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Bodregan Surname Definition:

BODREGAN, BODRIGAN, BODRIGHAM, BODRUGAN, BODRUGON: From Bodrigan or Bodrugan, an estate in Gorran, where the family resided temp. Edward I. Pryce translates Bodrogan the "oak downs" (bo-dru-gan, bo-dara-gun). Gilbert says, the barton of Bodrig-han or Bod-rig-an, also Botrigan in Goran, gave name and original to an old family of gentlemen surnamed de Bodrigham or Bodrigan, also Botrigan, who flourished here in great fame wealth and reputation for several descents; and in particular there lived Otho de Bodrigan, temp.

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Bodregan Surname Meaning

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BODREGAN, BODRIGAN, BODRIGHAM, BODRUGAN, BODRUGON: From Bodrigan or Bodrugan, an estate in Gorran, where the family resided temp. Edward I. Pryce translates Bodrogan the "oak downs" (bo-dru-gan, bo-dara-gun). Gilbert says, the barton of Bodrig-han or Bod-rig-an, also Botrigan in Goran, gave name and original to an old family of gentlemen surnamed de Bodrigham or Bodrigan, also Botrigan, who flourished here in great fame wealth and reputation for several descents; and in particular there lived Otho de Bodrigan, temp. 17 Edward II. Polwhele renders Boddrugan the druid's house (bod-dru-den). Hence perhaps the surname Brodrigan.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

BODRIGAN: An estate in Gorran, co. Cornwall, where the family resided temp. Edw. I. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall, and H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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