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| Name |
William HICKS |
| Suffix |
Gent. |
| Christened |
2 Jan 1620/1621 |
Kerris, Paul, Cornwall, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
F71E2F19B00BA74B925D0DA6F9E898082D66 |
| Buried |
3 Mar 1659/1660 |
Kerris, Paul Parish, Cornwall, England |
| Person ID |
I14802 |
YoungFamily |
| Last Modified |
3 Jul 2019 |
| _UID |
CE99C2A52520CE489F67461FF4082041F1F5 |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas HICKS, c. 18 Apr 1646, Paul, Cornwall, England |
| | 2. Paul HICKS, c. 9 Jan 1647, Paul, Cornwall, England |
| | 3. Nicholas HICKS, c. 3 Jan 1651, Paul, Cornwall, England |
| | 4. Phillip HICKS, c. 17 Apr 1653, Paul, Cornwall, England , d. 1714, Lifton, Devon, England (Age ~ 60 years) |
| | 5. William HICKS, c. 23 Nov 1654, Paul, Cornwall, England |
| | 6. John HICKS, c. 3 Oct 1656, Paul, Cornwall, England |
| | 7. Lydia HICKS, c. 24 Sep 1659, Paul, Cornwall, England |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F4432 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Hicks, William s. Nicholas, of St Paule, Cornwall, Gent Wadham college, matric 9 March 1637/8 aged 17; a captain in the trained bands, and became very forward against those of the loyal party; baptised at Paul 2 Jan. 1620/1 and buried in the parish church of St Paul aforesaid 3 Mar 1659. See Ath. iii. 89; & D.N.B
DNB edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee
p. 360
HICKS, WILLIAM (1621-1660), puritan, son of Nicholas Hicks, was born at Kerris in the parish of Paul, Cornwall, and baptised at Paul on 2 Jan. 1620/1. He was educated in the high school at Exeter and at Liskeard, and on 9 Feb. 1637/8 matriculated as a commoner at Wadham College, Oxford, where he 'ran through the classes of logic and philosophy.' Recalled to his native county at the beginning of the civil war, before he had taken a degree, he was, by his relatives, put in arms against the king, and according to Wood, 'became so fanatical in his opinion that he was esteemed by some to be little better than an anabaptist.' He was appointed a captain in the trained bands, and was noted for his zeal against the royalists. He died at Kerris in February, and was buried in the parish church of Paul on 3 Mar 1659/60.
He published: "Revelation Revealed", being a practical exposition of the Revelation of St. John. Whereunto is annexed a small Essay, entitled Quinto-Monarchiae, cum quarto A Friendly Complyance between Christ's Monarchy and the magistrates,' Lond. 1659 and 1661, fol., dedicated to Sir Richard Chyverton, late lord mayor of London. Copies of the latter date have a portrait, engraved by David Loggan, of the author in a cloak. Wood states that the real author of the Quinto-Monarchiae was Hick's kinsman, Alexander Harrie, a minister's son in Corwall, B. D., and sometime fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
[Wood's Athenae Oxon. ed. Bliss, iii. 489; Gairdner's Register of Wadham College, p. 136; Granger's Biog. Hist. of England, 5th edit. iv. 47; Boase and Courtney's Bibl. Cornubiensis, p. 238.]
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The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious ..., Volumes 4-7. Literary Characters of Cornwall, p. 161.
By Richard Polwhele
HICKS, WILLIAM son of Nicholas Hicks, Gent. was born at Kerris in the parish of Paul December, 1620; was a commoner of Wadham College, in Lent Term, 1637, and there ran through the classes of logic and philosophy. But being taken thence in the beginning of the civil war, before he could be honoured with a degree, he was, by his relations, put in arms against the king, and in a short time became so fanatical in his opinion that he was esteemed by some to be little better than an Anabaptist. So that being looked upon as a zealous brother for the cause, he was made a captain in the trained bands, and became very forward against those of the royal party. He published "Revelation Revealed"; being a practical exposition on the Revelation of St. John, Lon. 1659, fol. which book lying dead on the seller's hands, had a new title afterwards put, bearing date 1661, with the author's picture before it in a clock. Quinto-Monarchiae, or a friendly compliance between Christ's Monarchy and the magistrates; being a Glass for the Quinto-monarchians and others that desire to know under what dispensations of Providence we now live, etc. - printed and bound with Revelation Revealed, etc. which was written (as the common report went in Exet. Coll. and Cornwall) by a kinsmanof William Hicks, called Alexander Harrie, a minister's son in Corwall, Bachelor in Divinity, and some time Fellow of said college of Exeter; which book (Revelation Revealed) coming after his death into Hicks's hands, he published it under his own name, without any mention of A. Harrie, who was a learned man, and held in great veneration by those that knew him. This Mr. Hicks died at Kerris, in the very beginning of March in 1659, and was buried on the third day of the same month in Paul's church." See Wood's Athen. Vol. II. c. 157.
I have good reason to imagine the stone crosses that remained in this parish after the reformation were thrown down or broken by order of Mr. Hicks. He is noted by Mr. Granger, (Vol. iii. p. 71) who places him in the Interregnum, calss the ninth, among the miscellaneous authors in divinity, history, antiquities, etc. I have lately seen the copper plate whence the print in Granger was taken, which, I apprehend is now become scarce. On the top of the plate is this motto, "Da Deo et Caesari" - in the margin, which is oval, circumscribing the figure, is the following inscription "Gulielmus Hicks, Gen. aetatis suae 38 Anno. Dom. 1658. Underneath the following verses:
"Though thou no Prophet art, nor Prophet's son,
Without their spirit, this could ne'er be dpne.
Though Brightman, Napier, Mede, are gone to rest,
Their spright yet lives redoubled in they breast.
Ye that have cast th' Apocalpyse to the ground,
Because so dark, mysterious and profound,
Why take it up againe, and use this Glasse
Twill then no longer for a Mystrie passe."
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Kerris (Cornish: Kerys)[1] is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-west of Penzance in the civil parish of Paul.[2] Kerris means "fort-place" in the Cornish language.
Toponymy
In 1302 a document spells the name Veor Keris and other spellings have been Kerres (in 1310), Kyrrys (1337), Vean Kerrys (1440), Keres (1481), Kyrris (1668). (Veor means large or great and Vean means little).[4]
Antiquities
Several prehistoric relics can be found around Kerris including the Roundago (possibly an Iron Age hill fort) and the Kerris Standing Stone or menhir.[5] Several fields away is the Tresvannack Stone which stands around 3.5m tall with a further 1.2m below ground. In 1840 a pair of urns were found under a slab of granite at the base of the stone. The urns are now kept at Penlee Museum, Penzance. Kerris cross was damaged during the English Civil War and repaired by a local blacksmith in the 19th century with iron pins holding the granite head in position. In September 2011 the corroded pins were replaced by stainless steel pins. Medieval crosses, in situ, indicate the route to the parish church.[6]
Cross and former manor house
History
There is a former manor house, which is a grade II* listed building dating back to the 17th-century, possibly using earlier walls. Kerris was under three different ownerships until 1694. when Richard Pearce bought the three parts, Major alterations were carried out in 1721 by his son Richard Pearce (1693–1753) and in 1743 John Hawkins became the owner when Pearce and his wife, Maria, were declared bankrupt.[7]
In 1882 the freehold farm Kerris was advertised for sale by auction. It included a ″commodieus and substantially built farm house″ and about 80 acres (32 ha) of land. Approximately 65 acres (26 ha) was considered to be of good arable and pasture land, and 15 acres (6.1 ha) of croft which ″with very little expense could be brought into cultivation″.[8] The property was bought by the owner of an adjacent tenement, Mr Thomas Bedford Bolitho, for £4,320.[9]
A Weselyan chapel was opened in 1905.[10]
Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
Land's End (Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 978 0 319 24304 6.
Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype ISBN 978-1-904808-22-0; p. 43
Pool, Peter A S (1985). The Place-names of West Penwith (Second ed.). Heamoor: PAS Pool. p. 55.
"Kerris - Standing Stone (Menhir)". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
"Medieval cross that marks path to church is repaired". Cornishman. 29 September 2011.
Historic England & 1327506
"Valuable Freehold Estate For Sale". The Cornishman (197 (187)). 20 April 1882. p. 1.
"Kerris". The Cornishman (200 (190)). 11 May 1882. p. 4.
"Kerris". The Cornishman (1396). 6 April 1905. p. 2.
"Paul". The Cornishman (258). 21 June 1883. p. 4.
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KERRIS MANOR FARMHOUSE INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALLS AND REAR COURTYARD WALLS
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Overview
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1327506
Date first listed:
15-Dec-1988
Statutory Address:
KERRIS MANOR FARMHOUSE INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALLS AND REAR COURTYARD WALLS
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Location
Statutory Address:
KERRIS MANOR FARMHOUSE INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALLS AND REAR COURTYARD WALLS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Paul
National Grid Reference:
SW 44307 27155
Details
PAUL KERRIS SW 42 NW 5/12 Kerris Manor Farmhouse including - front garden walls and rear courtyard walls GV II*
Manor farmhouse including front garden walls and rear courtyard walls. C17, possibly incorporating earlier walls. Remodelled at the front in 1721 for RP (Richard Pearce) (datestone over doorway) and extended in the C18. Granite ashlar front, otherwise granite moorstone rubble with granite dressings. Scantle slate roof with gable ends. Granite coped, gable ends to rear range. Original gable axial and lateral dressed granite stacks with moulded tops. Circa late-cl9 or early-C20 pierced crested clay ridge tiles. Plan: Large plan built-around a rectangular courtyard plus a short projecting wing set back on the left-hand side. Front (east) range was substantially rebuilt in 1721 and the internal features are probably of this date. There is a large parlour on the left, a similar sized room (now kitchen) on the right and a large central hall with externally projecting stair and fireplace at its rear. The front wall of the rear (west) range continues, at either side of the courtyard and is presumably one of the oldest surviving parts. There is a through passage (front and rear doorways) at left of middle. L-shaped range on the left (south) of the courtyard has many C17 features; right-hand (north) range had a small service room with axial through passage behind with C17 opening on its right. There is a stair beside the fireplace in the front right-hand room. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 7 window east front with central doorway (second from left-hand first floor window opening and window opening over doorway blocked). C18 6-panel door with top 4 panels later glazed. Two C18 sashes with thick glazing bars right of doorway, otherwise circa early C19 12-pane sashes and some later copies, all in original openings. Ground floor openings have incised lintels to resemble flat arches with voussoirs. Later lean-to on left. North courtyard front of south range has C17 3-light freestone or elvan hollow-chamfered 3-light mullioned window to first floor. West front of rear range has C17 chamfered doorway left of courtyard front, blocked opening to first floor left and blocked chamfered mullioned window to ground floor right (within north range). Interior: Range set back on the left has C17 chamfered windows in the front, left- hand and rear walls. Front range has many features of 1721 including: complete panelled parlour with bolection mouldings and moulded cornice (repaired at west end in 1987 following fire); ovolo-moulded panelling and moulded cornice to rear wall of hall, left of stair; many doors with fielded panels and eared chimney piece in left- hand chamber. Stair has closed string and heavy turned balusters and appears to be circa late C17. Left-hand range and rear range have C17 chamfered and stopped ceiling beams and there are probably many features not inspected or hidden. Roof structures not inspected. Granite coped rubble walls enclose a rectangular garden at the front. Gateway aligns with doorway of the house and is flanked by gate-piers of reused dressed masonry which are integral with the garden walls. The piers have large chamfered caps and ball finials. Rear courtyard walls are taller, built of granite rubble and enclose 2 yards. Near the rear left-hand corner of the house is a C17 chamfered doorway, partly fallen. For a period until 1694 Kerris was in 3 different ownerships. In 1694 Richard Pearce brought the 3 parts and it was his son Richard (1693-1753) who carried out the last major alteration to the house which was completed in 1721 (datestone). In 1743 Richard Perce and his wife Maria were declared bankrupt and John Hawkins came into possession of the property. Kerris Manor Farmhouse is on an ancient site and is set in a beautiful coastal landscape rich in prehistoric remains including the unique Roundago nearby. Source: Historical information was extracted from copies of historical information from the CRO lent by present occupier.
Listing NGR: SW4430727155
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
69570
Legacy System:
LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1327506
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