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‘By Tre, Pol and Pen shall ye know all Cornishmen’,
a version of this was recorded by Richard Carew in his Survey of Cornwall, published in 1602.
Tre = settlement or town
Pol = pool or lake
Pen = head (headland or hill)

There have been many ways to spell the name, such as, Trubody, Truebody, Truebodie, Trewbody, Trewboddie and so on. This multiplicity of spellings is evident in the data contained in the site but the current preference is Trubody or Truebody.

Strangely enough these different spellings are evident even amongst siblings. My name is Truebody because that is how my father spelt it. His siblings and their offspring spell it Trubody.

I always thought that my father just wanted to be different but when I found his fathers (my grandfathers) name in the 1837online birth listings he is entered as both Trubody and Truebody. I do not know how my grandfather preferred it, so what's in a name?

Apparently the Old English Trubody/Truebody/Truebodie/Trewbody/Trewboddie derives from the Old Norse 'bodi' meaning messenger. Thus the name signifies 'one who was a true, loyal and faithful messenger’. In other words ‘a thoroughly good chap!’ I can relate to that.
Trewbody could also have come from the word for settlement or town as noted in the verse above.
For the record a Truebodie was a messenger in the service of the Countess of Leicester but when this was I have no idea.
Another early record - for Stephen Truebody - can be found on the Additional page.

The image above is of the Truebody Coat of Arms. I do not really believe that we actually had a coat of arms since there is no evidence that we were ever of a status that would warrant one. I show it for interest only.

The first properly recorded date for a Truebody that I can find is for a John Truebody who married Annie C Eatough in 1497 in Devon and from this I guess Johns birth to be c1477. This record is unusual because before 1538 there was no formal system of registering baptisms, marriages and burials in England. In that year (1538), during the reign of Henry VIII, comprehensive records began to be kept under an injunction requiring every parson, vicar or curate to keep one book or register and to record the names, date and year of every christening, wedding and burial. This mandate was issued by Thomas Cromwell, the king's vice-regent, on 5th September 1538.

Register entries were to be made each Sunday after the service in the presence of one of the churchwardens. The clergy were not particularly keen on making these records and in the beginning did so only as a last resort. They probably sat down at the end of the year and wrote down what they could remember. Hence a lot of actual events probably weren’t recorded at all and those that were recorded were very low on detail, especially for common folk. The wealthy, ruling classes, were recorded much more diligently.

The earliest registers were usually made on loose paper, and it was not until 1598 that Queen Elizabeth I ordered that entries should be made in bound parchment books. Previous records, especially those dating from the first year of her Majesty's reign (1558) were supposed to be copied into the register book.

There is no indication that any Truebody was a part of the ruling classes and so it is encouraging that the first record after Thomas Cromwell's edict is for the wedding of Thomas Trubodie and Tamsen Porter on 2nd July 1559 in Pillaton, Cornwall. This is followed by the marriage of John Truebody and Alice Kynge in Canterbury on 28th January 1560 and then by the marriage of John Trewbody to Joan Haukin on 17th November 1572 in St. Mellion, Cornwall. The records of the actual day that the marriages took place is remarkable.

The Christian names John and Thomas were very common at that time. Another common name for boys in the Truebody records was Francis. Francis, and its derivatives, means ‘from France’ and only became popular in England in the late 16th century. The first record of a Francis Truebody is from the Bristol area and records his marriage to a Miss Jones on 29th July 1622 in Hanham.

I bought a book from William Prince Publishers that lists records of Trubody births and marriages. This furnished a few details that were new to me but unfortunately did not clear up any mysteries. It did however show other possible spellings and pronunciations of the name, some of which I do not buy into at all.
I list these under the section 'Alternative Spellings' below. I have not, as yet, incorporated any of these details into the trees.

 

Alternative Spellings

All the names

Tarbeck,Tarbect,Tarberfield,Tarbifield,Tarbisonne,Tarbock,Tarborn,Tarbot,Tarboten,Tarbotom,Tarburt,Tayler,
Terbek,Terryberry,
Tierbeirn,Tirrebuck,
Toarbut,Torbels,Torben,Torber,Torbergsdatter,Torreble,
Traben,Trabillock,Trabin,Trabman,
Treban,Trebarnoh,Trebelk,Treberra,Trebess,Trebilco,Trebile,Trebisicke,Treblat,Treblcocke,Trebles,Treeborough,Treeburn,
Tribbcck,Tribbecke,Tribbens,Tribblett,Tribener,Tribier,Triblet,Triblocke,Triboudet,Tribshaw,Triebner,Triebnor,
Trobarge,Trobridge,Trobrigd,Trobrodge,Trobshaw,Troebridge,Troibell,Troubidge,Troubedg,Troubudge,
Truballfelde,Trubbidge,Trubedg,Trubedge,Truborne,Trubsham,Trubshaw,Trubshee,Trubshor,Trubshow,Trubshowe,
Trybit,Trybuck,
Turabull,Turbafield,Turbarville,Turbatte,Turbauile,Turbelvile,Turbernile,Turbernile,Turberviele,Turbervil,
Turbervild,Turbervile,Turbeville,Turbifild,Turbington,Turbivill,Turblington,Turboraugh,Turbucke,Turbvile,Turrible.

Births

Tora Torbergsdatter (Girl) 1025 : Stamford Bro, ? : Father - Torberg Arneson : Mother - Ragnhild Astrid Erlingsdotter
Crisley Turbeville (Girl) 1220 : Coity, Glamorgan : Father - Gilbert : Mother - Agnes Gam
Joan Turbeville (Girl) 1222 : Coity, Glamorgan : Father - Gilbert : Mother - Agnes Gam
Robert Trobridge (Boy) 01 Dec 1498 : Trobridge, Devon? :
Thom Vivian Trebisicke (Boy) 06 Jan 1575 : Cornwall : Father - Hen(ry?)
Ric Vivian Trebisicke (Boy) 27 Jun 1577 : Cornwall : Father - Hen(ry?)
Thomas Truballfelde (Boy) 07 Nov 1581 : Exeter, Devon : Father - Thomas
Anne Truballfelde (Girl) 09 Feb 1584 : Exeter, Devon : Father - Thomas
Son Turbvile (Boy) 26 May 1597 : White Ladies Aston, Worcs : Father - Henry
William Turbvile (Boy) 15 Oct 1598 : White Ladies Aston, Worcs : Father - Henry
Anne Turbvile (Girl) 06 Aug 1600 : White Ladies Aston, Worcs : Father - Henry
Katherin Trobrdige (Girl) 1602 : Trobridge, Devon? : Father - George : Mother - Elizabeth Dowrishe
James Torber (Boy) 18 Sep 1608 : Stepney, London : Father - Tymothye
Child Tarbotom 1609 : Swillington, Yorkshire : Father - Henry : Mother - Anna Fox
Child Tarbotom 1613 : Swillington, Yorkshire : Father - Henry : Mother - Anna Fox
An Pulley Turbervile (Girl) 17 Nov 1613 : Defford, Worcs : Father - Thomas
Robt Tarbock (Boy) 13 Nov 1614 : Prescot, Lancs : Father - Walter : Mother - Kathryn Waynwright
Henry Treberra (Boy) 04 Jun 1615 : Cornwall : Father - James
Francis Turberviele (Boy) 13 Jul 1626 : Ripple, Worcs? : Father - Thomas
Jane Turbernile (Girl) 07 Jun 1628 : Casltlemorton, Worcs : Father - Willm
Elizabeth Troebridge (Girl) 13 Dec 1628 : Topsham, Devon : Father - George
George Turbavile (Boy) 26 Apr 1638 : Worfield, Shropshire : Father - Troilus
Edward Turbervil (Boy) 04 Aug 1640 : Worfield, Shropshire : Father - Troilus
John Turabull (Boy) 02 Oct 1640 : Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas
Anne Turbernile (Girl) 15 Mar 1641 : Coughton, Worcs : Father - Troilus
Bridgett Turbervild (Girl) 12 Nov 1643 : Worfield, Shropshire : Father - Troilus
John Turbauile (Boy) 10 Sep 1654 : Ripple, Worcs? : Father - Henry
Jane Trebarnoh (Girl) 1669 : Sithney, Cornwall : Father - Henry
Child Treban 1690 : Bethnal Green, London : Father - Henry : Mother - Margaret Simkins
John Trobrigd (Boy) 27 Oct 1691 : Creditn, Devon : Father - George
Child Treban 1694 : Bethnal Green, London : Father - Henry : Mother - Margaret Simkins
Margaret Tarburt (Girl) 26 Jun 1698 : Hanney, Berkshire : Father - Giles Talbut : Mother - Judith Brooks
Son Tayler (Boy) 08 Feb 1705 : Charles, Devon : Father - George
George Triblat (Boy) 09 Aug 1709 : Redruth, Cornwall : Father - George
Margarit Triblat (Girl) 27 May 1710 : Redruth, Cornwall : Father - George
George Toarbut (Boy) 29 Nov 1713 : Ringwood, Hampshire : Father - George
Anne Turbington (Girl) 28 Mar 1736 : London : Father - Thomas
William Treblat (Boy) 15 May 1736 : Redruth, Cornwall : Father - George
Ann Treblat (Girl) 20 Apr 1745 : Redruth, Cornwall : Father - George
Eliz Treblat (Girl) 16 May 1747 : Redruth, Cornwall : Father - George
Margaret Treblat (Girl) 29 Apr 1749 : Redruth, Cornwall : Father - George
Sarah Troubbidge (Girl) 20 Oct 1749 : Guildford, Surrey : Father - George
John Tribshaw (Boy) 23 Jul 1750 : Birmingham, Warwicks : Father - James
Thos Tarbeck (Boy) 29 Jul 1762 : Sheffield, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas : Mother - Hannah Smith
Joan Troubedge (Girl) 09 Jan 1763 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - John
Jean Troubedge (Girl) 03 Apr 1763 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - John
Mary Tarbotom (Girl) 16 Sep 1763 : Sheffield, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas
Martha Tarbotom (Girl) 10 May : Sheffield, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas
John Tarbotom (Boy) 09 Jun 1765 : Sheffield, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas
James Troubedg (Boy) 27 Apr 1766 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - John
Mary Troubedg (Girl) 10 Sep 1766 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - James
Susannah Troubedg (Girl) 04 Oct 1767 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - James
Ann Tarbotom (Girl) 05 Feb 1768 : Sheffield, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas
Mary Troubedg (Girl) 10 Sep 1769 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - James
Thomas Tarbotom (Boy) 10 Nov 1769 : Sheffield, Yorkshire : Father - Thomas
Edward Tierbeirn (Boy) 30 Jan 1730 : Plymouth, Devon : Father - George
James Troubedg (Boy) 21 Aug 1771 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - James
Thomas Triblet (Boy) 30 Apr 1775 : Stoke Damerel, Devon : Father - George
Ann Trubedge (Girl) 1777 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - James
Ann Tribblett (Girl) 26 Oct 1777 : Stoke Damerel, Devon : Father - George
Thomas Tarbotom (Boy) 07 Aug 1779 : Thorner, Yorkshire : Father - Henry
William Troubedg (Boy) 25 Dec 1779 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - James
Penelope Turbivill (Girl) 13 Feb 1780 : Bidford-on-Avon, Warwicks : Father - Giles
George Turbafield (Boy) 08 Sep 1782 : Bidford-on-Avon, Warwicks : Father - Giles
Sophiah Turbifild (Girl) 16 Oct 1785 : Bidford-on-Avon, Warwicks : Father - Giles
Ann Tarbifield (Girl) 21 Dec 1796 : Marylebone, London : Father - Thos
William Tarbeck (Boy) 18 Feb 1798 : Liverpool, Lancashire : Father - William
Leah Trubedg (Girl) 18 Nov 1798 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : ? : Mother - Mary Trubedg
James Trubedg (Boy) 01 Jun 1800 : Ebbesborne Wake, Wiltshire : Father - George
Timothy Tribener (Boy) 03 Jul 1807 : Holbeck, Yorkshire : Father - Timothy
Maria Triebnor (Girl) 29 Jan 1809 : Holbeck, Yorkshire : Father - Timothy
Child Tribbcck 1810 : Carlesbrook, I-O-W : Father - Henry : Mother - Charlotte Saunders
William Tarbect (Boy) 07 Feb 1813 : Strood, Kent : Father - George
Lydia Turboraugh (Girl) 13 Mar 1815 : Stafford, Warwicks : Father - George
Mary Ann Tarbect (Girl) 16 Jun 1816 : Strood, Kent : Father - George
Thomas Turberviele (Boy) 25 Nov 1823 : Kidderminster, Worcs : Father - Jno
Harriet Elizabeth Triebner (Girl) 30 Aug 1830 : Liverpool, Lancashire : Father - Timothy
Kezia Turbarville (Girl) 06 Mar 1831 : Overbury, Worcs : Father - Thos
John Turblington (Boy) 13 Jan 1834 : Edgmond, Shropshire : Father - Thomas
Frederick Triebner (Boy) 25 Jun 1834 : Bermondsey, London : Father - Timothy
Jane Betty Triebner (Girl) 25 Nov 1835 : Bermondsey, London : Father - Timothy
Susan Maria Triebner (Girl) 16 May 1837 : Bermondsey, London : Father - Timothy
John Trabillock (Boy) 24 May 1846 : Cornwall : Father - Henry
Mary Tirrebuck (Girl) 05 Jan 1851 : Uttoxeter, Staffs : Father - Henry
Margaret Troibell (Girl) 03 Mar 1861 : Liverpool, Lancashire : Father - George
Robert Tarborn (Boy) 03 Oct 1861 : Abbey Paisley, Renfrew : Father - James : Mother - Elizabeth Stewart
James Torben (Boy) 17 Jan 1865 : Holborn, London : Father - ? : Mother - Cathre Torben
Henry Torbels (Boy) 28 Jun 1865 : Eye, Suffolk : Father - George
William Trybuck (Boy) 22 Oct 1865 : Birmingham, Warwicks : Father - Henry
Ellen Maria Trybuck (Girl) 22 Oct 1865 : Birmingham, Warwicks : Father - Henry
George Frederick Trybuck (Boy) 22 Oct 1865 : Birmingham, Warwicks : Father - Henry
Child Terryberry 1869 : ? : Father - George B : Mother - Louisa J Boyea
Alfred Torreble (Boy) 26 Feb 1874 : White Notley, Essex : Father - Wakefield

Marriages - Males

Thomas Trybit Married - Elno Acore 26 Oct 1550 : Farnham, Surrey
Henry Tarbisonne Married - Alice Lambart 04 Jul 1574 : Oswaldkirk, Yorks
Giles Trabman Married - Susan Joyce 26 Jun 1598 : Bexley, Kent
George Trebelk Married - Margaret Robinson 16 Jan 1609 : Sandwich, Kent
George Tribier Married - Margaret Robinson 16 Jan 1609 : Sandwich, Kent
Edward Tarbeck Married - Ales Jones 10 Jun 1621 : Oswestry, Shropshire
Thomas Turbervaile Married - Marie Ilsly 28 Oct 1633 : Monk Sherborne, Hampshire
Henry Tarbotom Married - Anna Fox 05 Nov 1634 : Swillington, Yorkshire
Thomas Turbelvile Married - Margary Whetstone 07 May 1663 : Worcs
Stephen Triboudet Married - Mary Discarat 21 Sep 1699 : London
Henry Trabin Married - Constant Nichols 05 Jul 1706 : Stepney, London
Henry Traben Married - Mary Hoe 25 Dec 1707 : Stepney, London
Henry Treban Married - Margaret Simkins 22 Jun 1715 : Bethnal Green, London
George Trobarge Married - Hester Chown 12 Oct 1751 : Wiltshire
Thomas Turrible Married - Sarah Rawlins 09 Jan 1758 : Mayland, Essex
Thomas Tarbotom Married - Hannah Smith 29 Jul 1762 : Sheffield, Yorkshire
George Trobshaw Married - Elizabeth Thomas 01 Oct 1778 : Stepney, London
William Trebles Married - Sarah Davis 01 Apr 1795 : Wilton, Wiltshire
Thos Turberville Married - Martha Evan 05 May 1808 : Llantwit Major, Glamorgan
George Truborne Married - Mary Ann Zach 23 Sep 1827 : Beddington with Wallington, Surrey
George Treeborough Married - Margaret Drabble 18 Mae 1833 : Throapham, Yorkshire
Henry Tarboten Married - Elizabeth Thompson 11 Apr 1837 : Leeds, Yorkshire
George Turbavile Married - Flora McCrae 09 Feb 1847 : Banchory-ternan, Kincardine
George Trubshor Married - Ann Ore 10 Apr 1847 : Malew, Isle of Man
Henry Trebles Married - Mary Toomey 30 Jun 1862 : Shoreditch, London
James Tarberfield Married - Louisa Hobbs 11 May 1868 : Hartlebury, Worcs
Henry Cyprian Trebilco Married - Martha Ford 19 Nov 1871 : Chelsea, London
Gustav Albert Trebess Married - Johanna Caroline Klagge 27 Mar 1881 : Westminster, London

Marriages - Females

Jane Treeburn Married - George Crafts 22 Jul 1559 : Stratfield Saye, Hants
Alse Treberra Married - Hanily John 28 Oct 1566 : Cornwall
Ellen Turbucke Married - Giles Hind 12 Jun 1578 : High Halden, Kent
Johan Turbervild Married - Gilbert Keate 02 Jun 1607 : Crediton, Devon
Jane Turbatte Married - Umfride Woorthie 06 Nov 1610 : Kirk Merrington, Durham
Susan Tribbecke Married - George Oakley 16 May 1611 : Beaconsfield, Buckingham
Lucie Trubshowe Married - Gilbert Sharp 1612 : Enstone, Oxford
Elizabeth Trubshow Married - George Noble 01 Nov 1613 : Kidlington, Oxford
Dorethy Trubshow Married - William Hasson 23 Jan 1616 : Kidlington, Oxford
Alice Trubsham Married - George Harrison 26 Dec 1621 : Bawtry, Nottingham
Ann Treblcocke Married - Henry Jensonne 29 Sep 1640 : Hampshire
Eliza Trubsham Married - Gregorie Wainwright 13 Nov 1666 : London, London
Frances Triblocke Married - Thos Robinson 23 Jun 1680 : Portchester, Hampshire
Joan Trubbidge Married - Thomas Munday 05 Feb 1681 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire
Elizabeth Trubshee Married - Timothy Beverley 20 Nov 1687 : Cornwall
Joanna Tribbens Married - Thos Andrews 27 Nov 1699 : Wiltshire
Elizabeth Trobrodge Married - George Cheeke 26 May 1701 : Devon
Rachel Troubudge Married - William Button 19 Mar 1735 : Heytesbury, Wiltshire
Joan Torben Married - Thomas Webber 20 Oct 1737 : Sampford Peverell, Devon
Ann Frubshaw Married - George Whitehurst 19 Apr 1759 : All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire
Esther Tarbotom Married - William Kay 26 Oct 1767 : Thorner, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Tarbot Married - Henry Stapley 1789 : Rolvenden, Kent
Ann Tarberfield Married - Thomas walker 27 May 1791 : Birmingham, Warwicks
Susannah Trebile Married - Henry Reeves 06 Jul 1801 : Stoke Damerel, Devon
Dorothy Tribshaw Married - George Wilkinson 21 Jul 1819 : Liverpool, Lancashire
Helen Terbek Married - George Russell 1827 : New Monkland, Lanarkshire

Children Born Of Female Marriages

Child Harrison 1596 : Bawtry, Nottingham : Father - George Harrison : Mother - Alice Trubsham
Child Harrison 1600 : Bawtry, Nottingham : Father - George Harrison : Mother - Alice Trubsham
Child Munday 1656 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Child Munday 1660 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Elizabeth Munday (Girl) 02 Jan 1681 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Mary Munday (Girl) 18 Nov 1682 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Thomas Munday (Boy) 10 Jan 1685 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Anne Munday (Girl) 14 Mar 1687 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
John Munday (Boy) 01 May 1690 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Ann Munday (Girl) 19 Feb 1694 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Richard Munday (Boy) 07 Aug 1696 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Joan Munday (Girl) 07 May 1700 : Great Wishford, Wiltshire : Father - Thomas Munday : Mother - Joan Trubbidge
Child Button 1714 : Heytesbury, Wiltshire : Father - William Button : Mother - Rachel Troubudge
Mary Stapley (Girl) 16 May 1790 : Rolvenden, Kent : Father - Henry Stapley : Mother - Elizabeth Tarbot
Charlotte Stapley (Girl) 20 Nov 1796 : Rolvenden, Kent : Father - Henry Stapley : Mother - Elizabeth Tarbot
Charles Stapley (Boy) 30 Mar 1800 : Rolvenden, Kent : Father - Henry Stapley : Mother - Elizabeth Tarbot
Sarah Stapley (Girl) 15 Nov 1805 : Rolvenden, Kent : Father - Henry Stapley : Mother - Elizabeth Tarbot
Child Russell 1802 : New Monkland, Lanarkshire : Father - George Russell : Mother - Helen Terbek
Child Russell 1806 : New Monkland, Lanarkshire : Father - George Russell : Mother - Helen Terbek

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