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PATRONYMICA

Ive or Eve, anciently in the possession of the family; perhaps from tre-bighan, the little town. Hence Trewby, Truby, and perhaps Trimby.

TRECARNE. From tre-carne, the dwelling near a heap of rocks. "The heiress married Glynn of Glynn in this county." (Gilbert.)

TRECARRELL. From Trecarrell in Lezant parish, in East hundred, where the family are said to have been seated before the Conquest. The name may simply mean the dwelling of Carrell, i. e. Carolus or Charles. The arms of the family are Ermine, two chevrons Sable.

TRECOTHICK, TRESCOTHICK. Some render this name the town of the old man (coth). Qu. from tre-, tres-coit-ick, the dwelling in the woody place. Tregothick is also a surname.

TREDEGAR. The same as Tregear; or from Tredcar, the town by the rock.

TREDENEY. Probable corruption of Tredinnick, q. v.

TREDENHAM, TREDINHAM. From Tredenham in the parish of Probus, the town or dwelling of Denham or Dinham; perhaps the baronial family of Dinham of Cornwall and Devon. This is said to be confirmed by the fact that both families bear in their coat-armour fusils (which are far from common in heraldry), the noble family carrying them in fesse, the gentle one in bend. Dinham or Denham, as a Cornish-Saxon compound, would translate the fortified dwelling. Dinham however is the name of a family in Monmouthshire, and Denham that of parishes in Suffolk and Bucks. Cf. Cardinham.

TREDENICK, TREDENNICK. See Tredinnick.

TREDERRICK. From tre-Derrick, the dwelling of

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