. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . n more stirring scenes. In1481, he raised some Cornish troops, and went to join Bucking-ham^ plot against Richard 111. ; but that plot having failed beforethe western contingent joined the Dukes force, Richard and hismerry men had to save themselves as best they could. And thenit was that Eggecombe, being nearly run down in his own woodsby some of the Kings adherents under Sir Henry Trenowth,managed, under shelter of an overhanging rock, to throw his capinto the river; so deceiving his pursuers, who supposed himdrowned. Dropping down the
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . n more stirring scenes. In1481, he raised some Cornish troops, and went to join Bucking-ham^ plot against Richard 111. ; but that plot having failed beforethe western contingent joined the Dukes force, Richard and hismerry men had to save themselves as best they could. And thenit was that Eggecombe, being nearly run down in his own woodsby some of the Kings adherents under Sir Henry Trenowth,managed, under shelter of an overhanging rock, to throw his capinto the river; so deceiving his pursuers, who supposed himdrowned. Dropping down the Tamar, he escaped to Brittany ;and having, like other exiles, joined Henry of Richmond, landedwith him at Milford, and was made Knight Banneret at Bos-worth. From this time his fortunes quickly improved. He wasgranted various manors for his prowess in the field, was madeComptroller of the Kings Household, and Privy Councillor; and,having learnt by this time how much nicer it is to pursue than tobe pursued, he hunted down Trenowth, and after making him. 6i 62 Cotebele jump for life at a cleft in the cliff near the Dodman, received forhis exploit the confiscated estates of Bodrugan. In these ways hegrew passing rich ; but the four remaining years of his life wereso occupied in the Kings service — in Scotland, Ireland, andBrittany — that he had little leisure to enjoy his good fortune inhis own home. But it is supposed that it was he who copiedthe earlier example of Bere Ferrers, and began castellating andenlarging Cotehele ; providing some at least of that externalgranite work, which is so obviously of later construction thanthe smaller rubble masonry. This work, however, was morelargely gone into by his son, Piers. For, after joining in theHoly Wars against Louis XII. of France, and being knighted atthe Battle of the Spurs, Sir Piers seems to have spent most ofhis life at Cotehele, in spite of the tact that, by his first marriagewith the heiress of James Durnford, he acquir
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