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The land on which Menabilly was built has been owned by the Rashleigh family since the 1560s. In 1589 the building of the first house at Menabilly was commenced by John Rashleigh (1554–1624), shipowner, MP for Fowey in 1589 and 1597, Sheriff of Cornwall 1608–9, who captained his own ship Francis of Foy against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
John Rashleigh II (1554 – 12 May 1624 [2]) of Menabilly, near Fowey in Cornwall, was an English merchant and was MP for Fowey in 1588 and 1597, and was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He was the builder of the first mansion house on the family estate at Menabilly , near Fowey , Cornwall, thenceforth the seat of the family until the present day.
Manderley is a fictional estate in Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, owned by the character Maxim de Winter.. Located in Southern England, Manderley is a typical country estate: it is filled with family heirlooms, is run by a large domestic staff and is open to the public on certain days.
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Rashleigh of Menabilly vault, Kensal Green Cemetery, London In the Return of Owners of Land, 1873, Mr Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly Estate, Par, was listed as the largest landowner in Cornwall with an estate of 30,156 acres (122 km 2), or 3.97% of the total area of Cornwall. [9]
Jonathan Rashleigh (1690–1764), fourth son, of Menabilly, MP for Fowey. He was a co-heir (with his great-nephew Reginald Pole Carew (1753–1835)) of his half first-cousin Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Baronet (died 1748) of Antony, from whom he inherited several manors in Cornwall. Rev. Carolus Pole (1686–1731), husband of Sarah Rashleigh.
It was the first novel du Maurier wrote while living at Menabilly, the setting for an earlier novel Rebecca, where it is called 'Manderley'. [1] [2] The writing of the novel was accompanied by prolific research, in which du Maurier was assisted by Oenone Rashleigh, whose family owned Menabilly, and historian A. L. Rowse, to ensure the historical accuracy of her presentation of the Devon ...
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