The Golden Lanyon was so named due to his great wealth. His first wife Ann/Nan Jopp died as did his first child, Alsen. He then married Mary Ellis and they went on to have 13 children (displayed over two trees below.)
- John 1641-1720
- Mary 1643-1723
- Hugh 1644-1645
- Phillip 1645-1646
- William 1647-1726
- Tobias 1648-1698
- Jane 1648-1722
- Francis 1651-1725
- Joanne 1653-
- Rebecca 1656-1705
- Charles 1658-1721
- Phillip 1659-1710
- Thomas 1661-1738
John Lanyon 1641-1720
John was the eldest, born in Sancreed in 1641. Aged twenty he married his cousin Mary Borlase. Mary was the daughter of John Borlase and Cheston Pawley and the granddaughter of Walter Borlase and Mary Lanyon of Breage (see Breage branch). They married at Morvah on 27 Dec 1661.
John was Mayor of St Ives in 1685, 1690 and 1696. In 1697 there is a legal agreement between John Lanion gent of St Ives and his brother William Lanion gent of Botrea over the Balleswidden mine at St Just.
John and Mary had eight children:
- Mary 1662-1733 married John Ustick at Morvah in 1883 – 11 children
- John 1664-
- Tobias 1666-1675 died young
- Cheston 1670-1733 married Martyn Gubbs at St Ives in 1698
- William 1673-1706 no marriage found.
- Tobias 1675-1709
- Jane 1678-1736 married John Hichens at St Ives in 1705 – 7 children
- Elizabeth -1687 died young
Mary Lanyon 1643-1723
Mary married John Perrow at St Buryan in 1662 and they had one child also called John. Her husband died in 1668 and in 1673 Mary married Richard Tresilian, they had two children, Marye and James.
William Lanyon 1647-1726
In 1670 William married Jane Keigwin at St Burian. Jane was the great grand daughter of Jenkin Keigwin and Thomasine Rawe of Mousehole. Jenkin was killed by canon fire on 23 Jul 1595 when his home at Mousehole was attacked by Spaniards who sacked the town.
Jenkin’s house is still standing in Mousehole, the oldest building in the village.
William and Jane had 10 children.
- John 1671-1727 – mentioned in his father’s will of 1727 but no further trace.
- Isabel 1673-1756 married Matthias Andrew and had six children.
- Mary 1675-1679 died in infancy
- Elizabeth 1677- no further trace, the name Elizabeth Lanyon is very common.
- William 1680-1776 (he died aged 96!)
- Martyn 1682-1734
- Tobias 1685-1685 died in infancy
- Francis 1686-1687 died in infancy
- Robert 1688-1776 married Grace Chennall in 1755 when he was 67 years old! A second marriage perhaps but no trace of any children.
- Jane 1691-1692 died in infancy
Jane Lanyon 1648-1722
In 1670 Jane married Richard Bosustowe at St Buryan. They had two daughters, Mary and Jane. Jane died at St Levan in 1722.
Tobias Lanyon 1648-1698
In 1670 Tobias also married at St Buryan to Jane Tresilian. They had seven children but only four Lanyon grandchildren and we don’t know what happened to them.
- Jane 1672- married Abel Angove of Illogan (see post ‘Abel Angove’)
- Tobyas 1674- still alive in 1714
- James 1676-1684 died young
- John 1678-1684 died young
- Charles 1682-1683 died in infancy
- Mary 1685-1691 died in infancy
- Charles 1689-1768 married Joan Noye at Morvah in 1713, they had three children: Sarah, Mary, Thomas and Charles and no further trace of any of them.
I did find a legal dispute Lanyon v Lanyon – Chancery Proceedings Ante 1714
Tobias Lanyon gent having died, his wife Jane and his brother Charles said that the deceased had paid John Trewren for conveyance but that John Ustick (the husband of his niece Mary Lanyon) had not given Tobias the elder the receipt for Reprovance Vean asked for, and which Jane asked for after his death. (John Ustick would rather be torn by wild horses than do it!).
This legal dispute implies that Tobyas the younger was still alive at 1714.
Tobias’ inventory was signed by John Ustick and Richard Tresilian.
Francis Lanyon 1651-1725
Francis married Phillipp Nicholls on 31 Dec 1681 at Madron. They had ten children.
- Dorothy 1685-1687 died in infancy
- Francis 1686-1723
- Phillipa 1689-1689 died in infancy
- Mary 1690-1779
- Thomas 1691-1743
- William 1693-1756
- Nicholas 1695-1706 died in infancy
- John 1697-1738
- Jane 1699-1738
- Tobias 1702-1778
I found a reference to Francis Lanyon in ‘A Compendium of the History and Geography of Cornwall’ by Rev JJ Daniell 1908.
p 454 Sancreed
The author talks about the poor state of this parish church and adds the following footnote:-
“This question of seating was a trouble in many parishes. the vicar here, John Smyth, was sore tried…at a later time even Francis Lanyon of Sancreed, gentleman, being a man of considerable estate and married into a very worthye family, viz., Mrs Phillip Nicholl, niece to the worshipful Colonel Godolphin esq ‘was actually without a convenient seat.’ The Lanyons of Botrea and later Tregonebris were for many generations the leading family in Sancreed.”
These comments were apparently penned by Bishop Sparrow after his visitation to Sancreed on 15 July 1671.
Francis died at Tregonebris in 1725.
Joane Lanyon 1653-1703
Joane married John Edwards at Ludgvan in 1674, no further trace.
Elizabeth Lanyon 1654-1737
Elizabeth married Francis Elies at Sancreed in 1681, they had three children: Bennet, Anne and Caterina.
Rebecca Lanyon 1656-1705
Rebecca married her cousin Thomas Trenwith at Towednack, Cornwall in 1676. (Her name is spelt Rovena in the register). Thomas was the son of Renatus Trenwith and Joan/Johanna Lanyon of Gwinear. (see Gwinear branch.)
Thomas went to Oxford University and was Mayor of St Ives in 1684.
Thomas and Rebecca had eight children.
Charles Lanyon 1658-1721
The Sancreed parish register lists his baptism as Charels son of Mr John Leanyne and Marie.
Charles married Sarah Tresilian about 1686 and they had four children:
- Mary 1688- married Paschoe Hockin at St Buryan 1710
- Sarah 1690-1793 (age 102!!) she never married (see post ‘Sarah’s Pew’)
- Catherine 1698-1751 married James Tremenhere at St Levan in 1720 – five children.
- Abraham Lanyon 1699- no further trace.
Charles Lanyon’s will of 1722 (Source Bodmin Probate Registry) lists the following:
A purse, girdle and wearing apparel, one pair of pistols, one gun, one sword, to a friend.
Phillip Lanyon 1659-
Phillip was the seventh son but he still managed to inherit land in Sancreed and money from both parents.
There is an Ann Lanyon d/o Philipp baptised at Madron in 1678, she could be a daughter of this Philipp, it isn’t clear. Phillip married Mary Edwards at Ludgvan in 1683 but no further children traced.
There is a burial of a Phillip Lanion at Eastern meeting Society of Friends at Liskeard on 16 Jul 1697, also an Elizabeth Lanion buried 29 May 1689 of Liskeard. It is possible that it is the same Phillip. Could the Phillip buried at Liskeard be a woman?
Thomas Lanyon
Thomas was born in 1661 just three years before his father died. He was left land and money by both parents. He married Margaret Paule at Breage in 1681.
- Phyllis 1695-1750 – spinster
- Anne 1698-1699 – died in infancy
- Jane Lanyon 1700-1782 – married John Tremethick
- Jone Lanyon 1702-1784 – married William Perrow – 2 children
- William 1705-1791 – married Margaret Richards – 3 children
- John 1711-1767 – married Sarah Straight and started the St Allen branch of the family.
And just like that the Botrea branch of the family has grown! With so many children and grandchildren I have concentrated on the male grandchildren and their families. It becomes a journey of wealth to poverty over the course of the generations.
The Lanyons 