When Brutus of Troy landed at Totnes, he gave the town its name; thus,—
"Here I sit, and here I rest,
And this town shall be called Totnes."
"Crocker, Cruwys, and Coplestone,
When the Conqueror came, were found at home."
"Who on the Sabbath pares his horn,
'Twere better for him he had never been born."