Budock is situate in the hundred of Kerrier, and hath upon the north
Gluvias, east Falmouth, west Mawnan, south the British channel; and by
the name of Bowidoc it was taxed in Domesday Roll, a corruption of
Bud-oc, or Bud-ock, signifying a bay, cove, creek, haven, or inlet of
waters, and oak; according to the ancient natural circumstances of the
place.
In the inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester, 1294,
into the value of benefices, in order to the Pope’s annats, ecclesia
de Sancto Budoco, in decanatu de Kerrier, is rated at 6_l._ At that
time, it seems, it was not consolidated into Gluvias; though
afterwards, in Wolsey’s Inquisition, they were united, as will appear
in that place. The patronage in the Bishop of Exeter, the incumbent
Collyer; the rectory or sheaf in possession of Pendarves, and the
parish rated to the 4_s._ per pound land-tax, 1696, 122_l._ 11_s._
Against the south wall of this church stand some funeral monuments,
pertaining to the ancient and famous family of the Killigrews,
particularly that of Sir John Killigrew, Knight, that married
Wolverston, temp. Elizabeth, and some others. The barton of Arwinike,
their chief seat in former ages, being within this parish, till
Falmouth parish where it now stands was dismembered from it by Act of
Parliament 1663, near which monument is a stone fastened to the wall
of the said church, also containing the memorial of Sir Nicholas
Parker, Knight, some time Governor of Pendennis Castle, who married
the widow of Erisey, one of the coheirs of Militon of Pengerwick, and
died 1608, who was succeeded in that dignity by Sir Nicholas Hals of
Fentongollan, Knight.
The arms of Parker were, as I take it, Chequy, a fess.
Ros-meran in this parish, was of old the lands of Killigrew.
Trescobays, also Triscobays, Triscovays, in this parish, (synonymous
words, signifying treble or threefold kisses,) was the dwelling of
William Gross, gentleman, that married Erisey the widow of Charles
Vyvyan, of Merthin, Esq. mother of Sir Richard Vyvyan, Baronet, who,
upon some jealousy or discontent of his wife, drank a pint or quart of
brandy, entered his chamber, took a pistol and charged it with a brace
of bullets, and then forthwith shot himself dead, about the year 1693.
At Treon, Trone, (id est, Saxon, a tree,) for two or three descents,
was the dwelling of the Thomases, transnominated to Carnsew, by living
at Carnsew in Mabe; id est, the dry rock, where they married Tripcony,
Seyntaubyn, and ―――― finally Thomas Carnsew, gentleman, attorney-at
law, sold those land to Trewinard, and in testimony of the truth of
the said transnomination, this family still give for their arms the
same as Thomas, and not that of Carnsew; viz. in a field Argent, a
chevron between three talbots Sable. Trewinard hath since sold it to
Rundle.