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   Athel Cornish-Bowden to Ross Clark   
   Re: Richard Carew died (6/11/1620)   
   06 Nov 24 13:43:32   
   
   From: me@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2024-11-06 09:30:36 +0000, Ross Clark said:   
      
   > Cornish translator and antiquary, born 1555 at East Antony.   
   >   
   > [ … ]   
      
   > I didn't find anything about whether Carew himself actually spoke   
   > Cornish, or wrote anything in it.   
      
   Neither can I find anything much. However, I think it's very unlikely   
   that he spoke Cornish. My great^14 grandfather Alexander Carew died in   
   Antony in 1492, and was probably a relative of Richard Carew. However,   
   he was born in Haccombe, Devon, and his ancestors were also from Devon,   
   as far as the weak evidence goes. Notice, moreover, that Antony is on   
   the Rame Peninsula, the most English part of Cornwall, and indeed part   
   of Devon until the boundary reforms of 1889.   
      
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carew_(antiquary)   
      
      
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   Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly   
   in England until 1987.   
      
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