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Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1472 (possibly born in 1474)
Death Date: 1537-08-20

Notes

Ward of George Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Corbet, Anne ( - 1548)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1499
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Baron of Burford
  • Knight

Titles

  • Baron of Burford
    Assumed: 1489-12-08
    Vacated: 1537-08-20
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1497-16-17
    Vacated: 1537-08-20

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Shropshire 1502 1503/4
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1502 -11 -8 1504 -11 -5
Sheriff, Shropshire 1505 -12 -1 1506 -11 -27
JP, Shropshire 1511 1515
Steward of Viscountess Lisle's Lands, Shropshire 1513 Elizabeth Courtenay (nee Grey), 5th Viscountess Lisle
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1514 -11 -7 1515 -11 -5
JP, Marches of Wales 1515
JP, Worcestershire 1515
JP, South Wales 1515
JP, Herefordshire 1515
JP, Cheshire 1515 1537 held office until death
JP, Flintshire 1515
JP, Gloucestershire 1515
Sheriff, Shropshire 1515 -11 -5 1516 -11 -10
Sheriff, Shropshire 1519 -11 -8 1520 -11 -6
JP, Gloucestershire 1520
JP, Herefordshire 1520/1
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1521
JP, Gloucestershire 1522
JP, Worcestershire 1522
JP, Shropshire 1522
JP, Shropshire 1523
JP, Worcestershire 1523/4
JP, Gloucestershire 1524
Sheriff, Shropshire 1524 -11 -10 1525/6 -01 -27 Probably held this office; entered as 'Thomas Cornwall, esquire'
JP, Herefordshire 1525
JP, Gloucestershire 1525
JP, Gloucestershire 1528
MP, Shropshire 1529
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Gloucestershire 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1530
JP, Worcestershire 1530/1 1532
JP, Herefordshire 1530/1
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1
Sheriff, Shropshire 1531 -4 -4 1531 -11 -9 Took over office from Sir John Blount
JP, Herefordshire 1532 1537 held office until death
JP, Gloucestershire 1532 1537 held office until death
MP, Shropshire 1536 Probably held this office.
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 1537 held office until death

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Derbyshire
    Acquired: 1527
    Grey inheritance
  • Devon
    Extensive holdings
  • Essex
    Acquired: 1527
    Grey inheritance
  • Herefordshire
    Extensive holdings; enlarged by inheritance from Isabel, dowager Countess of Devon, wife of Humphrey Stafford, 15th Earl of Devon, 1505
  • Kent
    Acquired: 1527
    Grey inheritance
  • Leicestershire
    Acquired: 1527
    Grey inheritance
  • England-Wales border
  • Nottinghamshire
    Acquired: 1527
    Grey inheritance
  • Shropshire
    Extensive holdings

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainer
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance - Mr Rogers' Tavern, Ludlow, Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Burford's Entertainers Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Burford's Entertainers Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Burford's Entertainer Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Minstrel/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Burford House Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Blakeway, John Brickdale. The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their armorial bearings; and notices, genealogical and biographical, of their families. Shrewsbury: William & John Eddowes, 1831
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Weyman, Henry T. 'Shropshire Members of Parliament [Part 1].'. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 4th ser 10 (1927): 1--48.