Joan Rendell

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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Awards

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]

Publications (selected)

References

  1. ^ Rendell, J. (1982) Cornish Churches; p. 2-3
  2. ^ "Gifted author and Bard was personification of Cornwall". Thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk. http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/features/Gifted-author-Bard-personification-Cornwall/article-2123393-detail/article.html. Retrieved 2010-05-16. 
  3. ^ "Fire crews work to save historian Rendell's archive". BBC News. 2010-05-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8661860.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-16. 
  4. ^ Rendell, J. (1982) Cornish Churches; p. 3
  5. ^ Thomas, David St John Journey Through Britain: Landscape, People and Books; p. 262
  6. ^ Notes in Superstition and Folklore, by Michael Williams; St Teath: Bossiney Books, 1982 ISBN 0906456657

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