Cornwall, Richard (1502 - 1569)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

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

Parents

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 5 Feb. 1537/8

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1517-1518 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance 1519-1520 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Mr Richard Cornwall's Entertainer/s
Performance 1527-1528 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 3

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.
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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.