Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your Majesty would be graciously pleased to permit your Petitioner and her heirs to enjoy the said honour and title.
And your Petitioner shall ever pray.
It is almost unnecessary for me to add that this Petition did not prove successful.
Towednack is now included with Lelant in the borough of St. Ive’s, sending one member to Parliament.
The great tithes belong to Mr. Praed of Trevethow, who, together with the heirs of the late Duke of Bolton, possess the remainder of the parish.
The parish feast is kept on the nearest Sunday to April 28.
This parish measures 2,569 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 1483 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 153 | 8 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 465 | in 1811, 532 | in 1821, 582 | in 1831, 736 |
giving an increase of 58 per cent. in 30 years.