Lansallos Church Memorial: 610
Coffin Slab
- Margery Budockshide – “died 4th April 1579”
- The stone records her surnames:
- The Visitations of the County of Devon; Vivian: pedigree of “Budockshide of Budockshide”, confirms that Margery is the daughter of Robert Smith of Tregonyke, in Cornwall.
- the stone records she was married to Philip Buttoxhead.
- Vivian: identifies her husband as Phillip Budockshide (son and heir of Roger of St Budeaux,) d. s.p. 4 Sept 1569.
- Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge: an Elizabethan Hero., A.L.Rowse, describes Philip Budockshide joining a ‘troop of one hundred volunteer gentlemen on horseback’, marching into France.
- See more below
Margery was married twice; the heraldic shields illustrate the marriage pairings. Next to her own Coat of Arms for Smith: [Azure], a saltire [argent] between four martlets [or]. It is just possible to read the Budockshed arms above her left shoulder: [Sable], three lozenges in fess between as many Stags’ heads cabossed [argent] . Over her right shoulder is the clearer image of: a stag trippant. Even with this clue, the name of her first husband remains elusive.
Portrayed as a mature wealthy woman Margery wears a closed ruff at her neck, a stiff bodice, farthingale and kirtle with decorated forepart, an embroidered gown and matching sleeves with cuffs, a pillar box hat and veil, and slipper shoes with soles. She carries a pair of gloves, a symbol of wealth and social standing and a small book. It’s possible to read the words etched on to the front cover: VERSUM DEI – the Latin translation: ‘Word of God‘
Margery’s father, Robert Smith, sub-let Newton Farm, near Sclerder Abbey, then in Lansallos parish, and part of Killigarth Manor owned by John Bevill, who died the same year as Margery, 1579.
Killigarth – James Derriman
Budshead Manor was first mentioned in the Domesday Book and valued at an impressive 30 shillings; the estate included farms, farmland, meadows and coppice. The spelling of the manor has changed many times from Bucheside – Bodekishide – Budeokshed – Bottockishide – Budshead, owned by the Budockshide family for many generations; the origin of the name, St Budoc, a monk who came from Brittany, from which St Budeaux takes its name.
The estate eventually passed to the celebrated Trelawny family. Today, remains of the manor house and outbuildings can still be seen at the head of Budshead Creek, where it joins Tamerton Lake.
The Trelawnys of Budshead Manor – Dave Wildman – davedoeshistory.wordpress.com
Last of the Budockshide lineage, was Roger Budockshide who gave land and money to build St Budeaux Church, overlooking the Tamar, completed in 1563.
Famously the wedding of Sir Francis Drake and Mary Newman, of Saltash, took place here six years later.
Roger’s son and heir, Philip Budockshide, married Margery Smith. Philip was part of a group of gallant privateering ‘west-country cousins’ including Richard Grenville and Walter Raleigh, teaming up for many adventurous campaigns of war. ‘It was Philip who played such a delightful game of bluff with a large fleet of Flemish hulks in Plymouth Sound in the critical year 1569 when war threatened with Spain.’
On his last expedition to support the Huguenots in Rochelle, the troupe carried colours with the motto Finem det mihi Virtus, ‘let Virtue give me my end’.
Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge : an Elizabethan Hero – A.L Rowse
Talland Church Headstones 
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