Alexander Daniell

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'''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.

He was born in Middelburg<ref>[https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/7112#fullTextLinks Oxford Index Reference Entry Daniell, Alexander (1599–1668), diarist]</ref><ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/daniel-richard-1561-1630 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010]</ref> in Walcheren, the son of Richard Daniel, clothier and citizen of London,<ref>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."</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pool|first1=Peter A S|title=The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance|date=1974|publisher=Corporation of Penzance|location=Penzance}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=''Conversazione'' at Laregan|work=The Cornishman|issue=175|date=17 November 1881|page=6}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Antiquarian. Documents relating to the Manor of Alverton and the Borough of Penzance|work=The Cornishman|issue=27|date=16 January 1879|page=3}}</ref>

He died at his residence on 12 April 1668 and is buried at Madron. The following is inscribed on his tomb:–<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wqdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 96, Part 1]</ref>

''Belgia me Birth, Britain me Breeding gave,''<br> ''Cornwall a wife, ten children, and a grave.''<ref>We know the names of three sons: Alexander, Richard and Elias, cf. Henderson Calendar 2, p. 24.</ref>

Daniel's tomb, along with members of his family, is in the churchyard at Madron.{{sfnp|Historic England|1137116|ps=}}

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===Sources=== {{Refbegin}} * {{NHLE |num= 1137116|desc= Ley and Daniel Chest Tombs at approximately 5 metres south of Church of St Maddern |accessdate=28 April 2019|mode=cs2}} {{refend}}

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