 The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states the owner was the Church of Ireland, "Gleabland"

In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663 there were two Hearth Tax payers in "Boked- Owen Farrelly and Phillip Reilly".The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as "Boched".The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list fifteen tithepayers in the townland.