Colan, Cornwall
Colan is a village and parish in the
Restormel district of mid-
Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Colan Church was built in 1250 and the present church dates from 1360. The church contains two interesting
brasses. That on the North wall is mounted on a slate slab depicting Francis Bluet with the date 20th May 1572 and Elizabeth (Colan) his wife , with effigies of both, standing on either side of an impaled shield of arms, and below figures of 13 sons and 9 Daughters.
The second Brass on the South Wall of the sanctuary is that of John Coswarth (or Cosowartha) Receiver General of the
Duchy of Cornwall in
1575, this brass was originally set in the floor.
In this Coswarth Brass is a bullet hole and there exist two legends about this - the first being that a
Cromwell sympathiser fired at the Brass. The second story says that a rejected suitor fired at a lady as she was being married to someone else of her choice, the bullet fortunately missed her and struck the brass. The bullet hole can still be seen.
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