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Menabilly (Cornish: Men Ebeli, meaning stone of colts) is a historic estate on the south coast of Cornwall, England, situated within the parish of Tywardreath [1] on the Gribben peninsula about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Fowey.
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.
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]
He was the eldest son of John Rashleigh (1621–1651; son and heir apparent of Jonathan Rashleigh (1591–1675) of Menabilly, whom he predeceased), MP for Fowey in 1661. . Jonathan's mother was Joan Pollexfen (born 1620), a daughter of John Pollexfen of Kitley, Yealmpton, Devon , y his wife Cicilia Harris, daughter of John Harris of Radford, Plymstock, De
The church at Tregaminion was established as a chapel of ease to St Andrew's in Tywardreath.It was built at the sole expense of William Rashleigh of Menabilly, who also endowed the church with £50 a year for its upkeep. [3]
The crosses at Menabilly are Methrose Cross and Barrs Cross. The former was originally in the parish of Luxulyan and the latter on the boundary of the parishes of St Sampson and Lanlivery. Trenython Cross was found in 1898 by John Gott , Bishop of Truro; it was re-erected in the grounds in 1987.
Menabilly. Rashleigh was born on 19 January 1693 at Menabilly, near Fowey in Cornwall. He was the fourth and youngest son of Jonathan Rashleigh (1642–1702), MP by his second wife, Sarah (née Carew) Rashleigh. [1] His sister, Sarah Rashleigh was married to the Rev. Carolus Pole, brother of Sir William Pole. [2]
He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of Menabilly, near Fowey. Rashleigh was the only surviving son of Robert Rashleigh (1585 – c. 1667), MP, of Coombe, near Fowey, Cornwall, by his first wife Mary Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis of Landew. [2] [3]