I wish to thank Miss Hawkridge, Senior Assistant Archivist of the County Record Office, Truro; Mr. H. L. Douch, MA, Curator of the County Museum, Truro; Mr. R. Blewett, MA, of St. Day; Mrs. St. George Saunders; and the Public Record Office, to all of whom I am indebted for information and original documents. Most especially I should like to express my gratitude to Mr. J. R. Thomas of the Tywardreath Old Cornwall Society, whose unfailing kindness and generosity in lending me his own notes on the history of the Manor and Priory of Tywardreath first awakened my interest, and set me on the road to blending fact and fiction in this tale of the House on the Strand.
Daphne du Maurier