[3]: 152 Early history In the 12th century the church and estate of Landithy (no doubt formerly a Celtic monastery) were given by one of the Pomeroys to the Knights Hospitallers.

Early Tudor period The church was not finished until 1500 by which time the vicar Benedict Tregos was probably worrying about having backed Perkin Warbeck when he landed at Whitesand Bay, Sennen in 1497 proclaiming himself Richard IV.

Warbeck came to a traitor's end and Tregos avoided the wrath of Henry VII and the charge of treason by paying for the north aisle himself, decorating the church in Tudor roses[5] and placing the king's arms on expensive panelling.

By 1855 it was decided "that it is most desirable that an effort be made to restore Madron Church to a condition worthy of the sacred purpose for which it was built."

[6] By 1820, the circular acre around the church had filled with the remains of deceased parishioners and it was decided that the churchyard would need to be extended.

Ironically the churchyard was full again by 1878 and the church side of Madron cemetery consecrated the following year by Edward White Benson, the Bishop of the new diocese of Truro.

[3] To the north-east of the church is the grade II listed granite ashlar mausoleum for the Rose-Price family of Trengwainton.

A report in The Cornishman newspaper describes the ″.... gloomy-looking huge mausoleum ... was once more opened, block by block on Friday; the oaken panels inside it were unlocked (the bright key turning in the wards quite easily, though the edges and some other parts of this stalwart door shew marks of decay;) the iron bar which rests against the interior of the oak defence was raised; ...″.