ACCORDING TO THE 'VISITATION' SR. VIOLL VYVIAN KT MARRIED MARGARET, THE DAUGHTER OF CHRISTOPHER, COUNT OF KILDARE IN IRELAND IN THE 28TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HENRY III, THAT IS IN 1244. A SURPRISING MATCH, ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, FOR THE HOLDER OF A SMALL MANOR IN A REMOTE CORNER OF FAR-OFF CORNWALL, THOUGH VYELL, LIKE HIS SON RALPH AFTER HIM, WAS A KNIGHT, IMPLYING ABILITY AND EQUIPMENT - USUALLY A COAT OF MAIL, HELMET, SHEILD AND LANCE - TO PERFORM SUCH SERVICE AS MIGHT BE REQUIRED BY THE TITLE-HOLDER OF THE LAND. AT THE TIME OF DOMESDAY BOOK IN 1086, THE TITLE WAS HELD BY THE CANONS OF ST. BURYAN, BUT, AS WE SHALL SOON SEE, BY THE MID-14TH CENTURY CONTROL HAD PASSED
TO THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL, WITH THE BLACK PRINCE REFERRING IN 1353 TO RALPH VYVYAN AS "ONE OF OUR TENANTS IN CORNWALL".
