Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameSir Peter KILLIGREW 2nd Bt, 9333
Birth1634
Death1705
FatherSir Peter KILLIGREW , 9330 (1593-1667)
MotherMary LUCAS , 9332
Spouses
FatherSir Roger TWYSDEN , 9335
ChildrenGeorge , 9336
Notes for Sir Peter KILLIGREW 2nd Bt
Sir Peter Killigrew, 2nd Baronet (c 1634 - 8 January 1705) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
Killigrew was the son of Sir Peter Killigrew, who was commonly known as Sir Peter the Post, because of his great diligence in conveying messages to King Charles I during the English Civil War.

In 1660, Killigrew was elected Member of Parliament for Camelford in the Convention Parliament. After a double return, he was seated on 5 May 1660, but his election was declared void 12 June 1660.[2] He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his uncle Sir William Killigrew, 1st Baronet in 1665.

Killigrew married Frances Twisden, daughter of Sir Roger Twisden, of East Peckham, Kent. His son George was killed in a fight in a tavern in Penryn.

After the Civil War, Sir Peter Killigrew received Royal patronage when he gave land for the building of the Church of King Charles the Martyr, dedicated to Charles I, "the Martyr".

After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Sir Peter Killigrew had a long-standing ambition to found a town and church on Falmouth Haven (as the harbour here was then called). So he sent an emissary to the new King at his new court in London, seeking the grant of a Charter for the town. He also offered to give land for a church, parsonage and a churchyard if the King would sponsor the project. Owing partly, perhaps, to his diplomatic dedication of his new church to the King's martyred father, Sir Peter succeeded in modifying the royal vow and received much help from King Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York.

During the Comonwealth Peter Killigrew contrived to make such interest with the existing government, as to procure considerable advantages for the then infant-town of Smithick. He is said, not only to have procured the establishment of a market, but to have obtained an order, that the custom-house should be removed from Penryn to Smithick. On the 18th of January 1652-3, it was resolved by the House of Commons, that a weekly market should be kept in the town of Smithick in the county of Cornwall; and the Attorney-General was accordingly authorized to draw up a patent for keeping the said market on Thursday in every week. There are now three weekly markets for butchers'-meat, fish, and other provisions—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; and two fairs for cattle, &c. August 7th, and November 10th.

This town is first recorded by the name of Falmouth, in the charter of King Charles II., bearing date 1661, which incorporates the principal inhabitants by the style of mayor, aldermen, and burgesses. In 1664, an act of parliament was passed, for making Falmouth, which had, till that time, been part of St.Budock, a separate parish.

Soon after the year 1670, Sir Peter Killigrew, Bart., constructed a new quay at Falmouth, and procured an act of parliament for confirming certain duties to be payable to him and his heirs. The trade of Falmouth, which, from its advantageous situation, soon began to be extensive, and to exceed that of any other Cornish port, has been already spoken of more in detail. Its principal imports are, timber, hemp, tallow, grain, iron, &c. from the north; wine, fruits, and spirits from Spain, Portugal, and Holland; rum and sugar from the West-Indies; and provisions, grain, &c. from Ireland; its principal exports, tin, tin-plates, copper, woollens, pilchards, and other fish, oil, &c. Cotton goods from Manchester are sent in large quantities from this port to Malta, &c. A coasting-trade of considerable extent is carried on between Falmouth and London, Bristol, Plymouth, &c.
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