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Hockin's | Extract from History of Cornwall, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall: Compiled ..., Volume 2 By Joseph Polsue
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Internally the structure is forty nine feet long and about fifteen feet wide externally it measures about fifty six feet long by eighteen wide The stone altar which formerly stood at the east end was removed when the building was turned into a cow shed Along the chancel walls are stone benches eighteen inches wide
The masonry of this ancient building is of rude character formed of rough stones quartz slate and sandstone and no cement of any sort appears to have been used In clearing away the sand the remains of five human bodies were found
The Arundells being Roman Catholics leased the advowson of Phillack and Gwithian on lives to prevent its lapsing to the University of Oxford under an act of Parliament. On the death of Mr Edward Collins, however it did lapse, and the University presented Mr Glover of Worcestershire first of Baliol college and then a chaplain of All Souls
A lease was then granted to Mr Hockin of this parish and his son the Rev William Hockin succeeded Mr Glover. On the general sale of the Arundell property in Cornwall the Rev W Hockin beforenamed purchased the freehold so that his son and successor became both the patron and incumbent of the united benefice
The family of Hockin has long been known in the county and many of its members continue to hold considerable landed property both in Cornwall and Devon The first of the family who is registered in the College of arms was the Rev John Hockin clerk vicar of Oakhampton rector of Lydford in Devon and chaplain to the Rt Hon George Lord Lyttleton
In the patent of arms which is granted to the said Rev John Hockin his descendants and the descendants of his father Thomas Hockin of Caduscot in the parish of Liskeard gentleman there is a curious preamble which describes the nature of the arms and the following event whereby they were obtained namely, Per fess wary gules and azure a lion passant guardant or beneath his feet a musket lying horizontally proper semée of fleursde lis confusedly dispersed of the third Crest -- On a wreath of the colours a rock therefrom a seagull rising proper Motto, -- Isoe in loco Deus rupes
"In the time of war with France at the beginning of queen Anne's reign a French ship of war cruising in the Bristol Channel came to an anchor off an estate called Godrevy in the parish of Gwithian then in possession of John Hockin grandfather of the Rev John Hockin who was one of the principal inhabitants of the parish and it being conjectured that the Frenchman's intention was to send in a boat to plunder the house which stood alone and to carry off the cattle from the estate the said John Hockin and his family became alarmed and collected their friends and neighbours to keep watch that night on the cliff
At day break they all dispersed thinking the danger over but just as Thomas Hockin father of the patentee then a young man was getting into bed another person whose fears had led him out more than once to take a view came in a great hurry and told him that a boat full of men was making for the shore
On hearing this the said Thomas slipped on his clothes and catching up a gun and a pole to feign the appearance of another man ran out and passed down a steep hill to the sea in sight of the boat from whence he was fired at several times He however got behind a rock which served him as a kind of breast work and thence with his gun fired on the boat with so much vigour and effect as to prevent the crew's landing and at last made them turn about and row back again as fast as they could
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This gallant Thomas Hockin commemorated in the arms was second son of John Hockin gent of Godrevy and afterwards known as of Caduscot in Liskeard where he died at the age of ninety two, and was interred at the east end of S Pinnock church on the outside. Against the east wall of the church is a stone bearing the arms and motto as above described and the following inscription
Near this Place are deposited the Remains ofThomas Hockin a tender Husband and indulgent Parenta good Neighbour an honest and religious ManHe died at Caduscott in the Parish of Liskeard 1767so stricken in years that Life might be thought rathera Burden than a Pleasure to himThis stone is sat up to his Memory by his only SonJohn Hockin Vicar of Oakhampton who desires--if he dies at Caduscott to be laid by the sideof his Father and to have no other Monument but thisJohn Hockin Vicar of Oakhampton accordingto his Desire was buried by the side of his Father1778
John Hockin AM patron and vicar of Okehampton named in the above inscription married Elizabeth daughter of the Rev J Pearce of S Erth by whom he had issue one son Thomas Pearce Hockin BA patron and vicar of Okehampton and one of the justices of the peace for the county of Devon also a daughter Jane married to the Rev William Kingdon who was father by her of a large family resident in Cornwall and Devon
The Rev Thomas Pearce Hockin married Rebecca daughter of John Luxmore Esq of Okehampton and sister to the then bishop of S Asaph the issue of this marriage was three sons John Pearce of Ledbury in Hereford William Lambe of Dartmouth and Parr Cunningham of Launceston solicitors
The elder branch of this family which descended from John Hockin eldest son of John Hockin of Godrevy removed into Phillack the perpetual advowson of which together with the chapelry of Gwithian annexed they purchased from Henry Lord Arundell of Wardour Castle
William Hockin AB of Pembroke Hall Cambridge who was instituted in 1763 might be justly styled the father of his flock during the period of fifty years in which he resided among them He married Elizabeth daughter of John Curnow Esq of Penpoll in Phillack and died in 1813 aged 75 leaving issue an only son --
William Hockin LL B of Jesus College Cambridge He succeeded his father as rector of Phillack and Gwithian and was a justice of the peace for the county He married Peggy daughter and coheiress of the Rev Anthony Williams AM of Treneere House near Penzance and vicar of S Keverne The issue of this marriage was eight sons and four daughters
The Rev Henry William the second son late vicar of Stithians and Perran ar worthal pre deceased his father leaving one son and two daughters
Williams the eldest son of Truro married Joanna Phillips eldest daughter of the late James Tilly Esq of Falmouth and has issue
Susan the second daughter unmarried
Five children have died unmarried
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John third son married Mary second daughter of the late William Hichens Esq of Camberwell Grove and has issue
George Curnow the fourth son unmarried
And the Rev Frederick Hockin the present rector and the eighth son married Susan Ann only daughter of the late Thomas Petty Esq of Wellhouse Bardsea Lancashire and has issue --
Emily married to the Rev Henry Skynner Wright and has issue
Amongst the younger branches of the Hockin family was Thomas Hockin who was buried in the church of Allhallows Newcastle upon Tyne in 1688 whose monument bears a long Latin inscription with the motto -- L In hoc reminiscitu Hoc in
Among the graduates of Oxford may be found the name of Thomas Hockin of Cornwall who obtained the degrees of BD and DD
The advowson of this parish called in ancient records Conorton or Conarton was given by William Earl of Gloucester in the reign of Henry II to the prior of S James in Bristol Henry's charter confirms this --
IIenricus Dei gratia Rew Angliae et Dur Normanniæ et Aquitania et Comes Andegaria Archiepiscopis etc salutem Sciatis me concessisse et praesenti carta mea confirmasse ecclesiæ sancti Jacobi de Bristow omnia subscripta qua Willielmus comes Gloecestriae ei rationabiliter concessit et dedit in perpetuam elemosinam seilicet inter alia et omnes ecclesias quae sunt de feodo jam dicti comitis in Cornubia cum capellis et cum omnibus pertinentiis suis scilleet Ecclesian de Eglosrek Ecclesiam de CoNoRTON G withian Ecclesiam de Eglashell Ecclesiam de Eglossant Ecclesiam de Eyloscraweyn et Capellam de Bennartona church of Crowan and Binnerton chapel Ecclesiam de Melioton et Ecclesiam Sancti Germoch
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