St. Ewe has to lament the loss of all the gentlemen’s families, with
the exception of one, which are stated to have resided there in former
times; but that one may well compensate for the absence of all the
others.
Mr. John Tremayne, who married Grace, the youngest daughter of Mr.
Henry Hawkins, of St. Austell, had two sons, and a daughter married to
Mr. Charles Rashleigh, of Desporth, as has been noticed under St.
Austel. The eldest son, Lewis, died in the prime of life, when the
second son, who had taken orders, became the heir of his family.
The Rev. Henry Hawkins Tremayne married Harriet, daughter and coheir
of John Hearle, Esq. of Penryn, and of her mother heiress of the
Paynters of St. Erth. They have left an only son, John Hearle
Tremayne, married to Caroline, daughter of the late Sir William Lemon.
It is impossible to say too much in praise of the late Mr. Henry
Hawkins Tremayne: possessed of good abilities, of a sound
understanding, of practical knowledge of business, and of the utmost
kindness of heart, he became the father of his neighbourhood,
reconciling all disputes, adjusting all differences, and tempering the
administration of justice with lenity and forbearance. So high and so
extensive was the reputation of Mr. Tremayne throughout the whole
county, that his son, buoyant on the father’s virtues, and before
opportunities were afforded for displaying his own, passed by an
unanimous election into the high station of representative for
Cornwall; but experience soon proved that Mr. John Hearle Tremayne
wanted no assistance from hereditary claims to make him worthy of
that, or of any other distinction. And the Editor takes this
opportunity of repeating what he had the honour of addressing to a
county meeting, previously to Mr. Tremayne’s declaration of not
allowing himself to be elected for the sixth time, to avoid the
embroilment of a contest:
“_I have had the happiness of witnessing Mr. Tremayne’s
conduct in Parliament for twenty years; and knowing the high
estimation in which he is held by all parties, and by all
sides of the House of Commons, I venture to assert that
Cornwall would fall in public opinion if Mr. Tremayne were
not again returned, let his successor be who he may._”
The parish of St. Ewe measures 5,085 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 4,685 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 1211 8 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 1176 | 1125 | 1663 | 1699
giving an increase of 44½ per cent. in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Rev. John Cregoe, instituted in 1785.