Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715
The Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715 was an unsuccessful Jacobite attempt at launching a rebellion against the Hanoverian regime which took place in the county of Cornwall.
Background
On 1 August 1714,
Cornish support
The main leaders of the Jacobite uprising in Cornwall were the
On 22 September,
Some time later Paynter and his fellow rebels were sent to
Proclamation at St Columb
In October 1716, the names associated with the proclamation of James III at St Columb were as follows: James Paynter, jun.; Thomas Bishop, gent.; Henry Darr, (bayliff and inn keeper); Anthony Hoskin, (pewterer); Francis Brewer, jun.; Richard Whitford, (barber); John Angove, (clothier); Richard Meter, (taylor).[6]
According to Henry Jenner, it seems probable that the postmaster who opened the letter from James Paynter's servant was no other than the celebrated Ralph Allen, afterwards of Bath. He certainly was at St Columb post office at that time and his distinguishing himself by his scrupulous performance may have been the beginning of his fortunes.[7][8]
In fiction
- Best, G M (2013). The Jacobite Murders. Robert Hale Ltd. Mentions the events in Cornwall.
- Lee, Katharine (1895). When Fortune Frowns. London Horace Cox. A fictional account based on historical facts of the Jacobite rising in Cornwall.
- Kearsley, Susanna (2011). The Rose Garden. Allison and Busby. A fictional romance based on the Cornish part in the Jacobite uprising.
See also
- The following give a background to Cornish involvement in other rebellions.
- Cornish Rebellion of 1497
- Second Cornish Uprising of 1497
- Prayer Book Rebellion (1549)
- Monmouth Rebellion (1685)
- Bloody Assizes of (1685)
- The Glorious Revolution(1688)
- Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (1650–1721), one of the Seven Bishops tried under James II and the hero of the Cornish ballad, The Song of the Western Men
- Jacobitism
References
- ^ Karkeek, P. Q. (1896). Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion. Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science , Literature and Art. pp. 259–260.
- ISBN 9780754636311.
- ^ A Faithful Register of the Late Rebellion: or, An impartial account of the impeachments, trials. Digital version from Oxford University, Ltd. 1718. pp. 350–352.
- ^ "Information about a record on the Cornwall OPC Database". www.cornwall-opc-database.org.
- ^ Gilbert, Davies (1838). The Parochial History of Cornwall.
- ^ London Gazette No 5371 8–11
- ^ Jenner, Henry (1921). "An incident in Cornwall in 1715". Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. XX Part 7: 553–558.
- ^ Tunstall, James (1848). Rambles about Bath, and its Neighbourhood. Simpkin, Marshall and Co. p. 119. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
Further reading
- Jones, George Hilton (1954). The Main Stream of Jacobitism. Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press. [sic]
- Jacobitism and the English People, 1688–1788. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1989.
- "Jacobitism in Cornwall". Old Cornwall. XI: 464–66. Autumn 1995.
- "The British Chronologist". 1775. p. 20.
- Tindal, Nicholas; Rapin-Thoyras, Paul de (1763). The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England. p. 425.
- Charles, George History of the Transactions in Scotland in the Years 1715-16 and 1745-46 (1816)
External links
- Jacobitism in Devon
- PDF file of 'The Jacobite' Vol 2 No 5. 1923 Gives an account of the declaration at St Columb