Is situate in the hundred of Kerryer, and hath upon the east St.
Martin’s, south Mullion, west Gunwallo, north Maugan in Meneage.
At the time of the Inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and
Winchester, 1294, into the value of Cornish Benefices, this parish
church was not extant or named; but I find, 24th Henry VI. the same
was rated to fifteenths by the name of Curytowne 15_s._ In Wolsey’s
Inquisition, 1521, it is called Curyton, of the same signification. It
goes in presentation and consolidation with Breock, Germow, and
Gunwallow. The patronage in the Crown; the rectory in ...; the
incumbent Trewinard; and the parish rated to the 4_s._ per pound Land
Tax, 1696, 108_l._ 12_s._
At the time of Domesday Roll (1087) this district was taxed under the
jurisdiction of Buchent, now Bochym, that is to say, the cow, kine, or
cattle house or lodge; which place gave name and origin to an old
family of gentlemen surnamed de Bochym, tempore Henry VIII. who were
lords of this manor and barton, till such time as John Bochym, tempore
Edward VI. entered into actual rebellion against that prince, under
conduct of Humphry Arundell, Esq. Governor of St. Michael’s Mount, and
others, whose force and power being suppressed by John Lord Russell,
lieutenant-general of that prince at Exeter (as is elsewhere shown),
and those rebels attainted of high treason, their lands were forfeited
to the Crown. Whereupon King Edward VI. gave this barton and manor to
Reginald Mohun, sheriff of Cornwall 6 Edward VI. who gave this barton
of Bochym to one of his daughters, married to Bellot, but settled it
upon his great-grandson, William Mohun, Esq. now in possession
thereof. Lastly, by this rebellion Bochym lost not only his lands, but
his life also. The arms of Bochym were, Argent, on a chief Sable three
mullets pierced of the Field.
If those Bellots came not into England with William the Conqueror,
they were of the number of those three thousand French gentlemen that
came out of France into this land with Isabel, wife of King Edward II.
who all settled themselves in this kingdom, as our chronicles and
Verstegan testify. Since they came to Bochym they married with Mohun,
Monk, Pendarves; and the present possessor, Renatus Bellot, esq. one
of her majesty’s commissioners for the peace, married the inheritrix
of Spour of Trebatha, who is dead without issue. The arms of Bellot
are, in a field Argent, on a chief Gules three cinquefoils of the
Field.
Since the writing of the above, this estate of Bellot’s is all spent
by riot and excess, and, as I take it, the name extinct in those
parts; and this barton sold to Robinson.
Bonython is in this parish; from whence was denominated an ancient
family of gentlemen surnamed de Bonithon, who for many descents
flourished here in good reputation till the reign of Queen Anne; at
which time Charles Bonython, Esq. serjeant-at-law, sold this barton to
one Carpenter, now in possession thereof. The arms of Bonithon were,
Argent, a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Sable.