Ann Trevenen Jenkin (born April 1930) [1] is a Cornish bard, activist, author and a founding member of Mebyon Kernow. She was the first female Grand Bard of the Gorsedh Kernow, serving between 1997 and 2000, and took the bardic name Bryallen, meaning ' primrose'. [2]: 266
Biography
Trevenen Jenkin was born in April 1930 in London before her family moved back to Cornwall in 1933. [3] In 1938, the family moved to Redruth. [3] Trevenen Jenkin said she remembered hearing Falmouth Docks being bombed during the Second World War. [3]
Trevenen Jenkin listed Robert Morton Nance as an important influence, as well as Henry Jenner. [4] She and Helena Charles had Cornish lessons with Morton Nance in Carbis Bay. [4]
After encouragement from Morton Nance, Trevenen Jenkin
She was also the archivist of Gorsedh Kernow. [5]: 19 The Ann Trevenen Jenkin Cup, awarded by Gorsedh Kernow to books produced for children and young adults, is named after her. https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/News-Views-X-13.08.2020.pdf
In 1996, Trevenen Jenkin wrote the obituaries of Margaret Pollard and Peter Pool, both fellow Cornish activists and bards, for The Independent. [6] [7]
Personal life
Trevenen Jenkin married Richard Jenkin in . They had four children, Morwenna, Loveday, Gawen and Conran, and five grandchildren, Trystan, Riwana, Mark, Talwyn and Trifina. [8] Richard was also a founding member of Mebyon Kernow and was Gorsedh Kernow's Grand Bard between 1976 and 1982 and again between 1985 and 1988. [2]: 266 He died in 2002; at the time, Ann commented that while "his contribution to the Cornish language and culture was huge, ... his family are mourning him as a husband, father and grandfather". [8]
http://morrablibrary.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/MORRAB-LIBRARY-NEWSLETTER.pdf https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/cornish-book-launched-125264 https://www.dasserghikernewek.org.uk/archive.html http://dreadnoughtsouthwest.org.uk/hear_the_stories/ann-trevenen-jenkin/ https://www.traditionalsports.org/images/sports/europe/cornish_wrestling/A_HISTORY_OF_CORNISH.pdf https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/LGfNGk8wYw4q7D5D6XXgbdOb1YA/appointments https://www.celticcongresscornwall.co.uk/contact.html http://www.artcornwall.org/interviews/Ann_Trevenen_Jenkin.htm https://gorsedhkernow.org.uk/2020/archivedsite/english/gallery/grandbards/ebryall.htm https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/43091cc5/files/uploaded/JHNews55.pdf https://anntrevenen.angelfire.com/biography.html
References
- ^ "Ann TREVENEN JENKIN". Companies House. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b Michael Tripp (May 2009). Persistence of Difference: A History of Cornish Wrestling (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Exeter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Interview, Ann Trevenen Jenkin, D-Day voices project". Kresen Kernow. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b Rupert White (February 2015). "Ann Trevenen Jenkin on the Cornish language, Cornish Gorsedd and Mebyon Kernow". Art Cornwall. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ John Coombs (2006). "Clement Hosking" (PDF). Journal of the Sydney Society for Scottish History. 10: 13–24. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Ann Trevenen Jenkin (7 December 1996). "Obituary:Margaret Pollard". The Independent. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Ann Trevenen Jenkin (26 May 1996). "Obituaries: Peter Pool". The Independent. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Tributes paid following death of Cornish Bard". Somerset County Gazette. 8 November 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
Category:Living people Category:1930 births Category:Grand Bards of Gorsedh Kernow
Ann Trevenen Jenkin (born April 1930) [1] is a Cornish bard, activist, author and a founding member of Mebyon Kernow. She was the first female Grand Bard of the Gorsedh Kernow, serving between 1997 and 2000, and took the bardic name Bryallen, meaning ' primrose'. [2]: 266
Biography
Trevenen Jenkin was born in April 1930 in London before her family moved back to Cornwall in 1933. [3] In 1938, the family moved to Redruth. [3] Trevenen Jenkin said she remembered hearing Falmouth Docks being bombed during the Second World War. [3]
Trevenen Jenkin listed Robert Morton Nance as an important influence, as well as Henry Jenner. [4] She and Helena Charles had Cornish lessons with Morton Nance in Carbis Bay. [4]
After encouragement from Morton Nance, Trevenen Jenkin
She was also the archivist of Gorsedh Kernow. [5]: 19 The Ann Trevenen Jenkin Cup, awarded by Gorsedh Kernow to books produced for children and young adults, is named after her. https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/News-Views-X-13.08.2020.pdf
In 1996, Trevenen Jenkin wrote the obituaries of Margaret Pollard and Peter Pool, both fellow Cornish activists and bards, for The Independent. [6] [7]
Personal life
Trevenen Jenkin married Richard Jenkin in . They had four children, Morwenna, Loveday, Gawen and Conran, and five grandchildren, Trystan, Riwana, Mark, Talwyn and Trifina. [8] Richard was also a founding member of Mebyon Kernow and was Gorsedh Kernow's Grand Bard between 1976 and 1982 and again between 1985 and 1988. [2]: 266 He died in 2002; at the time, Ann commented that while "his contribution to the Cornish language and culture was huge, ... his family are mourning him as a husband, father and grandfather". [8]
http://morrablibrary.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/MORRAB-LIBRARY-NEWSLETTER.pdf https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/cornish-book-launched-125264 https://www.dasserghikernewek.org.uk/archive.html http://dreadnoughtsouthwest.org.uk/hear_the_stories/ann-trevenen-jenkin/ https://www.traditionalsports.org/images/sports/europe/cornish_wrestling/A_HISTORY_OF_CORNISH.pdf https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/LGfNGk8wYw4q7D5D6XXgbdOb1YA/appointments https://www.celticcongresscornwall.co.uk/contact.html http://www.artcornwall.org/interviews/Ann_Trevenen_Jenkin.htm https://gorsedhkernow.org.uk/2020/archivedsite/english/gallery/grandbards/ebryall.htm https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/43091cc5/files/uploaded/JHNews55.pdf https://anntrevenen.angelfire.com/biography.html
References
- ^ "Ann TREVENEN JENKIN". Companies House. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b Michael Tripp (May 2009). Persistence of Difference: A History of Cornish Wrestling (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Exeter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Interview, Ann Trevenen Jenkin, D-Day voices project". Kresen Kernow. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b Rupert White (February 2015). "Ann Trevenen Jenkin on the Cornish language, Cornish Gorsedd and Mebyon Kernow". Art Cornwall. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ John Coombs (2006). "Clement Hosking" (PDF). Journal of the Sydney Society for Scottish History. 10: 13–24. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Ann Trevenen Jenkin (7 December 1996). "Obituary:Margaret Pollard". The Independent. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Ann Trevenen Jenkin (26 May 1996). "Obituaries: Peter Pool". The Independent. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Tributes paid following death of Cornish Bard". Somerset County Gazette. 8 November 2002. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
Category:Living people Category:1930 births Category:Grand Bards of Gorsedh Kernow