Otto Bodrugan

Sir Otto I Bodrugan (6 January 1290 – 6 September 1331), his name often written at the time as Otes, was an English landowner, soldier and politician from St Goran in Cornwall.

Origins From a leading Cornish family, with extensive lands and a long tradition of public service, he was the eldest son and heir of Sir Henry Bodrugan and his wife Sibyl Mandeville. Being born on 6 January 1290, he was underage when both his parents died and could not inherit his estates until he reached majority in 1311. These included the manors of Bodrugan in St Goran, Restronguet in Feock, Tremodret in Roche and Tregrehan in St Blazey, as well as the borough of Looe and six advowsons.

Family Before 1311 he married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Champernowne (died 1305) and sister of Sir Henry Champernowne (died 1329), who married Otto's sister Joan Bodrugan. Otto and Margaret had three sons and a daughter:

Joan (died 1349), who married John Whalesborough William (1311–1362), whose age had to be established before he inherited, (2) before 1380, Ralph Trenoweth, of Trenoweth (died 1393), (3) in 1393, John Trevarthian, of Trevarthian (died 1402), and (4) Sir Robert I Hill, of Shilston. Henry, who married Isabel Whalesborough

As none of his sons left legitimate male children, after much litigation his lands were eventually split between the heirs of William's daughter Elizabeth and those of Otto's daughter Joan.