Bodrugan Castle

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Venue Type & Location

Private Residence

Site Name: Bodrugan Castle
Location: Bodrugan Castle
County: Cornwall
Location Type: Countryside - at determined location

Overview

Very little is known about the late medieval residence of the Bodrugans. The site of the castle on the Gorran peninsula is uncertain.

Performance History

A possible performance venue. Entertainers patronized by the Bodrugan family appeared in Devon in the 15th c.

Current Status

Long demolished.

History of the Venue

late 14th c. Ralph Trenowith acquires Bodrugan via marriage to Johanna, daughter of Sir Otho de Bodrugan. Their son Sir William (d 1416) adopts the Bodrugan surname.

1487 Sir Henry Bodrugan attainted and his estates granted to Sir Richard Edgcumbe of Cotehele, Cornwall.

ca. 1786 Extensive remains of the castle demolished.

Record Source

REED Devon 35

Patrons who owned this venue

Name Dates Titles
Beaumont, John 1450-1487
Bodrugan, Henry 1426-1503 Knight
Bodrugan, William 1395-1441 Knight

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Borlase, William. Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall. Oxford: W. Jackson, 1754.
  • Davies, Gilbert. The Parochial History of Cornwall. 4 vols. London: J.B. Nichols & Son, 1838.
  • Leland, John. The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the Years 1535–1543. Lucy Toulmin Smith, ed. 5 vols. London: Centaur, 1964.
  • Lysons, Daniel and Samuel. Magna Britannia; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. 6 vols. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806–22.
  • MacLean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Sons, 1873-79.
  • Polwhele, Richard. The History of Cornwall. 1st ed, 7 vols [1803–8]. Facsimile ed. 3 vols. Dorking: Kohler & Coombes, 1978.
  • Whetter, James. The Bodrugans: A Study of a Cornish Medieval Knightly Family. St Austell: Lyfrow Trelyspen, 1995.