To visit Lundy from Ilfracombe is one of the favourite excursions with adventurous3 holiday-makers. Lundy (no one who has any pretensions4 to correctitude speaks of Lundy “Island”: the terminal “y” originally “ey,” itself signifying an isle5) lies twenty-three miles to the north-west, almost midway between the coasts of North Devon and South Wales, where the Atlantic surges meet the waters of the Bristol Channel. The excursion-steamers that visit the island frequently in summer are broad in the beam, of large tonnage, powerfully engined, and in every way well-found; but there are always those among the company who are seen to be more or less uneasy upon “the sea, the open sea, the ever fresh, the ever free.” These are not true sons and daughters of Britannia, you think, as, gazing upon their pallid6 faces, the story of how “the captain cried ‘heave,’ and the passengers all heft,” recurs7 to your reminiscent mind.
But there seems still that spice of original discovery and exploration of the little-known, clinging to the trip to Lundy, which impels9 even107 the worst of sailors to commit himself to the symptoms of sea-sickness, for sake of an out-of-the-way experience: although, to be sure, the trip to the island is now a commonplace, everyday affair.
LUNDY.
Lundy has ever been a place, if not exactly of mystery, at any rate of the wildest romantic doings. It appears to have been the “Heraclea Acte” of the ancients, and is, in effect, a huge mass of mingled10 granite11 and slate12 rock, nearly three and a half miles in length, by about three quarters of a mile broad. It has nine miles of rugged13 and extremely indented14 coast-line, here and there rising in abrupt15 cliffs considerably16 over four hundred feet high. There is only one good landing-place; on the south-east, where the height of Lamator and the lump of rock known as “Rat Island,” shelter a little curving beach from the heavy Atlantic wash.
108 The isle contains 1046 acres, chiefly of barren upland, covered with rough grass, gorse, heather, and bracken, and inhabited at the present day by some thirty-five persons.
Mentioned in the Welsh legends of mystery and magic, the Mabinogion, Lundy was known to the Welsh as Caer Sidi. Its present title is due to Scandinavian settlers, who named it from the “Lund,” or puffin that then, as now, frequented it in great numbers. The real, as opposed to the legendary17, history of Lundy begins in 1199, when King John gave it to the Knights18 Templars. It at that time belonged to the de Marisco family, and was, consequently, not really in the king’s gift, but such small considerations as those of private ownership were very frequently overlooked by the Norman sovereigns. Moreover, the Mariscos appear to have been at the time in rebellion against the Crown. But William de Marisco the then lord, by no means agreed to this disposal of his island home, and as the king had merely given it to the Templars, and had not enforced the surrender by armed intervention21, he succeeded in keeping possession. He did even more, for he turned pirate, and was still in undisturbed possession of the place in 1233. He had a considerable stronghold on the heights of Lamator, overlooking the landing-place. The remains22 of it, still known as “Marisco Castle,” are at the present day incorporated with some cottages and Lloyd’s signal-station.
There was wild blood in the Marisco veins23. Sir William, a younger son of this original William,109 succeeded; his elder brother, Sir Geoffrey, having been slain24 in a descent upon Ireland in 1234. Sir William himself was outlawed25 in the following year, for murdering an Irish messenger, in London. Then followed what appears to have been a trumped-up charge against him of having conspired26 to assassinate27 Henry the Third. Threatened with the most serious consequences, William the younger then fled to Lundy, described as “impregnable from the nature of the place.” The account of his doings then proceeds to tell how he “attached to himself many outlaws28 and malefactors, subsisted29 by piracies30, taking more especially wine and provisions, and making frequent sudden descents on the adjacent lands, spoiling and injuring the realm by land and sea, and native as well as foreign merchants.”
During four years the piracies of this desperate man continued. It does not, however, appear that he could do otherwise than rob upon the high seas, and really perhaps he deserves a little sympathy. Falsely accused of plotting to assassinate the king, he had of necessity to abscond31, if he desired to save his life: and once upon Lundy, where no sufficient sustenance32 grew, he was further obliged to help himself from passing vessels34. And having thus, from the mere20 instinct of self-preservation, become a fugitive35 and a pirate, he continued (impelled by the Moorish36 blood thought to run in the veins of his race) to follow the trade of buccaneer from sheer delight in it, and from merely helping37 himself to necessaries, descended38 to110 the enormity of seizing whatever he could. It all sounds like the downward career of a good young man, as read in religious tracts39. First we see him, son of a turbulent father, with a heritage of bad blood. Then the mere peccadillo40 of killing41 a stray Irishman—an incident not worthy42 a moment’s consideration—clouds his fair horizon. No one in those times would, in the ordinary course of things, have thought much of that; but his father’s wild career was doubtless remembered against him, and he was, as we have already seen, outlawed. The rest of his descent was easy; and at last, in 1242, he was captured—how, we are not told—“thrown into chains, and with sixteen accomplices43 condemned44 and sentenced to die. He was executed on Tower Hill, with especial ignominy,” his body gibbeted and divided up into small portions, in a manner which it scarce beseems these pages to narrate45.
Then at last the island was for a time in the king’s hands. But in 1281 Richard the Second re-granted it to a descendant, and Mariscos ruled for a while, until Edward the Second granted it to the elder of his Despenser favourites. The force and vigour46 of the once-fierce Marisco family appear to have been lacking in Herbert, their last known representative, for he seems not to have opposed the grant with any determination, and died in 1327; the year after the king himself, fleeing from the plots of his wife and Mortimer, despairingly considered for a time the project of hiding in this then almost inaccessible47 retreat.
THE LANDING-PLACE, LUNDY.
113 From that time onward48, for a long period, whoever nominally49 possessed50 Lundy, foreign pirates actually occupied it, attracted by the prospect51 of rich plunder52 to be taken out of the ships sailing up or down Channel, to or from Bristol. On one occasion, in the time of Henry the Eighth, the men of Clovelly, greatly daring, fitted out an expedition and, attacking a company of French pirates on the isle, burnt their vessels, killed or made prisoners of them all, and thus freed the commerce of the Channel for a space.
Not for long, for in 1564 it was found necessary to direct Sir Peter Cary, “forasmuch as that cost of Devonshyre and Cornwall is by report mucch hanted with pyratts and Rovers,” to make ready one or two ships, for the purpose of suppressing them. The economical policy of the government, as shown in these instructions, was to secure that those thus charged with clearing out this nest of robbers should be provided with ships and food only, and should find pay for their labour in whatever plunder they could seize: “They must take ther benefitt of ye spoyle, and be provijded only by us of victell.” Furthermore, with an even greater refinement53 of economy, it was suggested that “ye sayd Rovers might be entyced, with hope of our mercy, to apprehend54 some of the rest of ther company, which practise we have knowen doone good long agoo in the lyke.”
These canny55 offers do not seem to have been eagerly responded to, for it became necessary, twenty-three years later, for the port of Barnstaple114 to fit out an expedition of its own. The town records show this to have been successful, for items appear respecting food and drink for prisoners taken, and for the pay of watchmen guarding them.
But any isolated56 efforts resulted only in temporary relief. The position of Lundy, right in the track of ships well worth plunder, was too tempting57, and pirates used it as a base until well on into the eighteenth century. Not only home-grown pirates, but foreigners, and not only foreigners, but strange remote people from distant climes used Lundy for their purposes. Thus in 1625 three Turkish vessels, manned by buccaneers, had the impudence58 to land on the isle, to carry off the inhabitants as slaves, and even to overawe Ilfracombe. Three years later French pirates made a home here, and seem to have been dislodged only with great trouble. In June 1860 it was declared that “Egypt was never more infested59 with caterpillars60 than the Channel with Biscayers. On the 23rd instant there came out of St. Sebastian twenty sail of sloops61; some attempted to land on Lundy, but were repulsed62 by the inhabitants.”
Sir Bernard Grenville, then owner of the isle, in 1633 recorded the appearance of a Spanish warship63, which landed eighty men, who killed one Mark Pollard, bound the other inhabitants, and then, taking everything they could lay hands upon, departed.
And so forth64, in many more incidents of violence and pillage65. In the reign19 of William115 and Mary, the French established a privateering base here, and snapped up many rich prizes out of Barnstaple and Bideford. Finally, in 1748, Thomas Benson, a native of Bideford and a landed proprietor66 in that neighbourhood, took a lease of Lundy from Lord Gower, and, contracting with the Government to export convicts to Virginia and the other New England states, landed them here instead. Among his other activities were the old industry of piracy67 and the almost equally ancient one of smuggling68. He must have been a many-sided person, for he became in 1749 Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, where he was extremely popular; having, among other things, presented the corporation with a large silver punch-bowl. By some oversight69, he forgot to add a ladle, and this being hinted to him, he furnished that also, with the inscription70 on it, “He that gave the Bowl gave the Ladle.” Both remain cherished possessions of Barnstaple.
What with smuggling, breaking contracts, and finally scuttling71 a vessel33 he had heavily insured, Benson presently found himself in a bad way. Excise72 officers descended upon Lundy, and discovering a great accumulation of excisable articles hidden away in caves, he was fined ￡5,000. The vessel he had laden73 with pewter, linen74, and salt, and over-insured, was bound for Maryland, but the most part of her freight was landed on Lundy, and the ship, putting out to sea again, was burnt by Lancey, the captain. The crew, who had a hand in it, were betrayed by116 one of their own number, and Lancey and a selection of his ship’s company shortly afterwards dangled75 from the gibbets of Execution Dock. Benson, author of the villainy, made away to Portugal, and in the end died there.
Somewhere about 1780, Lundy was purchased for ￡1,200 by Sir John Borlase Warren, who had the odd fancy of colonising it with Irish. Twenty-three years later, it commanded only ￡700. In 1834 it passed to Mr. William Heaven. The value was then ￡4,500. The present owner, the Reverend H. G. Heaven, became curate in 1864, and is now not only rector and proprietor, but absolute autocratic ruler of the isle. No person, except pilots, may without his permission go beyond the beach; but no instance has been recorded of the right being exercised and, in practice, exploring parties go where they please.
Two recent chapters in the history of Lundy afford interesting reading. The first is dramatic indeed, being nothing less than the wreck of the Montagu, first-class battleship, on the Shutter76 Rock, at the south-westerly extremity77 of the island, at ten minutes past two o’clock on the foggy morning of May 30th, 1906. The Montagu was one of a squadron executing man?uvres in the West. Coming up Channel, a dense78 fog shut down upon the scene and confused the reckoning of the ship’s officers, who, thinking they were just off Hartland Point, shifted her course into the fatal proximity79 of Lundy. In this perilous80 uncertainty81 as to the exact situation of the ship,117 when the captain should, by all the usages of the service, have been on deck, he was in his cabin; and not only the captain, but also the navigating82 lieutenant83 was away from his post, the battleship being at the time in charge of a junior officer. Suddenly the Montagu ran on to the sharp pinnacles84 of the Shutter reef, and became immovable; completely impaled85 upon the rocky spikes86, which thrust right through the thick hull87, and into the engine-room. Thus were the lives of 750 men imperilled, and a 14,000 ton ship, launched only so recently as 1903 and costing a million and a quarter of money, reduced to the value of old iron and steel. Captain Adair and his navigating lieutenant were court-martialled and retired88 from the service.
THE “MONTAGU,” ON THE SHUTTER ROCK.
Fortunate it was for all on board that a heavy118 sea was not running at the time, or all must have perished. As it happened, the Montagu, although filled with water, was so immovably fixed89 that there was little danger, and the crew, without much difficulty, scaled the cliffs.
The Admiralty at first endeavoured to lighten the ship by removing the heavy guns and other tackle. Sister ships stood by while this was done, and then “camels,” i.e. steel tanks filled with compressed air, were attached to the sides, to raise her; but after months of work, it was found useless, and the ill-fated ship was at length sold to a salvage90 company for a ridiculously low sum. It is generally understood that the company, working with a large staff for twelve months in removing the armour-plating and other valuable parts, have made enormous profits. In spite of the winter storms that have raged here since then, the hull remains as firmly fixed as ever.
THE LAST OF THE “MONTAGU,” AUGUST, 1907.
Not only the Salvage Company, but the excursion steamboats also, have benefited largely by that disastrous92 error of judgment93 on a foggy night, for, in the course of two summers, many thousands of people who might not otherwise have visited Lundy, have taken the trip to see the poor, rust-streaked wreck. They land upon the beach, and, toiling94 painfully up and over the rocky spine95 of the island, come to a grassy96 cliff’s-edge. There, below, lies the Montagu, and up above they sit, perhaps a couple of hundred of people, gazing upon the reddened decks, awash with the waves, until prudence97 bids them hasten119 back for the steamer’s return. The owners of the excursion steamers are devoutly98 hoping the wreck may last another season. They are not like the wicked old wreckers of the Cornish coast, who often went so impiously far as to pray: “O Lord, send us a good wreck!” but they perhaps hope that, if any more naval99 commanders are about to pile up their ships on the rocks, they may do it hereabouts, so that, at any rate, some honest folk may profit.
The year 1906 also witnessed the attempted sale of Lundy. It was offered by auction, at Tokenhouse Yard, on September 25th. The auctioneer was equal to the occasion. He enlarged upon the unique position of any one fortunate enough to become possessed of this “little kingdom for a little king, an empire for a little emperor.” A very little emperor, be it said. He exclaimed: “no rates, no taxes, no motor-dust,” and narrated100 how there was no licensing101 authority, and in short, complete freedom from the ills the harassed102 rate-payer of the unhappy mainland is heir to. How much for this desirable property? Ten thousand pounds bid, for a rent-roll of ￡630? ￡10,500, and so on to ￡17,000; and thenceforward to ￡19,000. “Only ￡19,000 bid for this little, tight little (no, not tight little, for there are no public-houses), let us say ‘bright’ little, island? Why, there is a fortune waiting in the granite alone; and a prospect of the Government some day making Lundy a naval base!
“All done at ￡19,000? Gentlemen, I am120 sorry to say the reserve price of ￡25,000 has not been reached, and the lot is withdrawn103.”
And so Lundy up to date remains, as it has been, in the hoary104 jokes of over seventy years past, “the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Mr. Heaven’s residence stands near by the landing-place, and the venerable clergyman has long been a prominent figure, walking down to the beach occasionally, to gaze upon the people of the outer world, or to entrust105 some trustworthy-looking person with a letter to be posted; for in the official course it is only a weekly mail-service from Instow. The modern church of St. Helena, built at a cost of ￡6,500, was completed in 1897 and is capable of holding the entire population of Lundy, eight times over. Does any one expect active colonisation?
A new lighthouse looks down from Lamator upon the landing, and lights also the other side, where the disastrous Shutter Rock lies in wait for shipping106. It is a famous rock, finding mention in “Westward Ho,” as the scene of the wreck of the Spanish ship, Santa Catherina, when Amyas Leigh was baulked of his own personal revenge. It stands up, in pyramidal form, outside the gloomy cleft107 of the “Devil’s Limekiln,” some 370 feet deep. It is the “shutter” rock because of the popular belief that, if it could be placed in the “Limekiln,” it would exactly fit. Outside rises Black Rock.
Near the older lighthouse are the ruins of St. Helen’s chapel108, with, beyond it, the heights of Beacon109 Hill. Continuing on the western side of121 the island, we come to the old Signal Battery, whence guns were fired in misty110 weather, and so to Quarter Wall, built by Benson’s convicts across the isle. A number of yawning cracks in the upland, sloping down to the sea, are observed on the way to Jenny’s Cove8. These are called “The Earthquakes.”
“Punchbowl Valley,” “The Devil’s Chimney,” and the “Cheeses,” indicate the weathered masses of granite in the little bay. Beyond these the Halfway111 Wall goes across the island. Thenceforward, save for the myriads112 of seabirds, the way is comparatively tame. Except for a little stream—a curiosity on Lundy—-no striking scenery is met until the North Point and its modern lighthouse reached, where the cliffs end in piles of rocks, like ruins, and the Hen and Chickens islets are scattered113 about, off-shore. Here, on most days, the air is filled with the screaming of the thousands of aquatic114 birds that inhabit the crannies of the rocks. Puffins or “Lundy parrots,” cormorants115, guillemots, and gulls116 fly, or swim and dive, or sit in queer contemplative rows upon the reefs, like congregations at service. Occasionally a seal may be seen splashing off the seal rocks.
The very ground, sloping to the cliffs hereabouts, is honeycombed with the tunnels in which the puffins make their nests. The ruins of one of several ancient round towers, presumably old-time defences of the isle, are met with on turning the point and making for the curious pile of rocks122 called the “Mousetrap.” A track of marshy117 ground here diversifies118 the scene. Tibbet’s Point rises 510 feet above the sea. Beyond it is the “Templar Rock,” a cliff-profile singularly like the helmeted face of a man. At this eastern extremity of the Half-way Wall is a logan-stone that, owing to the decay of its support, no longer rocks to a vigorous push. The circuit of the island is completed on passing the deserted119 workings of the Lundy Granite Company and its empty cottages.
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