In the third year of Henry IV. Henry de la Pomeroy held here and in Trevygham half a knight’s fee.
I fancy this to be the same which is called in Domesday Book by the name of Lisniwen. And if so, it was one of the manors which William the Conqueror gave to his half-brother the Earl of Morton, with the earldom of Cornwall.
THE EDITOR.
There does not appear to be any thing remarkable in this parish. The only village, except the church town, is Treworrell.
The manor of Grylls in this parish formerly belonged to the Betensons, who intermarried with the Gilberts of Tackbear; and their arms remain in the church, Argent, within a bordure engrailed Ermine, a fess Gules, with a lion passant gardant in chief.
The advowson of the rectory is annexed to the manor of Lesnewith, which belonged two centuries ago to the family of Dennis. It was a considerable time in the family of Glynn. Mr. Jose is the chief proprietor in the parish.
Lesnewith measures 1,734 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 1,400 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 133 | 16 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 104 | in 1811, 105 | in 1821, 123 | in 1831, 127 |
giving an increase of 22 per cent. in 30 years.