Robarte Arms - Illogan, Cornwall, UK - Pictorial Pub Signs on Waymarking.com

Robartes family's involvement with Cornwall; the 1570s when plain Richard Roberts was a merchant in Truro; the family's rapid ascent of the social hierarchy to the titles of Earl of Radnor and Baron Robartes of Truro and Lanhydrock; acquisition of Lanhydrock and 40,000 acres of land across Cornwall;
Richard Roberts (Robartes) (c1580-1634) inherited a vast fortune from his father, John Roberts (c1550-1614) a wealthy merchant in Truro. c1585 John and his father, Richard Robartes (d.1593) built a new family home, called 'The Great House' in Truro, the final traces of which were lost in 1960. By 1622, he was described as the 'wealthiest in the west' becoming involved with money-lending. In 1614 he had become High Sheriff of Cornwall, and two years later he used this wealth to purchase a knighthood, whilst under threat of all his property being seized for usury. He was made a baronet in 1621, again having been forced to 'purchase' the honour, and a Baron in 1625.
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