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The place called Tregenza
No place now exists called Tregenza but there is extensive evidence of such a place. A search of manorial and other records provided the following information. Being official documents of the period they are of course written in the English language.
1327
Lay Subsidies. Tregensith. Original lost and copier's notes state the corner had been torn away in the original.
1337
Tregensyd in Caption of Seisin
of the Duchy of Cornwall. "Tybesta - free tenant William de Sulgene, 3 acres of land Cornish, rent at Christmas, Easter and Nativity of St John the Baptist, 2s 3d. Michealmass 2s 9d relief". A variant of this in 1331 reads "David de Sulgene - 3 acres Cornish in socage in Tregensyd and Tregasowan".
(Tregasowan from Tref-a-jowan meaning farmstead of John)
1561
Tregensaghe sold for £50 in the 38th year of the reign of Elizabeth.
1593
Treginsage alias Tregenseth
(Alias indicates an alternative name for the same place showing
that both names were being used at this time.)
1709
Tybesta court rolls. A rate of the poor made by John Harrison, March 15th. 9s 9d to Lord Chiney and others for Teganjohn, Tregenza plus Reens and Church Towne.
A rate of the poor made by Thomas Hancock and Thomas Seecombe - assessors. Tybesta Court Rolls. £12 13s 4d to Hon the Lord Cheney and the holders Tregenjohn, Tregenza &c.
(This shows the variations of spelling and the move to modern spellings. Reens and Church Town are two farms near Tregenza).
1846
Tithe Apportionment Survey (= Parochial Survey) 4th June.
Tregonjohn: field 183, Outer Tregenza Meadow, 6 acres and 16 perches; field 184 Inner Tregenza
Meadow 6 acres 1 rood 22 perches. Value of the whole farm of Tregonjohn (178 acres 1 rood 21 perches) £32 8s 2d. The tithe map is now held at the Cornish Record of Office Truro and shows these two fields named.
1912
30th September the ownership of Tregonjohn farm changed from Rt Hon Viscount Clifden of Lanhydrock to Mr T H Williams. The present deeds date from this time and at present the farm belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall.
1931
The
farm was partitioned into two farms (Upper and Lower Tregonjohn). The farm buildings of Upper Tregonjohn were built in this year.
1974
The tenant farmer of Upper Tregonjohn was unaware of the original names of the fields and called them "Entrance" to the north of the entrance track and "13 acre" to the south.
The new farm must be close to the site of the original Tregenza tenement.
Map references:
Upper Tregonjohn farmhouse SW94194772 (unnamed on map)
Entrance field SW94204780
13 Acre field SW94204770
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