Trethurffe, Ladock

The Courtenay Faggot was a mysterious naturally mis-shapen piece of wood split at the ends into four sticks, one of which again split into two, supposedly kept as a valued possession by the Courtenay Earls of Devon.

It was later interpreted as an omen of the end of the line of Courtenay Earls of Devon via four heiresses.

It was seen by the Cornish historian Richard Carew (died 1620) when visiting Hall in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall, then the dower house of Margaret Reskimer, the widow of Sir William Mohun (died 1588),[13] MP, of Hall, the great-grandson of Elizabeth Courtenay, who described it in his Survey of Cornwall as follows:[14] A farre truer foretoken touching the Earle of Devon's progeny I have seen at this place of Hall, to wit, a kind of faggot, whose age and painting approveth the credited tradition that it was carefully preserved by those noble men.

And in semblable maner the last Erle's inheritance accrued unto 4 Cornish gent(lemen): Mohun, Trelawny, Arundell of Talverne and Trethurffe.

And Trethurffe's portion Courtenay of Ladocke and Vivian do enjoy, as descended from his two daughters and heires.In 2016 the remnant of the mansion house is a farmhouse with five acres of grounds, operated as a holiday let.

Arms of Trethurffe: Azure, a buck's head cabossed argent attired or [ 2 ]
Arms of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (died 1511), of Tiverton Castle , above the south porch of St Peter's Church, Tiverton, next to the Castle. [ a ]
Monumental brass of Edward Courtenay (died 1509/10) of Landrake , Cornwall, second son of Sir William Courtenay (died 1485) of Powderham. Landrake Church [ 15 ]
William Reskimer of St Tudy, a Groom of the Bedchamber to King Henry VIII, portrait circa 1532/4 by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498–1543), Royal Collection, Windsor Castle
Arms of Courtenay of Powderham: Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure each charged with three plates