*LESTWITHIEL, (Cornwall) 188 cm. 239 mm. from London, is a well-built T. where are kept the common-gaol, the weights and measures for the whole stannary, and the Co. courts. It stands on the r. Foy, which brought up vessels from Fowey, before it was choaked up with sand coming from the tin-mines, and therefore its once flourishing trade is decayed; but it holds the bushelage of coals, salt, malt, and corn in the T. of Fowey, as it does the anchorage in its harbour. It was made a corp. by Richard E. of Cornwall, when he was K. of the Romans, and has had other charters since. It consists of 7 capital burgesses (whereof one is mayor) and 17 assistants, or C.C. It is part of the duchy of Cornwall, to which it pays 11 l. 19 s. 10 d. a year, for its liberties. Its chief trade is the woollen mf. Its Ch. has a spire, the only one, except that of Helston, in the Co. Its Mt. is F. and its Fairs June 29, Aug. 24, and Nov. 2. It first returned members to Pt. in the 33d of Edw. I. They are chosen by their burgesses and assistants. The great hall and exchequer of the Ds. of Cornwall, who had their palace here, was, with other lately buildings, defaced by the Pt. soldiers in 1644. It was anciently the shire-town, and the knights of the shire are still chosen here.