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
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 ...
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
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, (22 August 1545) was an English military leader and courtier. Through his third wife, Mary Tudor, he was brother-in-law to King Henry VIII.
Biography
Charles Brandon was the second ...
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
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for 1548–49, 1554–55 and 1561–62. He was elected a
Member (MP) of the
Parliament of England
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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 had 2 sons and a daughter.
References
1569 deaths
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales
English MPs 1545–1547
English MPs 1555
High Sheriffs of Shropshire
1493 births
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