Dominick possessed by the family in early times; from bran-don, crow's hill. Hals mentions a Henry Brenton of St. Wenn, weaver, who died temp. George I., 103 years of age.
BRICE. See Price.
BROCKHILL. From brock-hill, badger's hill. Pryce gives "Brockhill, Brocks, Brocka, badger's hill. Nom. fam." There is a place called Brockel in South Petherwin.
BRODRIGAN. Bodregan.
BROS, BROWSE, BRUSH. From brâs, great, hodie braos, brawse.
BRYDON. From bry-don, the clay hill. "Brydon, Prydon, clay hill. Nom. fam." (Pryce.) Cf. Prye.
BUCKTHOUGHT. From buch-tor, the cows' hill.
BUDOCK, BUDOK. From Budock in Kerrier hundred, in Domesday Bowidoc; according to Hals, "from bud, a bay, cove, creek, haven, or inlet of waters; and oak, according to the ancient natural circumstances of the place." Pryce renders Budock, Bythick, oak haven; or the border or skirt of the harbour. Budocus was the name of a saint.
BULLAND, BULLEN. See Bolland.
BULLIVANT. This name has been derived from Norm. bel enfant, fine child, like Bellamy from bel amy; but Bullivant and Pillivant are possibly from Pollaphant in Alternun; or Pollyfont, Pollifont in Lewannick; or Polyfunt, Polyvant in Trewen parish, which Hals renders, "the top spring or fountain of water, called from some spring of water that rises in some high lands of that tenement;" but the name rather means the head of the spring (pol-y-font).
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