Joan Rendell MBE (1921 – 2010) was a Cornish historian, writer and phillumenist. For most of her life her home was at Werrington. She was the daughter of Gervase Rendell, of St Austell.[1]
Miss Rendell was the author of more than 30 books mainly on Cornish subjects. In September 1980 she was made a Bard of Gorsedh Kernow, taking the name Scryfer Weryn (Writer of Werrington).[2] She was also an avid collector of matchbox covers and had an estimated collection of 300,000.[3] Another interest of hers was corn-dolly making about which she also wrote a book.[4] Joan Rendell died in a fire at her bungalow near Launceston, Cornwall on Tuesday 4 May 2010.
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She was awarded the MBE in 1958, for raising £100,000 in National Savings stamps. She went on to be national chairman of the National Savings Bank.[5] In 1977 she was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal.[6]