of Plympton Maurice, a borough and market-town of the county of Devon, in the hundred of the same name, 217 miles from London and five from Plymouth. It is one of the stannary towns for stamping tin. It is governed by a mayor, recorder, and seven aldermen, and returned two members to parliament till 1832, when it was disfranchised. The population amounted in 1801 to 604, in 1811 to 715, in 1821 to 762, and in 1831 to 804.