Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — CORNISH TREASURE FOUND. [ARTICLE]

CORNISH TREASURE FOUND.

Burled Gold Found by Farmer Claimed by the Jluchy. Mr. De Castro Glubo, coroner, held an inquest at Llskeard* guildhall yesterday on thirty-one gold coins, found burled In Trebraze farm yard near the town. The coroner stated that no similar Inquiry had been held In Cornwall for at least one hundred years. If the Jury found that the coins were treasure trove, he said, they would be claimed by the Duchy of Cornwall, who, no doubt, would deal generously with the finder, as was the practice of the crown. James Croker Govett, son of the owner of the farm, how he found the coins while cleaning the farm yard. His mother’s family, be said, bad owned the farm for years, and he produced a document dated July 18, 1745, relating to the finding of guineas In the floor of the barn by John Croker and Dorothy, his wife. Mr. Volk, Jeweler of Llskeard, said many of the coins were rare. Eight were Portuguese milrels, dated 1652 to 1725. The remainder were English, the most ancient being three gold units, or 20 shilling pieces, of James I. and Charles 1., while the rest were guinea pieces dating from 1680 to 1725. The Jury, of which the mayor (Aiderman Bone) - was foreman, found that the coins were treasure trove, and the

coroner handed them to the finder. Subsequently they were claimed by Alexander Webster, steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the matter will be laid before the next meeting of the duchy.— London Standard.