JOHN COUCH ADAMS, ASTRONOMER
Thomas Adams was a small tenant farmer in the parish of Laneast, at Lidcott, renting…
JOHN COOKE
By a public character in his way You may find an anecdote of the day,…
JOHN COKE, OF TRERICE
There is no thriving on ill-gotten goods, says the proverb, and this was exemplified in…
JOHN BURTON, OF FALMOUTH
Joseph Burton, of Stockport, Lancashire, came, for what reason is unknown, to Cornwall in 1830,…
JOHN BARTENDALE,
THE PIPER. In the reign of King Charles I. a strolling musician, a poor piper,…
JOHN ARSCOTT, OF TETCOTT
The family of Arscott, of Dunsland, is one of the most ancient in the county.…
JOB SENIOR,
THE HERMIT OF RUMBOLD’S MOOR.[1] Job’s mother was Ann Senior, of Beckfoot, near Ilkley; he…
JOANNA SOUTHCOTT
The life of this impostor or self-deluded woman is not pleasant to write or to…
JEMMY HIRST;
AN ODDITY.[1] Jemmy was born at Rawcliffe, in the West Riding, on October 12th, 1738.…
JEAN BOUCHON
I was in Orléans a good many years ago. At the time it was my…