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Thomas Cornwall
Sir Thomas Cornwall (1468–1537) was the 8th feudal baron of Burford. He was knighted in 1497. He was born the son of Sir Edmund Cornwall of Burford, Shropshire. He succeeded his father in 1489, was knighted at the Battle of Blackheath in 1497, and made a knight banneret in 1513. He was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1502–03 and 1514–15 and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1505–06, 1515–16, 1519–20 and 1531–32. He represented Shropshire at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), Shropshire in 1529. He married Anne, the daughter of Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet; they had two sons and three daughters. Their son Richard Cornwall (died 1569), Richard also became an MP and sheriff . Married 2. Margaret Clifford ISSUES= Laurence Cornell Notes References 1470s births 1537 deaths Politicians from Shropshire English MPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burford, Shropshire
Burford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,108, rising to 1,392 at the 2011 Census. Location The parish is situated to the north of the River Teme, on the other side of the Teme is the Worcestershire town of Tenbury Wells. To the west, the A456 road bridges Ledwyche Brook, leading to the Herefordshire village of Little Hereford. To the northeast is the Shropshire village and parish of Boraston. Amenities Burford House Gardens is a popular destination and is located in the southwest of the parish, where the Ledwyche meets the Teme. Even though Burford has never been in Herefordshire or Worcestershire, the fire station is run by the Hereford and Worcester Fire Service and the Tenbury Community Hospital is run by the Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. The workhouse serving Burford was built in 1837. The local civic society (Tenbury and Burford Civic Society) covers Tenbury and Burford, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cornwall (died 1569)
Richard Cornwall (1493 – 14 June 1569) was an English politician. He was born in 1493, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Cornwall of Burford, Shropshire and Anne Corbet. He succeeded his father as ninth Baron of Burford in 1537. Cornwall was one of many English knights to accompany Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in an invasion of France. He was a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire from 1542 to 1564 and was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1548–49, 1554–55 and 1561–62. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised ... for Much Wenlock in 1545 and for Pembrokeshire in 1555. He died in 1569 and was buried at Burford. He had married Jane, the daughter of Sir Henry Wogan of Wiston, Pembrokeshire. they h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Herefordshire
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English MPs 1529–1536
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Politicians From Shropshire
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1537 Deaths
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1470s Births
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Richard Trentham
Richard Trentham (by 1515 – January 1547) was an English politician. His father was Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury from whom he inherited land in Shropshire. He entered the royal household and was an Esquire of the Household by 1537 and cupbearer in the household of Prince Edward by 1544. In 1545 he fought with the king in France. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1536. In 1539 he acquired the site of Rocester Abbey Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level. The Augustinian abbey of St. Mary, Rocester was founded in Dovedale between 1141 and 1146 by Richard Bacon, a ha ..., Staffordshire which had been closed down as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and reestablished his family there. He had married Mary, the daughter of David Ireland of Shrewsbury and had one son and heir, Thomas and 5 daughters. References 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blount (died 1531)
Sir John Blount (by 1471 – 27 February 1531) was an English politician. He was born the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlet Hall, Shropshire. He succeeded his father c.1525 and was knighted in 1529. He served as a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Staffordshire in 1520–1526 and for Shropshire from 1529 to his death. He fought as a captain in the English army besieging Tournai in 1513 and later accompanied Henry VIII to France in 1520 to attend the famous meeting between Henry and Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1526–27 and was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1529. He was also pricked High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1530–31 but died in office in 1531. He was buried at Kinlet church, where there is a tomb monument to himself and his wife. He married at Kinlet on 1 August 1492 Catherine, the daughter and coheiress of Hugh Peshall of Knightley, with whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Corbet
Moreton Corbet is a village in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst in Shropshire, England. The village's Toponymy, toponym refers to the Corbet baronets, the local landowners. It is just north of the larger village of Shawbury near Stanton upon Hine Heath and the River Roden, Shropshire, River Roden. Moreton Corbet lies about NNE of the market town of Shrewsbury. In the village is the ruin of Moreton Corbet castle. Village In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Moreton Corbet thus: The village has seen steady development and population growth since then. The United Kingdom Census 1961, 1961 Census recorded a population in Moreton Corbet of 257 people, the population of the area being rather inconsistent as only 10 years earlier it reached 350. According to a 2001 census, the population had slightly increased to 281: 149 males and 132 females with the biggest age range occurring bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shropshire ( ''Salop'') was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was split into North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), North Shropshire and South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Shropshire in 1832. Boundaries The county limits. History Shropshire by the mid eighteenth century was seen as an independent county seat, controlled by the rank and file of the country gentry and tended to return Tory MPs despite the borough seats within Shropshire, and the dominant local Herbert family, Herbert and Baron Clive, Clive families, being Whigs (British political party), Whig.Pages 238 to 240,Lewis Namier, ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III'' (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
