James Paynter (1666 – date of death unknown) was the leader of a Jacobite uprising in Cornwall in the 18th century.

In 1715 he took an active part in proclaiming James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) on the death of Queen Anne, for this he was tried for High Treason at Launceston but claiming his right as a Cornish tinner he was tried in front of a jury of other Cornish tinners and was acquitted. He then was and welcomed by "bonfire and by ball" from thence to the Land's End.[1] For his actions he was created Marquess of Trelissick (also called Marquis of Trelessick) in the Jacobite Peerage on 20 June 1715.

Family

James Paynter was descended from the wealthy Paynter family of Trelissick Manor in Hayle; he was from a junior branch of this family that settled at Trekenning House in St Columb Major parish. His Paynter relatives at Boskenna were also known to be Jacobite sympathisers and in 1745 villagers at St Buryan were convinced that the Paynter family were harbouring Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender).[2]

Other Jacobite leaders in the Southwest

References

  1. ↑ Boase, George Clement (1890). Collectanea Cornubiensia. Netherton and Worth. p. 672. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  2. ↑ Pearce, John The Wesleys in Cornwall. Truro: D. Bradford Barton, 1964

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