Ennor/Enner buried in the church of St Agnes

[Ayashi]

Hello all.

I have found burial transcriptions for two potential ancestors, both noted to be buried in the church (St Agnes), them being:

James ENNOR bd 25 Sept 1726
John ENNER bd 29 Mar 1756

I was supposing that in order to be buried in the church one would have to be a) somehow connected to the church, b) someone of influence/respect or c) rich enough to buy your place in there, probably the latter.

I haven't found anything on FindAGrave to suggest a burial plaque, but doesn't mean there isn't one. I was wondering if anyone was familiar with the church of St Agnes or have access to anything that might shed any light on whether or not the ENNORs were a bit more well off than my average ancestor!

Thanks in advance
Ayashi

[BumbleB]

It might be an idea to contact the Museum, to see if they have anything relevant.

https://www.stagnesmuseum.org.uk/

[rosie99]

In case you have not seen these, though not relevant to the grave

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/ab88b9a3-34af-4e50-91dd-ce6e7a844eb6

Also, a bit early for those two Ennor
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5071e372-ae62-4975-aea1-63d0fa83d59e

Other Ennors in St Agnes
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=ennor+st+agnes

[Ayashi]

Thank you both! 

[osprey]

there doesn't seem to be a will for either of them, but there is one for John Ennor of St Agnes from 1658. You can access it on Ancestry or get it from the National Archives, the wills may still be free at the moment.
He left £30 each to John & Thomas, sons of John Ennor the younger, both children being under 21 at the time. There were other legacies, and the bulk of the estate was bequeathed to his son John.

Looks like a difficult one to work out which John belongs to which branch.   

[Ayashi]

Thanks Osprey 

I reckon the earliest ENNER I have any degree of confidence in, John ENNER, was probably born around 1690-1710 (assuming first marriage of average age). I wondered if the 1756 was him, with his first son being called James. He appears to be dead by 1779 at least. I've reached the point on most of my lines where there's possibly nothing much left to find (or at least, that can be evidenced). I had a spot of speculative luck with this side recently.

On an unrelated note- because this always bends my brain, can someone confirm for me whether or not 5 Apr 1708 comes a few days after 29 Mar 1708?

[osprey]

yes, the start of the year was March 25th.

There's another buried in the church in 1695

https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=burials&id=2596462

Have you asked the opc about earlier records

https://www.opc-cornwall.org/Par_new/a_d/agnes_st.php

[Ayashi]

Thanks, that's what I thought. If someone's wife died on March 29th, a remarriage on Apr 5th would be really fast going. You wouldn't fit the banns in and I don't know if you could get a licence that fast either!

Thank you for the death. I've been using the OPC (great site!). I emailed the opc a couple of days ago about something else, didn't think to ask him about other St Agnes records (derp!) I just came straight to Rootschat.