Alexander Daniell

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.

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

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]

References
  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 (175). 17 November 1881. p. 6.
  6. "Antiquarian. Documents relating to the Manor of Alverton and the Borough of Penzance". The Cornishman (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

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