The 16th Century
1502. 'Le Gracyas on Relystan Down' listed as an ancient tin site. 1521 Wolsey's inquisition values the parish at £12 1536-38 Confiscation of monastery lands 1560 Gwinear parish register starts. 1569 Gwinear muster roll lists 55 men aged between 16 and 60 Parish population approx.428 1575/6 Roseworthy Manor sold to Sir John Arundell by the Earl of Oxford. 1580. Edward Lanyon moved to Gwinear and lived in the Barton of Coswin, renaming it Lanyon House.
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