BOSCAWEN, MRS. FRANCES (wife of Admiral Boscawen). b. 1719. d. South Audley Street, London, 26th March, 1805. cf. Gent. Mag., lxxv, pt. i, 289, 382 (1805); Boswell's Johnson, ed. 1835, vii, 186, 322.

Letters to and from Hannah More. Roberts' Mem. of Life and Correspondence of H. More, vols i, ii, iii.

Resignation. In two parts, and a postscript to Mrs B******* In verse, by Rev. Edward Young, L.L.D. Lond., 1762, 4°.-Reprinted in Anderson's ed. of the Poets, x, 140–54.-Chalmer's ed. of the Poets, xiii, 493–506.

Sacred Dramas... to which is added Sensibility, a Poem. By H. More. Lond., Cadell, 1782, 8°.,

4/-.

NOTE.-Sensibility is dedicated to Mrs. Boscawen.

BOSCAWEN, HON. EDWARD.

Admiral of the Blue (3rd son of the first Viscount Falmouth). b. Cornwall, 19th Aug., 1712. d. Hatchland Park, near Guilford, 10th Jan., 1761. cf. English Cyclop.; Mahon's Hist., ed. 1858, iv, 46, 133, 147; Campbell's Lives of British Admirals, ed. 1814, vi, 389-421; P. Brown's Hist. of Island of Cape Breton, pp. 282-328; The Georgian Era, ii, 176-77; European Mag., xxv, 191-93 (1794); Gent. Mag., xxxi, 9-10 (1761); W. Seward's Anecdotes, 4th ed., 1798, ii, 347-53; Charnock's Biog. Navalis, iv, 31038; Naval Biog. (1800), ii, 466–74.

Prise de la Fortress de Louisberg en Canada par les Anglais, aux ordres de Général Major Amherst et de l'Admiral Boscawen, le 26 Juillet, 1758 [Strasbourg? 1770, 8°.

Die Eroberung der Festung Louisbourg in Canada von einem Korps Koniglich Grossbrittanisher Truppen unter den Befehlen des Generalmayor Amherst und des Admiral Boscawen den 26 ten Julius 1758 [Strasbourg? 1770?], 8o.

The Auspices of War; an Ode, inscribed to the Memory of the Hon. Admiral Boscawen; to which is added The Prophecy of the Union; a narrative poem. Lond., 1779, 4°.

An Ode occasioned by the success of Admiral Boscawen. By a Gentleman of the University of Oxford. Lond., Baldwin, 8o., 6d.

A Poem addressed to Admiral Boscawen. Gent. Mag., xvii, 600 (1747).

Epigram on Admiral Boscawen. ib., xxxi, 38 (1761).

BOSCAWEN, HUGH and EDWARD.

Copyes of several deeds relating to five shares of land in Paget's tribe, in the Bermudas, purchased on 4th Feb., 1763, by H. and E. Boscawen. Addit. MSS., Br. Museum, 10131, fol.

BOSCAWEN, HUGH (son of Edward Boscawen). cr. Viscount Falmouth, 13th June, 1720. d. Trefusis, 25th Oct., 1734.

Grant of the office of Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall to H. Boscawen, in the room of F. Godolphin, Lord Rialton, 22nd April, 1708. Harl. MSS., 2263, art. 175.

Warrant to H. Boscawen, Warden of the Stannaries, to summon a Parliament of the Tinners of Devon and Cornwall, 14th Jan., 1709-10. ib., 2264, art. 98.

BOSCAWEN, M.

A Sketch of the Life of the Princess Charlotte; being an attempt to delineate her character and moral worth; with authentic particulars of her lamented death. Lond., 1817, 8°., 6d.

Sketch of the Life of the Princess Charlotte Augusta, Concert of Prince Leopold. 2nd ed., Lond., Walker and Mason, 1817, 12°., pp. 36.

BOSCAWEN, MARY FRANCES ELIZABETH (Viscountess Falmouth). b. 24th March, 1822.

Conversations in Geography; or, the Child's First Introduction to where he is, what he is, and what else there is besides. Lond., Longman, 1854, 8°., pp. 512.

BOSCAWEN, HON. AND REV. NICHOLAS, D.D. R. of St. Mabyn; Dean of Buryan. b. 16th Aug., 1720. d. Quendon, Essex, 4th July, 1793. cf. Gent. Mag., lxiii, pt. 2, 676, 708, 765 (1793).

BOSCAWEN, WILLIAM (2nd son of General Geo. Boscawen). b. 28th Aug., 1752. d. Little Chelsea, 8th May, 1811. cf. Rose; Chalmers; Gent. Mag., lxxxi, pt. i, 470, 500 (1811).

A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes. By W. Boscawen, Barrister-at-Law. Lond., Printed for E. & R. Brooke, in Bell-yard, TempleBar, 1792, 8°., pp. 211. Preface, &c., sheet; Index, sheet; these have no pagination.

NOTE.-Dedicated to Sir F. Buller, Bart.

The Odes of Horace...Translated into English Verse by W. Boscawen. Lond., Stockdale, 1793, 8°., 6d.

The Progress of Satire. An Essay in Verse... 1798, Supplement, 1799. Richard the First. A Poem, by Sir J. B. Burgess [afterwards Sir J. B. Lamb]. Lond., 1800, 8o.

NOTE. A copy in the Br. Museum has MS. notes by the author, containing corrections and emendations suggested by W. Boscawen.

Original Poems. By W. Boscawen. 1801, 12°. Address to the Subscribers and Friends to the

BOSCAWEN, WILLIAM. (Con.).

Literary Fund, by W. Boscawen. Gent. Mag., lxx, pt. i, 370 (1800).

NOTE.-W. Boscawen was for many years a contributor to the British Critic.

BOSCAWEN, LIEUT. WILLIAM GLANVILLE (2nd son of Admiral Boscawen). b. 1751. Drowned in Jamaica, 21st April, 1769.

Elegy on the Death of Lieut. W. G. Boscawen. By Dr. John Wolcot. cf. D. Gilbert's Cornwall, cf. D. Gilbert's Cornwall, iii, 219-20.

BOSGRAVE, THOMAS (a kinsman of Sir J. Arundell). b. Cornwall. Executed Dorchester, 4th July, 1594. ef. Challoner's Men, of Missionary Priests... ed. 1803, i, 166-168.

BOSON, JOHN (son of Nicholas Boson). b. Newlyn. bapt. 29th March, 1655 (?).

The Duchess of Cornwall's Progress to the Land's End. Written in the Cornish language. A Romance. MSS.

BOSVIAN, THOMAS.

King Henry VIII to T. Bosvian and James Carew, of Cornwall, greeting them for revenging the cruelty of the Scots, and to make a speedy loan of 201., for carrying on the war. Westminster, 1st Dec., 15—. Harl. MSS., 6986, art. 3.

BOSUSTOW, WILLIAM, of Perran Foundry. b. Helston, 30th August, 1812.

BOTTRELL, WILLIAM, JUN. (Con.).

One and

The Excursion. ib., Dec., 1867, et seq.
Lord Exmouth's run from the foe.
All, May, 1868.

May Day. ib., May, 1868.

St. Levan Church. ib., July, 1868. Lord De Dunstanville and the old dame of Portreath. ib., Aug., 1868.

A Northern Excursion. ib., Sept., 1868. Cornish pulpit retorts forty years ago. ib., Sept., 1868.

The Zennor man's will. ib., Oct., 1868. The Zennor man who bought clothes for his wife. ib., Nov., 1868.

The Ancient Name of Chapel Street. ib., Dec., 1868.

A Northern Excursion. ib., Jan. and Feb., 1869.

BOULTON, MATTHEW. b. Birmingham, 3rd Sept., 1728. d. Birmingham, 17th August, 1809.

NOTE. He came into Cornwall to erect Watts's Engines, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1762, 1784. cf. Smiles' Lives of Boulton and Watt, passim; see also Bramah, J. BOURNON, JACQUES LOUIS (COMTE DE), F.R.S. and L.S. b. Metz, 21st January, 1751. d. Versailles, 24th August, 1825.

Description of the Arseniates of Copper and of Iron from Cornwall. Philos. Trans., xci, 169– 192, 193, 1801. [Journ. des Mines, xi, 35-62, 1801-2; Journ. de Phys. Paris, liv, 299-312, 1802].

BOTTRELL, WILLIAM, JUN. b. Raftra, St. Levan, 7th March, 1816.

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall. By W. Bottrell (an Old Celt)...Penzance, 1870, Printed for the Author, by W. Cornish, The Library, Green-market, 8°., pp. vi and 287. Price to Subscribers, 5, 6.

The Penzance of our Grandfathers. A series of articles in The Cor. Teleg., in 1867, signed "Old Celt" [i.e., W. Bottrell].

some observations upon the various modes of attraction which influences the formation of mineral substances, and upon the different kinds of Sulphuret of Copper. ib., xciv, 30-62, 63, 1804. Abridg., xxiv, 225, 251.

Memoir on the triple Sulphuret of Lead, Copper, and Antimony or Endellion. W. Nicholson's Journ., xxiv, 225–37, 251-60, 321–36 (1809).

BOWDLER, MRS. HENRIETTA MARIA. d. Bath, 25th Feb., 1830, aged 76.

Pen Tamar, or the History of an Old Maid. By the late Mrs. H. M. Bowdler. Lond., Longman, 1830, 8.

BOWEN, EMANUEL.

Map of Cornwall divided into hundreds. Drawn from Surveys and Illustrated with Historical Extracts, relative to its Produce, Trade, and Manufactures; describing also the Church. Livings. Charity Schools, &c., by E. Bowen, Geographer to his late Majesty. Lond., Printed for Robt. Sawyer and John Bennett, 53, Fleet Street... 1st June, 1777, size 193 in. by 16 in.

BOWER, REV. JOHN. V. of Lostwithiel. b. Lostwithiel.

The Official Application of the Rev. J. Bower, with other influentiul people, to the Privy Council, to appoint them a Board of Health to prevent the Cholera in Lostwithiel. Lostwithiel, 1832, 4°. MSS.

BOWLES, CHARLES. Solicitor. b. Burton Hill, Shaftesbury, 1766. d. Shaftesbury, 21st May, 1837.

A Short Account of the Hundred of Penwith, in the County of Cornwall. Compiled from Authentic Documents. With an Appendix, containing the Original Grants, Confirmations, &c. By Charles Bowles, of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury, Printed and Sold by R. Hurd, High Street; Sold also by Champante and Whitrow, Jewry Street, Aldgate, London; Collins, Salisbury; Goadley, Lerpinere, and Langdon, Sherborne ; and may be had of all Booksellers. 1805, 8°., pp. 48.

NOTE. A sort of rough brief, in proof of the right of the Arundel family to wrecks and royalties in Penwith; 31 pages are occupied with copies of Grants, &c.

BOWLES, REV. WILLIAM LISLE, M.A. (brother of the preceding). b. King's Sutton, 24th Sept., 1762. d. Salisbury, 7th April, 1850. St. Michael's Mount. A. Poem. Salisbury, Printed by B. C. Collins for J. Adams, Shaftesbury, 1798, 4°., pp. 25, 2/6.

Days Departed, or Banwell Hill. A Lay of the Severn Sea. Lond., Murray, 1829, 8"., pp. 120.-2nd ed., including the Tale of the Maid of Cornwall, or Spectre and Prayer Book, 1829, 8°., pp. 37, & 205.

NOTE. The Cornish Tale, pp. 76-116. Poetical Works of Rev. W. L. Bowles. With Memoir by Rev. G. Gilfillan. Lond., Nichol, 1855, 2 vols., 8°.

BOX, WILLIAM HENRY, M.D. b. Cornwall, 1796. d. East Looe, 25th Aug., 1861. Remarks on the New Patent Hook in Sea Fishing. By W. H. Box, M.D. Published by Thomas Hemming and Son, sole Manufacturers, Victoria Place, Redditch, Worcestershire. Birmingham, Printed at M. Billing's Steam-press Office, Livery Street, n.d. [1858], 8°., pp. 4.

Submarine Forest near Looe. Rep. R.I.C., 1844, p. 36.

On Opening Barrows in Pelynt. ib., 1846, p. 38.

Frescoes in Talland Church. ib., 1849, p. 32. BOYD, REV. ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON, D.D. Minister of the City and Parish of St. Andrew's. b. Auchinleck, Ayrshire, 3rd Nov.,

1825.

The Land's End. By the author of "Recrea tions of a Country Parson" [i.e., Rev. A. K. H. Boyd]. Good Words, Nov., 1862.

The Common-place Philosopher. Lond., Longman, 1864, 8°.

NOTE. Chapter xii, entitled "At the Lands End," pp. 371-88.

BOYD, REV. HENRY. Formerly Master of Probus School; now V. of St. Mark's, Victoria Dock, Plaistow, Essex. b. St. John's, Hackney, 26th Feb., 1831.

A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Probus, on Sunday Morning, November 13th, 1859, by the Rev. H. Boyd. Truro, J. R. Netherton, 1859, 8o., pp. 12, 6d.

BOYLE, JOHN MAGOR (son of Rev. John Boyle, Wesleyan Minister). b. Penzance, now in America.

Gorlaye, or a Tale of the Olden Tyme; in four cantos. Anon. Lond., Baldwin; Truro, J. Brokenshir [printed], 1835, 12°., pp. 180, 7/6.

NOTE. A half title prefixed reads "Cithara Dan

monii.

BOYNE, LOUIS SAMUEL. b. Ireland. d. St. Mawes.

Notes on the Parish of St. Anthony, in Roseland, and its restored Church; with remarks on the Life and Temptations of the Patron Saint. By L. S. Boyne, St Mawes; with Illustrations by Rev. C. W. Carlyon. Lond., Truscott, 1852, 8°., pp. 40.

BOYNE, WILLIAM, F.S.A.

Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century, in England, Wales, and Ireland, by Corporations, Merchants, Tradesmen, etc. Lond., J. R. Smith, 1858, 4o.

NOTE.-Cornish Tokens described, pp. 37-40.

Letter to Lord Burghley, complaining of some Cornish Men refusing to come to Church... 3rd Dec., 1576. Lands. MSS., 23, art. 8.

BRADDON, LAURENCE, of Treworgy, in St. Gennys. d. Sunday, 29th November, 1724. cf. Luttrell's Brief Relation of State Affairs, i, 299, 306; Jus. Ralph's Hist. of England, i, 761-65; North's Examen, ed. 1740, pp. 386-85; Kippis' Biog. Brit., iii, 229-30; N. & Q., 3 S., iv, 500 (1863).

The Tryal of Laurence Braddon and Hugh Speke, Gent., upon an Information of High Misdemeanour, &c....endeavouring to raise a Belief

that the late Earl of Essex did not Murther himself in the Tower, before Sir. George Jeffreys, .Friday, 7th of February, 1683. Lond., Printed for Benjamin Tooke, at the Ship, in St Paul's Church Yard, 1684, fol., pp. 78.-Reprinted Cobbett's State Trials, ix, 1127-1228.

An Enquiry into, and Detection of the Barbarous Murther of the Late Earl of Essex; or a Vindication of that Noble Person from the Guilt and Infamy of having Destroyed himself [By L. Braddon 1689, 4°., pp. 75.

Essex's Innocency and Honour Vindicated, or Murther, Subornation, Perjury, and Oppression, justly charged on the Murtherers of that Noble Lord and True Patriot Arthur (late) Earl of Essex, &c. Lond., Printed for the Author, and sold by most Booksellers, 1690, 4o.

The Constitutions of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, as amended by the Right Honourable the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen, &c. Lond., Printed in the year 1708, 8°.

NOTE.There is no Author's name on the title page, but the dedication is signed "Laurence Braddon." The Miseries of the Poor a National Sin and Shame. Lond., 1717, 8".

Particular answers to the most material objections made to the proposal humbly presented to His Majesty for relieving, reforming, and employing all the poor of Great Britain. Printed

in the year 1722, 8°., pp. 72.

NOTE. No name on title page, but dedication signed "Laurence Braddon."

Bishop Burnet's History charged with great partiality and misrepresentations, to make the present and future ages believe that Arthur, Earl of Essex, in 1683, murdered himselfe... with observations upon the suppos'd poysoning of King Charles the Second. Written by Mr. Braddon. Lond., Printed for Tho. Warner, in Paternoster Row, n.d. [1725], 8°., pp. 192.Reprinted Cobbett's State Trials, ix, 1229-1332.

Letter from L. Braddon to Sir Hans Sloane. Br. Museum Addit. MSS., 4038.

Secretary of Barbadoes. b. Westminster, 18th May, 1805. d. London, 11th October, 1853. The last of the Greeks, or Ferdinando Paleologus. Gent. Mag., xix., 17 (1843).

BRAMAH, JOSEPH. Engineer. b. Stainborough, Yorkshire, 1749. d. Holt Forest, Hants, 9th Decr., 1814.

A Letter to the Right Hon. Sir James Eyre, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, on the subject of the cause Boulton and Watt v. Hornblower and Maberly, for infringement of Mr. Watt's Patent for an Improvement on the Steam Engine. Lond., 1797, 8°.

BRAMSTON, SIR JOHN. Elected M.P. for Bodmin, 1640. b. Whitechapel, Sept., 1611. d. Skreens, 4th Feb., 1699-1700. cf. J. Bramston's Autobiography, pp. 160-61.

BRANWELL, ELLEN VIVIAN. See Warder, E. V.

BRAY, ANNA ELIZA (daughter of John Kempe, Bullion Porter, H.M. Mint). b. St. Mary Newington, Surrey. She . firstly Charles Alfred Stothard, F.S.A. (who d. 1821); she m. secondly Rev. E. A. Bray who d. 1857). Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, & Sketches of Devonshire, the Tamar, and the Tavy. Lond., Murray, 1838, 3 vols., post 8°., 24-.

Trelawnie of Trelawne, or the prophecy; a Legend of Cornwall. Lond., Longman, 3 vols., post 8°., 31/6.-2nd ed., 1845, 8°.

Henry de Pomeroy, or the Eve of St. John; a Legend of Cornwall and Devon. Lond., R. Bentley, 1842, 3 vols., 12°.-New ed., revised and corrected, with notes by the Author (with the White Rose. A Domestic Tale.). Lond., Longman, 1846, 8°., pp. 4 & 364.

Courtenay of Walreddon. A Romance of the West. Lond., R. Bentley, 1844, 3 vols., 12°. The Novels and Romances of A. E. Bray. Lond., Longman, 1845-6, 10 vols., 8o., 60/-.

NOTE. With Illustrations and a general preface by the Authoress.

BRAY, ANNA ELIZA. (Con.).

A Peep at the Pixies, or Legends of the West ...with Illustrations by H. K. Browne. Lond., Grant and Griffith, 1854 [1853], 8°., pp. 162,

3/6.

Rosteague. A Family Tradition. MSS. Cotele and the Edgcumbes of the Olden. Times. Gent. Mag., xl, 351, 444-50 (1853).

BRAY, HENRY. Mayor of Bodmin, 1550 & 1562.

The Articles of us the Commoners of Deuonshyre and Cornwall, in diuers Campes by East and West of Excettor. [1549], 4°., 3 leaves. (Signed, amongst others, by H. Bray, Mayor of Bodmin).

NOTE.-cf. Journ. R.I.C., Oct., 1864, p. 77; April, 1865, p. 36.

BRAY, THE REV. THOMAS, D.D. Canon of Windsor and Rector of Exeter Coll., Orford, 22nd Oct., 1771. b. Stratton, 1706. d. 28th March, 1785. cf. Gent. Mag., lv, 324 (1785).

The evidence of Prophecy superior to the evidence of Miracles only in a restrained and limited sense. A Sermon [on II Pet., i, 19] preached before the University of Oxford, on Feb. 2nd, 1761, by T. Bray, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Printed at the Theatre, for Jas. Fletcher, and sold by Payne and Cropley. Lond., 1761, 8o., pp. 23.

A Sermon [on I Pet., ii, 16] preached before The Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Monday, Jan. 31st, 1763, being appointed to be observed as the day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I, by T. Bray. Lond., Printed for J. Fletcher, in the Turle, at Oxford; and sold by J. Fletcher & Co. Lond., 1763, 4°., pp. 19.

NOTE.-Dr. Bray received the thanks of the House of Commons for this Sermon, 1st Feb., 1763.

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE, F.S.A. [b. 1773. d. 23rd Sept., 1854], and Britton, John.

The Beauties of England and Wales; or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of each County; embellished with Engravings. Lond., Vernor... Longman, etc., 1801-15, 18 vols., 8°.

NOTE.-Cornwall, ii, 311-521; with 10 Plates. The Beauties of Cornwall; or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive. Plates of Roche Rock and Chapel and St. German's Church. Truro, Printed and sold by William Harry, 1802, demy 8°.

NOTE.- Extracted from the previous work. Cornwall illustrated in a series of Views of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches,

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE. (Con.). Antiquities, etc., from original drawings by Thomas Allom, etc.; engraved on steel by Le Petit...with historical and descriptive accounts, by J. Britton and E. W. Brayley. Map and 45 Views. Lond., Fisher, Sons, & Co., 1831, sq. fol., pp. 48.

Devonshire illustrated in a series of views of Cities, Towns...from original drawings by Thos. Allom and W. H. Bartlett, etc.; engraved on Steel by Heath...with historical and descriptive accounts by J. Britton and E. W. Brayley. Map and 95 Views. Lond., Fisher, Son, & Co., 1832., sq. fol., pp. 106.

Devonshire and Cornwall illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, W. H. Bartlett, etc.; with historial and topographical descriptions by J. Britton and E. W. Brayley. Lond., H. Fisher, 1832, sq. fol.

NOTE. This is a general title to the two preceding works when bound up together.

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WILLIAM, F.R.S. (son of the preceding). b. London, 1801. d. London, 1st February, 1870.

On the alleged artificial origin of Rock Basins. Philos. Mag., viii, 331-42 (1830).

BREACA, ST. cf. A. Butler's Lives of the Saints, ed. 1836, i, 298, 738.

BREE, REV. WILLIAM THOMAS. R. of Allesley. b. Coleshill, near Warwick, 1786. d. Allesley, 25th Feb., 1863.

List of Exotic Plants flourishing in the neighbourhood of Penzance, in Paris' Guide, ed. 1828, p. 7.

Notes on the Mildness of the Climate of Penzance, and List of some rare Indigenous Plants in the Land's End District, in Forbes "On the Climate of Penzance," pp. 49–56.

BRENTON, E. H. b. St. Blazey.
BRENTON, WILLIAM. b. St. Blazey.

Map of the Chiverton and Perranzabuloe Mining District, shewing the relative positions of mines, all known lodes, cross-courses, etc. By E. H. Brenton, Truro, and William Brenton, Plain-an Gwarry, Redruth, Mine and Land Surveyors, Draughtsmen, Lithographers. Size of Map, 3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 6in. Price, coloured, mounted, and varnished, 21/-. 1869.

Map of the Lovell, Helston, and Wheal Vor Mining Districts. In preparation, 1870.

BRETT, REV. GEORGE. Dissenting Minister at Penzance and Liskeard. b. Staffordshire.

Mem. of, by Mr. John Fox, of Plymouth, in Monthly Repository, xvi, 260-62 (1821).

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