The present possessor, Richard Polwhele, Esq. was sheriff of Cornwall 9 George I. 1723.
The family suffered greatly in the civil wars.
Penhellick was once a considerable seat, although now it is divided into several premises, in one of which lately resided Mr. Robert Polwhele, younger brother to John Polwhele, Esq. and in another Captain Thomas Gregor, of Truro.
Trewhythenick formerly belonged to a family of the same name, who gave for their arms, Argent, a chevron within a border engrailed Sable. This manor came afterwards to the Chamonds.
Park also belonged to a family of the same name.
Lambesso belonged to the Tredenhams, but for some time past to the Footes.
THE EDITOR.
Polwhele has descended from the gentleman who
served the office of sheriff in 1723, to his grandson, the Rev. Richard Polwhele, author of a history of Cornwall, and so distinguished by his works in every department of literature; by his early poetical effusions, when
“He lisp’d in numbers for the numbers came;”