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Cota Arvow a Vorlase
Very little is known about Richard Borlase; he may have died in the battle of Blackheath, but this is not certain. He is mentioned in Henry vii’s “Bill of Attainder or Conviction “. A bill of attainder is one in which the convict’ s goods must be forfeit to the crown. Wives, however, if they could prove property was their own, were allowed to keep the property. Again, Henry viii’ s Roll of Pardons, two people are mentioned; Thomas Burlas, or Borlase, and Richard Burlas, or Borlase, both described as franklins, or freemen- a franklin was a person who was not subject to a feudal lord, or feudal laws. Thomas may have been Richard’s brother.
The manor of Borlase-Burgess, in St Wenn was formerly the property and seat of the ancient family of Borlase. It was given to a Norman by King William Rufus, who was lord of a castle called Talfer, in Normandy. His heirs assumed the name of Borlase after the place. The last heir-male of the elder branch sold this estate, in 1559, to John Hender and the modern Borlase farm is on the site of their home. A younger son, about the beginning of the sixteenth century, married the heiress of Treluddra or Treludderow of Treluddra in Newlyn. From him descended Dr Borlase the antiquarian, and the Borlase family of Bockmer and Danvers in Little-Marlow.
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Cota Arvow a Vorlase
Boghes mur yu aswonys a Richard Borlase; ef a verwys martesen y’n batel Blackheath, mes nyns yu hemma certan. Ef yu campollys y’n “Reken a Dhalgenna po Convyctyans” a Henry vii. Reken a Dhalgenna yu onen may hasa substans an convyct yn gaja dhe’n myghtern. Gwrageth, bytegens, mar kyllons y provya bos an substans y honen, o quyt. Ynweth y’n “Rol a Bardons ” a Henry viii, deu berson yu campollys; an kensa yu Thomas Burlas, po Borlase, ha’n second yu Richard Burlas, po Borlase. An dheu yu descryfys avel “franklins” po burgesyon- “franklin ” a dhescryf neponen nep nyns yu sojettys dhe arluth fewdal, po dhe’n lagha fewdal. Thomas re bo broder Richard.
Yth esa an Manor a Vorlase-Burgess yn Sen Wenn solabrys an substans ha tre an tylu hen a Vorlase. Yth esa res dhe dylu Norman gans myghtern William Rufus, nep esa arluth a gastel y hanow Talfer, yn Normandy. Y erys a gemeras hanow a Vorlase dre hanow an tyller. Hem yu an le may trygas Richard Borlase. An er- gour dewetha an scoren cotha a werthas an pyth-ma, yn 1559, dhe John Hender, hag yth esa an bargen- tyr dhe’n os hedhyu war dyller an dre. Map yowynca, bys dalleth dhe whetegves cansvledhen, o demedhys gans eres a Dreluddra po Treludderow a Dreluddra yn Lulyn. Rag hemma a dhyeskynna Dr Borlase an den ystorek, ha’n tylu Borlase a Vockmer ha Danvers yn Little- Marlow.
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