The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Penrose
Cornwall (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: The estate was owned by the Penrose family for several hundred years before 1771. the Rev. John Rogers succeeded to the Penrose and Helston estates of about ten thousand acres (40 km²), comprising the manors of Penrose, Helston, Carminow, Winnianton, and various other estates in Cornwall, including several mines, in February 1832 on the death of his father. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose,_Cornwall