Cuddenbreak Manor, St Germans

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cudden Beke

In the civil parish of St Germans.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Site of early medieval episcopal manor house. Leland wrote "And at this day the Bisshop of Exceter hathe a place callid Cudden Beke joyning hard upon the southeast side of the same towne"

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX361574

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 436606

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p549-51
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p177
Elliott-Binns, L.E., 1955, Medieval Cornwall p302-5
Henderson, Charles, 1925, The Cornish church guide and parochial history of Cornwall p70-2
Defoe, Daniel [abridged and edited with an introduction and notes by Pat Rogers], 1971, A tour through the whole island of Great Britain p340

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p87
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p325

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