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Cornwall, Richard (1502 - 1569)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1502
Death Date: 1569-06-14

Parents

Titles

  • Baron of Burford
    Assumed: 1537-08-20
    Vacated: 1569-06-14

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 5 Feb. 1537/8

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Musters, Shropshire 1542
JP, Shropshire 1542/3
MP, Shropshire 1545 -12 -23
JP, Shropshire 1547
Sheriff, Shropshire 1548 -12 -3 1549 -11 -12
JP, Shropshire 1553/4
Sheriff, Shropshire 1554 -11 -14 1555 -11 -14
MP, Pembrokeshire 1555 Possibly sat for this constituency
Sheriff, Shropshire 1561 -11 -8 1562 -11 -19
Commissioner of Musters, Shropshire 1563

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Essex
    Acquired: 1537-08-20
    Patrimony
  • Kent
    Acquired: 1537-08-20
    Patrimony
  • England-Wales border
    Acquired: 1537-08-20
    Patrimony
  • Shropshire
    Acquired: 1537-08-20
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Richard (1502 - 1569) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Richard (1502 - 1569) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s Cornwall, Richard (1502 - 1569) 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
  • 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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898