Alexander Daniell

Alexander Daniell
Born12 December 1599
Middelburg, Walcheren
Died12 April 1668(1668-04-12) (aged 68)
Larigan, Cornwall
Resting placeMadron, Cornwall
Other namesAlexander Daniel
Childrenten

Alexander Daniell (12 December 1599 – 12 April 1668) was the sole proprietor of the Manor of Alverton, Cornwall from 1630 until his death in 1668.

He was born in Middelburg[1][2] in Walcheren, the son of Richard Daniel, clothier and citizen of London,[3] and on coming to Cornwall in 1632, lived in rented accommodation until 1639, when a new house was built at Larigan, between Penzance and Newlyn.[4] His notebook gives his income and expenditure (actual years not stated in The Cornishman article). In the first year his income is £43 and expenditure £156; the following year his income was £206 and he spends £246; and in the third year income was £181 and expenditure £219. It appears that excess of expenditure over income was the norm.[5] He was interested in the history of the manor and made copies of rent-rolls preserving information on the parishes of Madron, St Buryan, and St Levan as well as Alverton. One of Daniell's manuscripts, known as the Rawlinson MSS, class C No 789 is preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.[6]

He died at his residence on 12 April 1668 and is buried at Madron. The following is inscribed on his tomb:–[7]

Belgia me Birth, Britain me Breeding gave,
Cornwall a wife, ten children, and a grave.[8]

Daniel's tomb, along with members of his family, is in the churchyard at Madron.[9]

  1. ^ Oxford Index Reference Entry Daniell, Alexander (1599–1668), diarist
  2. ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
  3. ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall, Charles Henderson Calendar 2, p. 24. His family was from Belgian descent: "sold to Justo Collimore all my inheritance due out of my Grand Mother Van Megens' estate of land and goods in Brabant for £157."
  4. ^ Pool, Peter A S (1974). The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance. Penzance: Corporation of Penzance.
  5. ^ "Conversazione at Laregan". The Cornishman. No. 175. 17 November 1881. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Antiquarian. Documents relating to the Manor of Alverton and the Borough of Penzance". The Cornishman. No. 27. 16 January 1879. p. 3.
  7. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 96, Part 1
  8. ^ We know the names of three sons: Alexander, Richard and Elias, cf. Henderson Calendar 2, p. 24.
  9. ^ Historic England & 1137116