John Kennall (aka John Kenold) (1511–1592) was

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and a noted pluralist. Kennall was educated at

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. He was

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of 8th preb.,

, from 1559 to 1592,

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, from 1561 to 1592, Canon of 6th preb., Rochester, from 1556 to 1559, and

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, 1554–1560. He was for a time

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St Columb Major St Columb Major is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as ''St Columb'', it is approximately southwest of Wadebridge and east of Newquay Ordnance Survey: Landran ...

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and had a strong interest in the use of the

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. Carew, who published his survey of Cornwall in 1602, notices the almost total extirpation of the Cornish language in his days. He says: ''The principal love and knowledge of this language liveth in Dr. Kennall, the civilian, and with him lieth buried, for the English speech doth encroach upon it and have driven the same to the utmost skirts of the shire''. The link between the

and

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was also exhibited in the activities of Kennall, at St Columb, where he was still holding

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as late as 1590. Payton, Philip, ''Cornwall a history'', p. 126. .

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