This laftincroachriient upon the
general boundary was owing probably to the powerful interefli’of the
Valtorts (a noble familyof large revenues in C6mwall, - but ufiially
refident in Devon) antiently proprietors of ,the.;place’ nod'-' called,,
Mount Edgcumbe; and, as I imagine, the farmers was owing to
the like intereft and application of the Abby of'Tavyftock- in Devon;
which had the property^ Werington,’ arid -^srLfeland >feys/«vdl. HI:
page 115,)“ had fair landes thereabout;’]::, Bnt: though thefe places ■
were, by the interpofition of their Lords, fubjedtedt,to^tke civiLau-
thority of Devon, yet- care was taken to spfcefeive the' rights of the
Clergy inviolate: they are taxed 'a t Belonging tbsthe Hundreds of
Cornwall in the Lincoln taxation, made in the 1 6 th of Edward I.
A .D . 1288, and they flail continue fubjeft to the jurifdidtion o f the
Archdeacon o f Cornwall. On the other hand, Cornwall alfoexceeds,
its antient limits near North Tamarton, having a final! flip o f land
o f about two miles fquare on the eaftern bank, »-but why; ! am not
informed : again, over againft Saltafh, it claims- a finall portion of
land not a mile fquare, owing, as I imagine, to the application of
the Lords of Saltafh, and the Caftle of Trematon adjoining.
River Lyn- The next confiderable River is the Lynheiy called fo from the
her- Lake it makes before it joins the T&mar at Hamozey. It rifes
on the hills of Altamun parifh, about eight miles Weft of Lancefton,
coafts down to the South South Eaft through the parifhes of North-,
hill, Linkinhorn, arid South-hill; and palling about a mile from the
w There are feme inftances of this kind in
therefore be claimed as a part of that County
other counties, and indeed in foreign countries,
Carew, page 99. which is confirmed alfo by the
particularly in Germany, where all the poUeflions
profits of the paflage at Saltafche, the tax on all
of the Houle of Auftria are accounted in that
boats and barges that pertain to the harbour yearly,
circle, let them lie within what other circle foever.
and the anchorage and foilage of all ftraunger fhips;
Plot, Oxfordfhire, chap vi. fe8r., lxxxv.
all belonging-to the borough of Saltafche in Cornwall.
x ec The jurifdidKon of the Water doth wholly
0 ' Worden, page 9$.
appertain to the Dutchy of Cornwall, and may
*y SeeLelandItin. -vol. V. p. 79*
borough
H- Q*:F ' C O R N / f A i L . 39.
boWri’gh’ ,q%C%ldn|©n,^^idieU<fte park at Nesvton*-fen#s, formerly '
theSScat^pf, ttjhu Johh^ftyt^n, Baft and by Pillaton and
Lanrake conic- to fatterfe^ aNoddc tor) Bridge4, where it is navigable,
A^djisby^tifie h e l^ lm e^ a ,,- legins Ly^her Creek : ( hence
coritinuing 1 Fom .miles^Ær-ther. hetween the parifhes o f
^pev|i^k||and Stijj|epheris', it th^ ^ rn s ,;^ tlîejÈiaft’,; and, agreea,-
^blv- to§TOlamqaU.ynher £ mal 1 1 1^ l\i r-Jh|ven .'befwijKyEaft An-^
thoriy and St. Stçphiehkjiffiins the^^mar,, afçer a "qôurfê, of almt
1 :Jhâ ^ $femme^Mûs ftream js'jm^llj hut in the
winter rapidjt overflowing, and,, d^ fe 'ôû s ,. ol which' alternatedextremes,
Mr,.lGarew' (page\ i f | | ) .mg |uamt,. but jiot unh|rmè'âioüs(
(train, thus-fegpreflês &i&felf apcqajftug'tq^e mannerr.qf. his tim»*.
When fun the earth leaf^jtËa’dôw fparès,
Annnigheft flails in heaveri” his^at3 |
Tneh' Lyner’s peèbly bonés ne bares,' 7
Who like a lamb doth lqwly .Bleat^ 1 «
And*faintly Aiding,' every roci ’
Plucks from his foamy fleece a lock.
. n . I
Before a > River,nowdar Rill, v
Before a; fence, now fcarce* a bound,
Children him o’erleap at-yill,
Small beafts his.dpepcfl: bqttom found,
The heavens with brafs enarch his, head,
And earth of iron makes his bed.
III.
But when the milder-mooded fide
His face in mourning weeds doth Wrap*! 5
For ablènce of his cleared die,- :
And drops tears in his center’s lap,
Lyner gynnes lion-like to roare,
And fcorns old bankeSigfhould bound him more.
I I V .
Then, fecorid Sea, he folles, am odâfs
Rocks in his wombe, ^rickes on lhiâ bâcke,
Downe-borne bridges, up-torne wears,
Witneffe and wayle his force, their wfàckè '
* Leland, vol. III. page 28, calls, it Natter 5;
hmd fo again,{ib. page 29. > Carew, page 54, callj
It^Qcldetor Bridge.
- * Lyn in the Gqmubriti^vfignifying a Lake, it
being not unufualvtp denominate Rivers from the
extraordinary fpFead of water they make in fomC
particular' pla£|^':,<:itt&|we have |in.4^s;'County
thrge Rivers called I^^frpm’thCir makmg a lake at
their mouth*: J>6r fignif: long j.Lynher# lo’pgijs lacu|;.
* Reign of LUz^beth.
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