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John Keigwin (1641/2 - 1716) was a scholar of the Cornish Language. He translated various texts in into English. He lived in Mousehole, Cornwall. His surname has been written in various ways: Keygwyn, Keigwyn.

He was baptised on January 1642 associates Edward Lhuyd, William Gwavas, Thomas Tonkin and William Scawen. ‘Pascon agan Arluth’ (‘The passion of Our Lord’), now in the British Library (Harley MS 1782) and often referred to as ‘Mount Calvary’ or the Cornish passion poem.


 * "The creacion of the world, with Noah's flood;" a play by William Gordan [or Jordan], of Helston].
 * "Mount Calvary, a poem on the Passion of Our Lord".