Military Activities
Slanning returned to England and was knighted on 24 August 1632 at Nonsuch. He was appointed to the Commission for Piracy in Devon and Cornwall and Vice-Admiral of the Southern Shores of both counties. He was subsequently appointed Governor of Pendennis Castle which guarded the entrance to Falmouth harbour, in 1635, in succession to William Killigrew. During this time he was resident of Trerose Manor in the nearby village of Mawnan.
In February 1639 Slanning embarked with 13 guns and 100 officers bound for Cumberland to take part in the abortive First Bishops' War. It is possible that the men and guns were intended for the defence of Carlisle, but Slanning headed for York to command a company in a regiment of foot "appointed to guard the King's person", with the rank of Sergeant Major. He returned home following the Treaty of Berwick in June and by March 1640 was Recorder to Plympton St. Maurice.
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