Research Notes:

There are a number of orthographic variations of the family name, including Tregidgwan, Tregidguan, Treddiggan, Tregidgan, Tregidgian, Tregidgon, Tregidgeon, Tregigeon, Tregidian, Tregigan, Tregigian, Tregegan.

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In May 1616 William Tregigyon and one other took inventory of the goods and chattels of Allan Perowe late of Suanna in the parish of Gunwalloe. ²

In May 1622 William Tregegen and one other took inventory of the goods and personal effects of Charles Row als. Berwick late of Mawgan in Meneage.

In September 1625 William Tregiguean and one other took inventory of the goods and chattels of Henry Richard late of the parish of Gunwalloe. ³

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The Will of William Tregegan* of the Parish of St. Veryan in the County of Cornwall, written 16 Apr 1630, proved 6 Sep 1630. ⁴

* Spelled 'Tregigean' on the wrapper.

The xvi^th day of aprell anno dom: 1630.

In the name of god amen I William Tregegan of the p'ish [of] Verian in the Countie of Cornawall being sicke in boddie butt . . . . . . . of memory I thanke my god doe make this my last w[ill] and testament in manner and forme following

First I bequeth my soule to god my savior and my [body to] Christian buriall.

Itm. I give and bequeth unto the poore [of the] p'ish of Cury iij^s iiij^d.

Itm. I give and bequeth unto the p[oore of the] p'ish of gonwulloe iij^s iiij^d.

Itm. I give and bequeth [unto] the poore of the p'ish of Verian x^s.

Itm. I give and [bequeth] unto Leonard Tregegan my eldest sonne vii^l whereof the . . . . . . . in his hands already.

Itm. I give and bequeth unto T[homas] Tregegan my second sonne vii^l

Itm. I give and beque[th unto] my thurde sonne Paskowe Tregegan vii^l to be payd [to] him when hee shall acomplish the age of xxi yeres.

[Itm] I give and bequeth unto John Tregegan my youngest sonn[e] vii^l to be payd unto him when hee shall acomplish the ag[e of] xxith yeres.

Itm. I give and bequeth unto Lowdie Trege[gan] my eldest dafter xx^l to be payd unto her when sh[e shall] acomplish the age of xxi yeres.

Itm. I give and b[equeth] unto Elyzebeth Tregegan my youngest dafter xx^l to [be] paid unto her when she shall acomplish the age of x[xi] yeres.

Itm. I give unto my Thomas Tregegans three chi[ldren] x^s to be equially devided betwine them.

Itm. I give [and] bequeth unto Katheren my sarvand mayd j^s. iiii^d.

Itm. I give and bequeth unto Nicholas my sarvant boye j^s. iii^d.

Itm. I give and bequeth unto Elyzebeth Tregegan my wife all my tene[ment] in Cherverlou within the p'ish of gon Wallow for terme of hir life my estate doe so longe Contenue and after hir decese the tenement shalbe to remaine to one of my fower sonnes . . . . . . . my said wife shall thinke best of During my . . . . . . . indure and that sonne shalbe to pay out of the said Ten[ement] unto my other three sonnes the full and . . . . . . . some of . . . . . . . of Corent mony to be equally devided betwine them . . . . . . . Always my will is that if ethe of my children doe Chan. . . . . . . before the tim mencioned that the . . . . . . . the legesie give. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

All the Residue of my goods and Ch[attels] not given nor bequethed I give and bequeth unto Elyzebeth Tregegan my wife and shee I make my solle Executor [to] pay my Debts and legesies and to see this my last will [and] testament performed In Witness whereof I . . . . . . . unto . . . . . . . my signe the Day and yere above written.

A true Inventory of all the goods and Chattels moveable and unmovable of William Tregegan of St. Veryan deceased Praysed the xxii^th daie of Julie in the sixth yeere of his Maiesties Raigne, by John Robyns & Stephen Robyns As followeth

Imprimis vi Oxen iij kyne & xiiii yong Bullock	xxxl
Itm iij yong Calve	jl
Itm 1 yong Bull	1l iijs iiijd
Itm 132 sheepe & lambes	xxiiijl
Itm Piggs geese & hens	1l
Itm Corne standing being wheat in the grounde	vil
Itm Barley in the ground	vijl
Itm Oates in the ground	iijl
Itm his purse girdle & wearing apparrell	iijl
Itm ij candlesticks 1 salt 1 pewter Cup	iijs
Itm vj small Brasse pans & iij little brasse potts	iiijl
Itm x Platters ij Podgers iiij Sawcers	xs
Itm 1 brasse pestell & Morter	1s vjd
Itm ij Tymber Bobs tymber dishes Trenchers Spoones Cuppes & glasses	iijs iiijd
Itm 1 Table board & forme	viijs
Itm ij Table Clothes & a Carpett	ixs
Itm Plough & plough stuffe beatax? shovell harrow & other olde iron	1l vjs
Itm iij old keeves, barrell steams? & other Implements about the house	vs
Itm Corne to thresh	xs
Itm ij Mares iij Colts 1 Nagge	viijl
Itm 1 winding sheet seeves sacke Ropes saddle & bridle	vjs viijd
Itm Vates Tubbes & other implements	iijs iiijd
Sum tota	95l 18s 2d

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William, as noted, lived in Veryan, as did his son Thomas. Veryan is just under 5 miles due south of Cuby with Tregony where a number of members of the Tregidgwan (Tregidgeowe) family lived, though their relationship to William is as yet unclear. What is clear from William's will is that he had ties to the parishes of Gunwalloe and Cury which are neighbours to each other on the Lizard Peninsula about 30 miles south-west of Veryan. William's son, Pascow, was born in Cury, and it is likely Pascow's older siblings were as well. Around the same time in Cury (early 1600s) were John Tregidgeon and Cury Tregidgeon who, having families in Cury and in Mawgan in Meneage, were possibly brothers of William. Then there was another William Tregigian who was living in Gunwalloe at the time of the Protestation Return in 1642 and who was most likely the same William Tregidgan who witnessed in 1665 the will of William's widow Elizabeth who inherited her husband's tenement in Gunwalloe. It is possible the second William was a nephew of William Tregegan of Veryan.

William's second son, Thomas, died in Veryan in 1656/7. Evidently Thomas did not inherit the Gunwalloe tenement after the death of his mother; rather, it descended through Thomas' younger brother, Pascow.