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The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General andAdvertiser General Packet, Falmouth Gazette, The Cornwall Royal Liverpool etc Mercury & Notices Advertisements ST. FESTIVAL IVES AT THE KNILL 1801 First ceremony at the Knill Knill Monument the at ceremony 1801 First 1788 Makes will establishing quinquennial ceremony of celebration at the Knill Monument Knill at the celebration of ceremony quinquennial establishing will 1788 Makes RAME HISTORY GROUP 2011
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March 1811 died, aged 77 buried St Andrews Holborn London Holborn Andrews St buried 77 aged died, 1811 March th from the town from Edward Carter:Edward Carl Grose Carey Music by Jim 1811. of Collector Customs diedAppointed March 1733, "About 29th John Born Knill 20inheld over year post for hefor a 1762, Ives, St Cornwall so he So him. much anyone met respected by that legal with aand brain keen well in elected of was 1767. the town Mayor as the known Knill now is"In what he 1782, constructed Bessie Applebee Bec Bussoe: Woodvine Suzanne Mary Stackhouse: John Barnecut Knill/Charlie Carter: Charles Original Cast John Carter: HarryGiles King Stackhouse: Carter/John Reviews aDarke Cornish ideas. gives to play…seetheslife, shape and „A with wit meaty topipes do a withhas clay nothing and identityfeels real vitalthat and as unexpected a depths.The acts Like piece it many cream. has Cornwall‟scoves, aboutIt also points justice, the where questions critiqueraises of capitalism. partlaw conscience the company.‟ and West Cornwall at the end of the 18th ofWest the end century. at the Cornwall So far no ship registration documents have been found to positively tie John tohavefound positively Knill been documents farSo registration no ship itswith „Grayhound as owner. Modern 1996Written in Theatre staged Royal/Kneehigh Theatre Originally by Plymouth playlives based theThis major on was The of King Prussia 29 RAME HISTORY GROUP 2011
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1782 and also Mayor of the town in the town of Mayor also and 1782 -
John Krill Monument with pictures Krill John
The mayor, Customs Officer, Customs and mayor, Vicar. The dues and customs monies. Life was very harsh in 18th century century 18th harsh in very was Life monies. and customs dues
of Customs at St. Ives from 1762 from Ives St. at Customs of - he Mace bearer, and Master of Ceremonies. of andCeremonies. he Master bearer, Mace
the daughters of fishermen, tinners, or seaman, or tinners, to belonging such seaman, or of fishermen, daughters the
nd socially he met many eminent people, including John Wesley and the engineer engineer Wesleyand the including John people, eminent he many met socially nd
- s Officer both in St. Ives and London his advice was eagerly sought and he he and eagerly sought his advice was London and Ives St. in both Officer s
Source Accompanied by t Accompanied by "Opening the chest outsideGuildhall. Opening chest the the to... the'All ago years Tune of 200 Old Psalm 100th Process Steeple to the Sing the to it times, three around do Dance people dwell ...' on earth that over 5 for years. the another and the ceremony theblessing trustees. says Vicar in town. participants back Ives St byto allLeaving the be partaken refreshments JohnIves St a Cornish Knill quaint Day times. "Remininescent of Simpler More articled an as job His 1733. January 1st on in Callington inborn Cornwall, was John Knill problems all the deal with able to washe well meant Penzance in a clerk to solicitor harbour surrounding this on the onrocks were wrecked that the ships and rife was and smuggling Cornwall He activities. neighbours his of many about knew Knill John plundered. coastline notorious a Collector became Rick Parsons' West Penwith resources RickWest Parsons' Penwith http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/jul25.html a three sided obelisk of local granite some 50 foot high. Wroteindenturein 1797 50foot high. an local some ofa three granite obelisk sided toevery be held f requesting ceremony this delightful The trustees three Fiddler. St James the James Apostle.St "The Participants 10 girls families. Widows.2 1767 at 34 years of age. He was a well respected citizen and travelled a lot in a time of time of a ain lot and citizentravelled respected a well was He age. of years 34 at1767 as his position poor. In was all communication and where tracks that cart littleroads more Custom was a magistrate, became also He asaway Jamaica. far as Houses inspected Custom to enjoy life to appeared He the Inn. of Bench the to was Treasurer and Bar The to called fulla the a ashill aon high built mausoleum his had that John story a is There John Smeaton. a smuggler. was himself he that and Ives St. to goods in smuggling at sea those to landmark his by around spread gossip be could and so is this that evidence no is there However, enemies. http://www.btinternet.com/~ptaffs/knillmon/knill.html RAME HISTORY GROUP 2011
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universal storytelling. tradition and ritual, of concepts
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ly plundered, but not until every crew member aboard had been helped to safety ashore. ashore. to safety helped been had member aboard crew every until not but plundered, ly cockade for the fiddler, to be worn by them respectively theand on day on that be bycockade them the worn for to fiddler, duly been carried ou observances The have Sunday following". at Ives St. once the andin when beobservance will 1911, next JohnThe Knill. the are ceremonies quaint to that witness fortunatepresent enough was writer of John has Knill, succeeded who theenacted mausoleum around five years every walk before them immediately after the fiddler, and certify to the mayor, collector immediately of mayor, and to fiddler, the certify the before after walk them and h clergyman, that ceremonies Customs, the pound to be laid out in white ribbons for breast in for ribbons laidoutpound be white to making a posthumous name for himself name at trifling aa very posthumous cost. making http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28609/28609 old or upwards, who shall attend the dancing and singing of the girls,andof the singing dancing shallold the attend or upwards, who at St. Ives between 1762 and 1782 and Mayor in 1767. Even though he published a scholarly scholarly a published he though Even in Mayor 1767. and 1782 and 1762 between Ives at St. as enthusiastically as cargo looted in dealt to have said is he of wrecking, prevention the on pamphlet man. next the http://www.mouseholecottage.co.uk/history.php and sails. The pickings from wrecks could be substantial, and some of the "Preventive" men could not not could men "Preventive" the of some and substantial, be could from wrecks pickings The sails. and o Collector was Knill, John Sir such, One at times. themselves to help temptation the resist people reclaiming what they considered to be rightfully theirs. It was a bloody business. Many Many business. bloody a was It theirs. rightfully to be considered they what reclaiming people cargo the Once booty. the over battles in pitched killed men were Customs few a not and wreckers st would wreckers the removed, been had wrecked sailors, or lured ships onto the rocks. They acquired the name because they plundered the the plundered they because name the acquired They rocks. the onto ships lured or sailors, wrecked ship the 1732, in November Coast North the on driven ashore was vessel Postilion When the wrecks. certain was that occasions many found on locals the to deter tried who Men" "Preventive or Officers, Custom br were storehouses their cargo, the retrieved successfully had they when Preventative men Preventative le to contrary that feel people many However, amongst ten girls, natives of the borough and daughters of seamen, fishermen, or daughters of seamen, ten girls, and the nativesamongst borough of not ex tinners, of them each least, an on atquarter hour for of thatdance a twelve day, of o'clockthe forenoon of of and Psalm 100th the after sing the dance mausoleum, the the ground adjoining oldthethe tu old fine to version, and to dancing the shallsinging girls while who fiddler Church; play to pound a one twopounds on therefrom; their return and home also beforeat them the mausoleum, of seamen, fishers, widows orto tinne two