| Lelant leaseholders 1708-1853 | ||||||
| © This transcription Maxwell Adams | ||||||
| Version: 5 October 2005 | ||||||
| These are the names of Lelanters who are lessees of land and setts in Lelant parish and are in the RGB Birtill | ||||||
| collection at the Royal Institution of Cornwall. The RIC number is that of the document in the collection. | ||||||
| SURNAME | FORENAME | DATE OF LEASE | RIC No | NOTES | ||
| BLIGHT | Richard | 1 December 1834 | 5/50 | sett | ||
| BLIGHT | William | 1 January 1828 | 5/49 | miner | sett | |
| BRYANT | Robert | 27 August 1836 | 5/70 | farmer | sett | |
| CURGENVEN | John | 24 June 1731 | 4/1 | junior, yeoman, aged 22 | land | |
| HAWES | Samuel | 25 July 1836 | 5/20 | innkeeper | sett | |
| HOSKING | Richard | 27 August 1836 | 5/70 | farmer | sett | |
| HOSKING | Richard | 4 October 1823 | 5/24 | gentleman | sett | |
| MITCHELL | Amy | 14 October 1708 | 5/1 | widow, aged 28 | land | |
| MORSHEAD | John | 25 July 1836 | 5/20 | mine agent | sett | |
| NICHOLAS | William | 25 March 1848 | 5/8 | junior, yeoman | land | |
| OATS | Christopher | 27 August 1836 | 5/73 | miner | sett | |
| OATS | Nicholas | 20 June 1799 | 5/45 | sett | ||
| OATS | Nicholas | 27 August 1836 | 5/73 | miner | sett | |
| PAWLEY | William | 11 July 1740 | 5/7 | gentleman | warren | |
| PAWLEY | William | 15 January 1732 | 2/10 | gentleman | land | |
| POWLEY | Hugh | 29 September 1719 | 2/9 | junior, gentleman | land | |
| RICHARDS | John | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | yeoman | land | |
| STEVENS | Christopher | 25 April 1730 | 5/2 | yeoman | land | |
| UREN | Thomas | 24 June 1853 | 5/48 | sett | ||
| Other Lelanters named in the leases | ||||||
| EDWARDS | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | gentleman, other lands in Lelant | |||
| HAMPTON | James | 24 June 1847 | 4/41 | yeoman, father of John aged 7 | ||
| HAMPTON | John | 24 June 1847 | 4/41 | aged 7 | life | |
| HARRIS | 25 April 1730 | other lands in Lelant | ||||
| HOSKING | Henry | 25 April 1730 | 5/2 | father of Mary | ||
| HOSKING | Mary | 25 April 1730 | 5/2 | life | ||
| HUGOW | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | other lands in Lelant | |||
| KELWAY | George | 25 April 1730 | 5/2 | life | ||
| KELWAY | George | 25 April 1730 | 5/2 | father of "life" George KELWAY | ||
| NICHOLLS | Richard | 24 June 1731 | 4/1 | aged 14 | life | |
| NICHOLLS | Richard | 24 June 1731 | 4/1 | father of Richard aged 14 | ||
| NOY | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | other lands in Lelant | |||
| RICHARDS | Elizabeth | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | wife of John RICHARDS | life | |
| RICHARDS | Prudence | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | daughter of John RICHARDS | life | |
| STEPHENS | George * | 14 October 1708 | 5/1 | aged 16, brother of Amy MITCHELL | life | |
| STEPHENS | Hugh * | 14 October 1708 | 5/1 | aged 14, brother of Amy MITCHELL | life | |
| STEVENS | James | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | dead, other lands in Lelant | ||
| TREMBATH | Mary | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | other lands in Lelant | ||
| WILLIAMS | John | 25 April 1730 | 5/3 | formerly other lands at Trenoweth | ||
| Landowners named in the leases | ||||||
| MACKWORTH | Bulkley | 1715 | 5/2, 5/3 | |||
| PRAED | Humphrey Mackworth | 1715 | 5/2, 5/3 | |||
| PRAED | John | 1715 | 5/2, 5/3 | |||
| * George and Hugh Stephens are not surely identified as living in Lelant | ||||||
| "Life" means the person was named as one of the lives on the lease | ||||||
| other lands: named as possessor of land adjoining the land which is the subject of the lease | ||||||
| no forename (Harris, Hugow, Noy) : none given in the lease | ||||||
| 5/2 and 5/3 are dated 25 March 1730 in the lease but on the back is written 25 April 1730 | ||||||
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