name, as appears from the glass windows of this house, gave a calf for their arms, viz., Argent, a calf passant, Gules; whereas lengh is a calf in British-Cornish, and cavall is a beehive, cradle, or flashet." (Hals.) The name is from root of Kivell, q. v.
CAWETH. From Caweth in Mabe; a probable contraction of Carvath, Carveth, or Carverth, q. v. The original name of the family was Thomas.
CAWRSE. From cors, a place full of wood, a den, a bog. It would also corrupt from Caws, q. v.; also Coode.
CAWS, CAWSE. See Coode.
CENNICK, CUNNACK, CUNNICK. Perhaps from Kennick or Kenrick Cove, in St. Keverne; from gûn-ick, the down or common by the creek. Lower derives the surname Chinnock from Chinnock, the appellation of three parishes co. Somerset; and under Snooks, which is a known corruption of Sevenoaks, he says, Sevenoke, the early orthography of the town, has also been modified to Sinnock, Cennick.
CERBIS. See Carbis.
CHALLAW. See Chellew.
CHARKE, CHURKE. From Chork in the township and parish of Lanivet, a corruption of corack, a rock.
CHAWN. See Chown.
CHEGIN. See Chegwidden.
CHEGWIDDEN, var. CHIGWEDDEN, KEIGWIDDEN, KEIGWIDN, KEIWIDDEN, KEGWIN, KEIGWIN, KEIGWYN, CHEGIN, CHEGWIN, CHYGWYN. This name is said to mean the white dog (kei-gwin), and the arms of the family are three greyhounds Argent. Is is more probably from kè-gwydn, the white hedge; or kea-gwdyn, the white enclosure; or perhaps rather from chy-
