Is situate in the hundred of Lesnewith, and hath upon the north
Lesnewith, west Lanteglos, south Altar Nunn, east Treneglos. Its
present name David refers to the tutelar guardian or patron of this
church, David, Bishop of Menevia in Wales. At the time of the
Inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester into the value of
Cornish benefices, 1294, Ecclesia de Sancto David in Decanatu de Major
Trigshire was rated vii_l._ v_s._ Vicar ibidem xv_s._ In Wolsey’s
Inquisition and Valor Beneficiorum 8_l._ The patronage in the Crown,
the incumbent Pennington; the rectory in possession of ――――, and the
parish rated to the four shillings in the pound Land Tax 1696, 163_l._
10_s._
_The History of St David._ He was a Welsh Briton by birth, but of what
place in Wales I know not, about the year 840; bred up in the
Christian religion; afterwards became learned in all the liberal arts
and sciences; was ordained priest, and by reason of his regular living
and sanctity of life, was constituted Presul or Bishop of Menevia, and
held the Christian faith in great purity, opposite to the doctrines of
Arius and Pelagius.
Near this church is situate the barton of Davidstowe, formerly the
lands of ―――― Pearse, Gent. whose daughter and heir carried it,
together with herself, in marriage, to John Nicholls, Esq. whose son
married Erisey, his grandson a daughter of Sir Joseph Tredinham,
Knight, as his father did Pearse.
Since which time the heir general of this family of Nicholls is
married to ―――― Glynn, of Glynn, Esq.