The corporation of Plympton were under the influence of the Treby and Edgcumbe families, who shared the representation, each nominating to one seat in the government interest. The second Lord Egmont wrote in his electoral survey, c.1749-50: ‘Between Treby and Lord Edgcumbe at present, but Treby will defeat him with proper helps in time’.
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in the freemen
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Number of voters: about 100
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