There was a big lawsuit between the Nanskelly's and Carmynow family involving Nanaskelly and Penhale. If I remember correctly Nicholas Carmynow and John Nanskelly, could have been Richard Nanskelly, though. The king had several people involved arrested until he could figure out the situation. I figure the name came from the place Nanskelly, just can't imagine how records end so abruptly. Thanks, Renee ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROY COX" <roy.cox@btinternet.com> To: <OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] English - Cornwall Surname Good Evening Renee - I think you may have answered your own question, because many surnames evolved from the names of places in just such a manner as you have set out. I copy below an abstract from: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives Item #4: Reference: AR/1/849 Creation dates: 1488, 15th Mar Scope and Content (3 Hen VII); at Tresytheny Gift (feoffment by trustees) in fee tail John Carmynow, esquire, Nicholas Lowre and William Upton = (1)-(3) Joan who was wife of Walter Colbroke = (4) (1)-(3) to (4), their messuages, lands, tenements, rents, reversions and services in Tresytheny, Tregennow, Trelyan, Seynt Austell, Treforan, Coesgaran, Treguwe, Bossoghan Mur, Padystowe and Wytheell [sic], together with the rents and services of all their free tenants in Trepydanan, Tregurra, Nanskelly, Tregaswyth, Trevareyn, Trethyas and Tregenytha; all which they lately had by gift and feoffment of (4). For (4) to hold for term of her life, with no accusation of waste, of the chief lords of the fees, by rents and services due and accustomed. How the piece of land involved was named is anyone's guess, but I will try to find something from a couple of sources I have access to in the morning. Kind Regards Roy http://www.bristolgrenadiers.coxresearcher.com/index.htm http://www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm ________________________________ From: Dennis <dennis.newman@cox.net> To: OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 19:41:04 Subject: [OEL] English - Cornwall Surname I am very sorry to bother everyone again but ran into a brick wall with the surname Nanskelly.... I have been looking at documents for a Nanskelly family in Cornwall. The name is there before 1300. John and Thomas Nanskelly, Nanskylly, Nanskilli, etc..... In the 1400's there is John, Henry and Richard. One John Nanskelly and his son served in Parliment in the 1400's. There is also one document (that I can't read but see a snippet of it on google) for a Thomas Acton otherwise Thomas Nanskylly. There is a will recorded in 1509 (which I also have not seen) for John Nanskylly. After that I don't see this as a surname, just as a place name in Cornwall, maybe in 4 locations. The earliest records are for Thomas de Nanskelly, then John Nanskelly involved with both of those is John Jaan (Jane, Janna) of Nanskelly. John Nanskylly is mentioned once that I've found as "Lord of Nanskylly". I believe the Jane family of Cornwall was kin to him, they appear on several documents together spanning a 100 years time, the last I've found being this one: 1423 - Indenture being a feooffemtn by John Nanskelly for the term of his life to Edward Burnebiry, Master John Burnebiry, parson of the of Ekysbourne, and Nicholas Carvargh, chaplain, of all his lands, & c. and services of tenants in Nanskelly, Penhale, Oddewode, Tregena, Tregeny, Tre...ryk, Bodmyn, Grauntpont and Strete Newham, by the rent of a grain of corn at Michaelmas; with remainder to John his eldest son and Richard his son succesively in tail, with remainder to Lavina and Joan his daughter, in tail, with remainder to Edward Burnebiry in tail, with remainder to Joan wife of John Oppy of Grauntbount in tail, with remainder to John Jaan, son of Stephen Jaan of Penmyne in tail, with reversion in default to his own right heirs. Witnesses - John Tretherf and Ralph Trenewith, esquires, Stephen Boswydel, Ralph Tredynan. As I said after the 1509 will, I see no Nanskelly's or any form I recognize again. I believe the property they had in "Nanskelly" was Nankilly in Ladock, as other place names mentioned in the documents are areas surrounding that, even though I've seen some say it is Lankelly near Fowey and Nankilly near St Columb. But what I am wondering is if anyone has a suggestion as to what the name may have become. I don't see the Acton surname in any documents pertaining to this land or around this area. I'd appreciate any suggestions, Renee Newman ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message