The Cornish Bird
The Cornish Bird
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30. The Siege of Skewis
31 minutes Posted Apr 10, 2023 at 1:21 pm.
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In June 1734 Henry Rogers took unlawful possession of a house at Skewis, a tiny hamlet near Camborne. It had been his ancestral family home and he barricaded himself and his family inside and despite the efforts of the authorities refused to leave. This event became known as the Siege of Skewis, and in this podcast I detail how and why it came about, the terrible consequences that unfolded and the sad outcome that followed.