John Trelawny

I came across the mysterious story of the man on the Mewstone and his later life on Looe Island in some original research and thought it would interest a wider readership. Much of the history has been lost, some to the bombing of the Devon Record office in WW2. The fragments that remain, including the transportation sentence, arrival on Looe Island and the smuggling activities, seemed to cry out to be linked into a single narrative.This book bridges the gaps and tells a story of the life of the family living on these islands in the harsh times of the period — 1774 to 1843. I spent my formative years in Cornwall and have been to Looe Island many times. The Trelawne Book 1600 is an inventory and record of the estate at around the time it was acquired by the Trelawny family. It was probably created on the orders of Sir John Trelawny, the first baronet, whose father bought the estate from Queen Elizabeth.It is a snapshot of its period whose oldest document dated in the late 1300s. The original is in the Cornwall County Record office; this edition is for the convenience of researchers, historians and those with an interest in how things were ordered in those days. 'In my Toolshed' is a miscellany of prose and poetry selected from a wide ranging body of work produced over the last four years at university. 'Thoughts of an Ordinary Gardener' is a book I was privileged to publish on Lulu on behalf of Beatrice Paine, a gardner who is anything but ordinary. Her vast experience, enthusiasm and delightful drawings are a continuing pleasure. Lizzie T-V is a new and promising author. Stacy Evans is her first published novel. She is 11.