TRENCHARD

TRENCHARD. Baldwin de Riparils, Earl of Devon, granted Ilordhill, in the Isle of AVight, to the ancestor of this family, Paganus Trenchard, temp. Henry I. The name is most probably derived from the O. Fr. trencher, to carve ; and it may refer to the occupation of the original bearer, either as a carver of viands, or as owner of a trenchant blade in war.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.