Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 2
Properties - 10
Total events naming patron - 11
Troupes - 6
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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of Burford, Shropshire

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: by 1499
    Union ended: n.d.

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 n.d. Elizabeth Courtenay (nee Grey), 5th Viscountess Lisle
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1514-11-7 1515-11-5
JP, Worcestershire 1515 n.d.
JP, Cheshire 1515 1537 (held office until death)
JP, Herefordshire 1515 n.d.
JP, Flintshire 1515 n.d.
JP, Marches of Wales 1515 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1515 n.d.
JP, South Wales 1515 n.d.
Sheriff, Shropshire 1515-11-5 1516-11-10
Sheriff, Shropshire 1519-11-8 1520-11-6
JP, Gloucestershire 1520 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1520/1 n.d.
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1521 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1522 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1522 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1522 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1523 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1524 n.d.
Sheriff, Shropshire 1524-11-10 1525/6-01-27 Probably held this office; entered as 'Thomas Cornwall, esquire'
JP, Gloucestershire 1525 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1525 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1528 n.d.
MP, Shropshire 1529 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Gloucestershire 1530 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1530/1 1532
JP, Herefordshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1 n.d.
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 n.d. 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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1534-1535 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainer
Performance 1516-1517 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s
Performance 1535-1536 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s
Performance 1526-1527 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainers
Performance 1530-1531 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Baron of Burford's Entertainers
Performance 1536-1537 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer
Performance 1517-1518 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance 1519-1520 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance 1527-1528 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance 1537-1538 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance 1528-1529 Mr Rogers' Tavern, Ludlow , Shropshire Sir Thomas Cornwall's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Baron of Burford's Entertainer Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Baron of Burford's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Baron of Burford's Entertainers Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Sir Thomas Cornwall's Minstrel/s Cornwall, Thomas (1472 - 1537) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. 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.