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Golden Manor was once owned by the Cornishman Francis Tregian (1548-1608), an Elizabethan recusant, who sheltered the Catholic priest, Cuthbert Mayne (1544-77) in his home. The Manor House was the scene of the arrest on 8th June 1577 of Cuthbert by Richard Grenville, the Sheriff of Cornwall. Cuthbert was emprisoned and tried at Launceston where he was hung, drawn and quartered six months later. He was the first seminary priest to be executed, and the Church made him a Saint in 1970. The life of Francis Tregian, his host, was spared but he forfeited the manor and spent 26 years in prison refusing to recant his faith. St Cuthbert's death and subsequent events resulted in the eventual demise of the Catholic cause in Cornwall, see Image The manor house (photo above) still has many of its interior Tudor features as well as the original entrance and stone mullion windows seen here. For the full St Cuthbert story see http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2_ZstVBZSfIC&lpg=PA1&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=&f=true

Just opposite Image stands this sturdy old barn, part of the buildings surrounding the manor house where St Cuthbert Mayne was arrested in 1577 while he was working undercover as a priest ministering to the Catholics of that part of Cornwall. He used the barn as a secret chapel, and from the day of his arrest there, Golden has been a place of pilgrimage for Catholics. Even in recent times a group of them would meet here each year on 8th June, the anniversary of the saint’s arrest. Other elements of his sad story can be seen at: Image and Image and Image and Image Full article http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2_ZstVBZSfIC&lpg=PA1&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=&f=true

Looking southward.

Metal plates attached to stone post by the UC road, in parish of PROBUS (CARRICK District), North of crossroads to Golden, on the verge, on East side of road. Grampound iron plate, erected by the Local Highways Board in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : TREGONY / 2 MILES : : GRAMPOUND / ROAD / 2¼ MILES : Cornwall & Scilly HER. HER Number: 177626 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO53412&resourceID=1020 Milestone Society National ID: CW_TGGP02.

Metal plates attached to stone post by the UC road, in parish of PROBUS (CARRICK District), North of crossroads to Golden, on the verge, on East side of road. Grampound iron plate, erected by the Local Highways Board in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : TREGONY / 2 MILES : : GRAMPOUND / ROAD / 2¼ MILES : Milestone Society National ID: CW_TGGP02.