The right name of this parish is St. Alhawyn, by abbreviation Advent.
The place of chief note in this parish is Trethym. In the time of the
Usurpation, Sir Henry Rolle, of Honiton, retired here, as being a
pleasant seat (especially in summer) for hunting; and soon after it
was the seat, by lease from him, of Matthew Vivian, Gent. a younger
brother of John Vivian, Esq. of Truan, and as noted a cavalier as his
brother was a partisan on the other side. Mr. Matthew Vivian had
several daughters, one of whom being the first wife of ―――― Beale, of
St. Teath, brought him this barton, which he gave to her eldest son,
Matthew Beale, Gent. whose widow now enjoys it (1715): of whom see
more in St. Teath. [From them it passed to the Gwatkins, by which
family it was held until the year 1814, when it was sold by Robert
Lovell Gwatkin, Esq. to Mr. Allen Searell. _Hitchins._]