St. Endellion No. 2 / Saint Endellion / Sen Endelyn

Described as one of "two beautiful wrought heraldic stoups, c. 1500" [the other is at St. Issey] in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Cox (1912): "In the inner south wall of the church of Endellion, immediately to the east of the chief entrance, is a projecting stoup of dark Catacleuse stone, most beautifully carved with acorns and with three coats of arms. The arms are those of the families of Roscarrock, Chenduit, and Pentire. The Roscarrocks. of Roscarrock, in this parish, were one of the most anciently established of Cornish families. John Roscarrock, who was knight of the shire temp. Edward I., married Alice, heiress of the Chenduit family, lords of another manor in the parish. Their great-grandson, John Roscarrock, who was sheriff of the country temp. Henry VII., married Alice, daughter of John Pentire. Thus we get the approximate date of this, the most interesting of English stoups." Cox & Harvey (ibid.) proceed to mention the other beautiful Cornish stoup, at the church of St. Issey, "doubtless executed by the same sculptor" [cf. Index entry for St. Issey]. Noted in Pevsner (1970) as the work of the 'Master of St. Endellion'.