compiled by Robert
Battle
Summary of contents:
Blomefield [3:158, 4:697, 4:740, and
4:773-774] claims that Sir John Howard married Joan de Cornwall, daughter of
[Sir] Richard de Cornwall (illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall) by
his wife Joan, and sister and heir of another Richard de Cornwall. Besides the references quoted in Blomefield
(see below), a Richard de Cornubia, rector of the church in Walsoken, Norfolk
(and presumably the 2nd of that name) was to hold the lands of Sir
John Howard, recently deceased [CFR 4:268]. As indicated in one of the contemporaneous documents recorded by Blomefield, Richard de Cornwall was
indeed a brother of Joan Howard; and the fact that on several occasions he was
called a kinsman of Edward II is a strong indication that he was a descendant
of one of the earl of Cornwall’s illegitimate sons—Richard, Earl of Cornwall,
was agnatic grand-uncle to Edward II.
The glazing of the
If
Blomefield is correct in saying that the Howard
couple were given land by her father Richard de Cornwall in 1308/9 (2 Edward
II), who retained an interest in it the following year, then this Richard could
not be the same as Sir Richard de Cornwall, who was dead by 1297 (see below). However,
without seeing the documents in question it is not definite that the Richard
referred to was the father rather than the brother.
Richard
de Cornwall, parson of Walsoken, held property in the following locations
(besides the gift for life from Sir John Howard; in each of the places below
Richard either alienated land for pious purposes and/or was granted free
warren; see timeline below):
In Buckinghamshire:
Kingshull
In
Laughton
Lindsey
Wylesworth
In Oxfordshire:
Shelswell
Because
this Richard held property in Shelswell, in the section on Shelswell manor in VCH Oxford he is incorrectly identified with one Sir
Richard de Cornwall, who owned the manor and the advowson of the church there,
at least from 1323 [A2A BCM/B/2/7/1]. However, this Sir Richard de Cornwall of
Shelswell lived until at least 1346 (and left at least one son to inherit) and
so could not be the parson, who was dead by
CAREER OF RICHARD DE
1292 May 20
chirographer; king’s clerk [CPR 1281:491]
1296 February 18
ordained a subdeacon (previously a
clerk in minor orders); parson of Radclive, Lincoln [LRS 69:74; LRS 76:163]
1297 October 17
made rector of
December
21
ordained a deacon; rector of Frodingham, Lincoln [LRS 69:101]
1298 May 31
ordained a priest; rector of
Frodingham, Lincoln [LRS
69:107]
1309 December 13
he and John de Colecot owed 10l.
by Adam le Peyntur, of Abindon, Berks [CCR 1307:236]
1310 January 8
granted prebend of
January
14
king forbids actions against
Richard de Cornwall’s possession of
July 18
1311 August 4
king’s clerk [CPR
1307:384]
August 27
king again forbids actions
against Richard de Cornwall’s possession of
king forwards a petition of
Richard de Cornwall; king’s clerk; cousin of Edward II [CCW
1244:379]
October 4
appoints Robert de Abyndon to
receive the 100 mark debt of Richard de Havering [CCR 1307:439]
1313 January 17
king again forbids hindrance of
Richard de Cornwall in his prebend of
February 9
Had dispensation to hold up to four offices;
rector of Frodingham (Fotheringham) and Pyghtesley (Lincoln); canon and prebend
of North Newbald (York); called kinsman of Edward II [CPapRL
2:109]
May 3
owes Thomas Sampson of Abyndon
10l. [CCR 1307:578]
September 22
king again forbids actions
against Richard de Cornwall’s possession of
October 8
king again forbids actions against
Richard de Cornwall’s possession of
1314 June 18
owes
William de Orlauston 40 marks [CCR 1313:102]
1315 August 6
king orders justice to be done
with regard to Richard de Cornubia’s collation to the prebendary of
“Kyrkenewebalde” in St. Peter’s church,
1316 ?
owns
(acquires?) property in Shelswell,
May 14
owed 200 marks by Richard de Hoo
of Kyngeston (
1317 June 12
owed
20 pounds by John Waldeshef (
July 24
owed
40 pounds by Thomas de Gay (
1318 July 28
Pope withdraws rectory of Pytchesley for unlicensed
plurality [sic, see above] [CPapRL 2:174]
August 23
Pope orders removal of Richard de Cornwall from
prebendary of (North) Newbald; three years such orders have been ignored [CPapRL 2:175]
1319 April 8
?granted rents on certain tenements (in
June 8
resigns prebend of (North) Neubold;
king’s clerk; called kinsman of Edward II [CPR 1317:343-4]
September
10
Made a canon of
1321 May 27
owed 48l. by Sir John de Lenham of Berks [CCR 1318:377]
June 2
pardon for not appearing in case
he brought against Paulinus de Hauvill concerning a tenement in Shaldeswell, as
he was in the king’s service at the time [CCR 1318:308]
1323 April 1
pardon for not appearing in suit,
as he was in the king’s service at the time [CCR 1318:637-638]
May 5
“Sir Richard
de Cornewayll” settles arguments with Sir Edmund and Maud de Bohun regarding
Schaldeswell manor,
November 15
brought plea of disseisin concerning
tenement in Shaldeswall (
1324 March 18
alienates land in Laughton (Laghton)
and Lyndeseye, Lincoln, for prayers for his soul and the souls of his parents;
king’s clerk [CPR 1321:397]
1327
?
?granted manor of
Sheldeswell in
August 26
granted free warren on lands in
Laughton (Laghton) and Wylesworth,
1330 March 30
Made a canon of
April 1
Made a canon of
June 11
alienates land in Laughton (Laghton)
and Lyndeseye for prayers for his soul and the souls of his parents [CPR 1327:536]
1331 July 8
inquisition into gift for life of Sir John Howard
the elder to Richard de Cornubia, parson of Walsoken, manors of “Est Wynch, Est
Walton, Wygenhale and Thyryngton” and other property [CIM 2:292]
July 23
Had keeping of
October 15
sheriff of Norfolk ordered to not meddle in
lands of Sir John Howard held by Richard de Cornwall, parson of Walsoken
(Walsokne), which had been granted to him for his life 12 Jun 1322 by Sir John
Howard [CCR 1330:251-352]
1332 September
5
{Author’s note:
the family sketch below is in no way complete, or even complete with respect to
the published work on the family (e.g. ,the Earl of Liverpool and Compton
Reade, The House of Cornewall (1908)); it is rather a record of the
family through the first several generations solely from records I have seen,
as cited. There were a number of other
de Cornubias/Cornwalls in records of the period; I only included those who in
the records cited were referred to either as kinsmen of the English royal
family or of others in this section.}
1. Richard, Earl of
Known illegitimate children (order uncertain):
2.
i. Richard
3.
ii. Walter
2. Sir Richard de Cornwall (Earl Richard): illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall [Cornwall 1:xx and 2:201]; received manor of Evre, Buckingham, from father [VCH Bucks]; d. at the siege of Berwick 1296 (recorded as Richard, brother of Edmund, earl of Cornwall, in Annales Monastici 3:403 [London, 1866] and Annales Monastici 4:526 [London, 1869]) (see also CChR 2 and CChR 3:490-491); commission for probate of will 17 Apr 1297 [LRS 60:215]; m. Joan ___ (living 6 Aug 1320; gift of property in Asthall and surrounding for priest to sing for souls of self, deceased husband, and children, recorded 10 Oct 1321) [CPR 1317:495; LRS 90:78; see also CPR 1313:475]
known
children (order uncertain):
4. i. Edmund
5. ii. Geoffrey
iii. ?Richard, parson of Walsoken
(see above)
iv. ?Joan, m. Sir John Howard (see
above)
3. Sir Walter
de Cornwall (Earl Richard): of Branel, Cornwall [CIPM 3:483]; called brother
of Edmund, earl of Cornwall [CPR 1292:499]; witnessed charter of Edmund, Earl of
Cornwall [CChR 3:490]; coroner for Cornwall until death [CCR 1313:3]; d. bef. 20 Feb 1313 [CFR 2:163;
CIPM 5:208] {perhaps the Walter of Cornwall who was
rector of North Luffenham in Rutland 1283-1285, patron Edmund, Earl of Cornwall
[LRS 43:27,43-44]}
known child:
6. i. William
4. Sir Edmund
de Cornwall (Richard, Earl Richard): of Asthall, Oxford, and Thunnock, Lincoln [CIPM 3:479, 482, 483]; granted free warren in Thunnock and
Asthall 30 Sep 1301 [CChR 3:21]; called kinsman of Edward
II 8 Jun 1304 [CChR 3:42]; owed money to Cambinus Fulberti
of Florence 29 Mar 1316 [CCR 1313:331]; d. 28 Feb or 22
Mar 1354 [CIPM 10:138-139; see also RBP 4:125];
m. his probable ward Elizabeth de
Brampton [at least he was the custodian of her property during her
minority; see CPR 1301:308], b. c1305 (age 42 on 24 Sep
1347 [CIPM 9:34-35]) living 18 May 1355 [RBP
4:130], co-heir(ess) of Peter Corbet of Caus [CCR 1346:395]
known children (order of younger children uncertain):
7. i. Edmund
8. ii. Brian
9. iii. Peter
5. Geoffrey de
Cornwall (Richard, Earl Richard): of Evre, Buckingham, and Thunnock, Lincoln [CIPM 3:482; VCH Bucks]; of Ambirden,
Essex [CIPM 7:452]; of Overes, Burford, and Stapleton,
Salop [CIPM 7:505]; held 1 knight’s fee in King’s Nimeton,
Devon, 28 Sep 1314 [CCR 1313:116]; granted free warren
in Stapleton, Burford, Norton (Northampton), Ambirden, and “Nymyton Regis”
(Devon) 22 Nov 1316 [CChR 3:330]; granted markets at
Stapleton 17 Jul 1334 [CChR 4:309]; d. bef. 1 Jun 1335 [CIPM 7:452]; m. Margaret
de Mortimer [CIPM 7:452; CCR 1313:295-296;
VCH Bucks], who was b. abt. Sep 1295 [CIPM
5:22-25] and d. bef. 28 Apr 1346 [CCR 1346:31,106]
known children:
10. i. Richard
ii. Geoffrey:
referred to in the IPM of his nephew [10.i] Geoffrey de Cornwall [CIPM 12:10-13]; accused (along with [10.i] Geoffrey de
Cornwall) of assaulting and imprisoning Sir Reynold de la Mare in the church of
Greote, Salop, 10 Nov 1358 [CPR 1358:160]
6. William de
Cornwall (Walter, Earl Richard): of Branel,
known child:
11. i. John
7. Sir Edmund de Cornwall (Edmund, Richard, Earl Richard): b. on or before 1324 (age
30 and more in 1354); alienated lands in Thunnock and Laughton, Lincoln, to
Gainesburgh church in 1373 and 1389 [CPR 1370:295-296; CPR 1388:25]; m. (1st) bef. 4 Jun 1347 Isabella ___ [CCR
1346:225]; m. (2nd) by 10 Jun 1373 Isabella ___ [CPR 1370:295-296] {NOTE: something is rather strange about
exactly when #7 was born, since on 2 Sep 1332 (when he should have been about
8) he and his wife Isabella were to be granted land [CPR
1330:326]}
8. Sir Brian
de Cornwall (Edmund, Richard, Earl Richard): of Kinlet, Salop; b. c1325/6 (age 50 and
more on 15 May 1376); godfather of #13 [CIPM 14:292-293]
[see CPR 1354:96]; d. 1391; m. Maud ___
known child:
i. Sir John: of Kinlet, Salop; b. c1367; d.
9. Peter de
Cornwall (Edmund, Richard, Earl Richard): in 1354 acquired manor of Hampton, Lovett,
Worcestershire, from mother Elizabeth [A2A 705:349/12946/475234]; in 1365
acquired Robert de Harleye’s lands in the same and in Birlingham, Worcs. [A2A 705:349/12946/475239];
d. 13 Jul 1386 [CIPM 16:130; see also CPR
1385:211-212]; m. Agnes ___
known children:
i. Edmund:
b. c Mar 1384 (age 2 1/2 on
13 Sep 1386 [CPR 1385:211-212]
ii. Lewis:
of Thunnock and Laughton,
1420 in France [CIPM 21:155-156;
A2A DDSE/8/1; son and heir Edmund b. c1410]
10. Sir
Richard de Cornwall (Geoffrey, Richard, Earl Richard): b. c1312 [CIPM
7:452]; received manor of Evre, Buckingham, from father [VCH
Bucks]; d. 1343 [VCH Bucks; see also CPR 1343:134]; m. Sibyl
[de Botringham] (sister of John de Botryngham) [CIPM 9:161-162],
d. c1349 [CIPM 9:161-162]
known child:
i. Sir Geoffrey: of Thorp,
[CIPM 9:161-162; VCH Bucks], age 22 in 1357 [CIPM 10:294]);
bp.
11. John de
Cornwall (William, Walter, Earl Richard): of Branel,
UNPLACED:
U1. John de
Cornubia, M.A. Called kinsman of Henry, Earl of Lancaster,
in 1343, when the latter petitioned for a dispensation for him on account of
his illegitimacy (being the son of “a married man and a spinster”) [CPapRP 1:65]
U2. Sir
Richard de Cornwall: of Shelswell, Oxford; according to VCH Oxford
identical to [2.iii] Richard de Cornwall, clerk (see above), but impossible due
to the latter’s death date; presented to church of Shelswell 4 Jun 1338 and 6
Mar 1341 [LRS 90:93,99];
d. aft. 1346
known child:
U3. i. William
U3. William de
Cornwall ([U2]Richard): of Shelswell,
known child:
U4. i. William
U4. William de
Cornwall ([U3]William, [U2]Richard): of Shelswell,
known children (order uncertain):
i. John
ii. [daughter]
iii. [daughter]
iv. [daughter]
(British)
National Archives catalogue of archives throughout
“[
“[23
Mar 1364/5] Grant from Robert de Harleye to Peter de Cornewaille of all his lands, tenements and appurtenances
in Hampton Lovet[t], co. Worc., and in Byrlyngham [Birlingham] and elsewhere in
the county of Worcester.”
“[5
May 1323] Sir Richard de Cornewayll;
and Sir Edmund de Bohun and Maud his wife. Thurs. in
Ascension, 16 Edw. II. Richard
has released to Edmund and Maud all the actions, quarrels [etc.] against them
concerning the manor of Schaldeswell (Oxon.), by a writing
in the custody of Master Robert de Aylestone [etc.].”
“Extracts
of inquisitions post mortem relating to Isabel widow of Sir William Willoughby
and ludovic[sic] Cornewaill….Containing: a) Isabel widow of Sir William
Willoughby, c.1398: Property: manors of Thunnack [Thonock] and Laghton [Laughton]; property in
Yolthorp [Youlthorpe], Upton, Wyllingham [Willingham], Northorpe, Kesseby,
Walkrythe [Walkerith], Stokkythe, Gaynesburgh [Gainsborough], Coryngham
[Corringham], Morton, Blyton and Wylingham, Lincolnshire Consideration: subject
to £20 yearly to chantry at Gaynesburgh founded by Sir Edmund de Cornewaille Died 17 Jul 1398 Reversion to Ludovic son of Peter de Cornewaille,
brother of Sir Edmund de Cornewaille b) Ludovic Cornewaill, c.1421 Property: as described in a)
Consideration: subject to £20 yearly as in a) Died 30 Nov 1420 Edmund, his son and heir, aged ten”
Francis Blomefield (vols. 1 through 3 [pp. 677]) and
Charles Parkin (3:678 through vol. 5), An Essay Towards
a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. 5 vols.;
Calendar of the Charter Rolls, vol. 2 (Henry III – Edward
I, 1257 – 1300). (
pp. 331-332:
“[
p. 443:
“[1294] A charter, whereby Edmund, earl of
Calendar of the Charter Rolls, vol. 3 (Edward I – Edward
II, 1300 – 1326). (
p. 21:
“[
p. 42:
“[
p. 330:
“[
pp. 489-491:
“…charters in favour of the abbot and convent of
Hailes….[charter 10] A charter whereby Edmund son of Richard, king of Almayn,
earl of Cornwall…witnesses, Sir Richard
de Cornubia….[charter 11] A charter, whereby Edmund, earl of
Cornwall…witnesses…Sir Richard de
Cornwall….[charter 13] A writing, whereby the same Edmund, earl of
Cornwall…witnesses…Sir Richard de
Cornubia….[charter 14] A writing, whereby the same Edmund, earl of
Cornwall…witnesses, Sir Walter de
Cornubia….[charter 15] A charter, whereby the same Edmund…witnesses, Sir Richard de Cornubia, the donor’s
brother….[charter 16] A charter, whereby the same Edmund earl of
Cornwall…witnesses, Sir Richard de
Cornubia…”
Calendar of the Charter Rolls, vol. 4 (1-14 Edward III,
1327 – 1341). (
p. 54:
“[
p. 309:
“[
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward II,
1307-1313). (
p. 236:
“[
p. 325:
“[18 Jul 1310] Master Richard de Haveringg, elect of
Dublin, acknowledges that he owes to Richard de Cornewaile, clerk, 100
marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in
England and Ireland.”
p. 379:
“[
pp. 434-435:
“[
p. 439:
“[4 Oct 1311] Richard de Cornubia, clerk,
puts in his place Robert de Abyndon to receive from Master Richard de Haveryng,
clerk, 100 marks, which he acknowledges in chancery to owe to him.”
p. 578:
“[3 May 1313] Richard de Cornubia, clerk,
acknowledges that he owes to Thomas Sampson, of Abyndon, 10l.; to be
levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Berks.”
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward II,
1313-1318). (
p. 3:
“[
p. 73:
“[
p. 102:
“[18 Jun 1314] Richard
de Cornubia acknowledges that he owes to William de Orlauston 40 marks; to
be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in the county of
Gloucester.”
p. 116:
“[
pp. 295-296:
“[
p. 302:
“[
p. 331:
“[29 Mar 1316] Edmund
de Cornubia, knight, lord of Thonnek, acknowledges that he owes to Cambinus
Fulberti of Florence 20 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his
lands and chattels in the county of Lincoln.”
p. 338:
“[14 May 1316] Richard de Hoo of Kyngeston
acknowledges that he owes to Richard de
Cornubia, clerk, 200 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his
lands and chattels in the county of Surrey.”
p. 479:
“[
p. 558:
“[
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward II,
1318-1323). (
p. 308:
“[
p. 377:
“[27 May 1321] John de Lenham, knight, acknowledges
that he owes to Richard de Cornubia, clerk, 48l.; to be levied,
in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Berks.”
pp. 637-638:
“[
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward III, 1330-1333) (
pp.
351-352:
“[
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward III, 1346-1349). (
p. 12:
“[
p. 31:
“[28 Apr 1346] …Order not to intermeddle with the
lands which belonged to Margaret late
the wife of Geoffrey de Cornubia, tenant in chief, which are in the king’s
hands by reason of the minority of her heir…”
p. 106:
“[
p. 225:
“[4 Jun 1347]…Katherine late the wife of David de
Strabolgi, earl of Atholl, has shown the king that whereas she lately
sought…against Edmund de Cornewaill, the
younger, knight, and Isabel, his wife, a third part of the manor of
Colyngbourn Valence…and Isabel, who was admitted in that plea to defend her
right by the default of Edmund…”
p. 395:
“[
p. 470:
“[
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward III,
1364-1368). (
p. 182:
“[
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326. (
pp. 329-330:
“[Oct 1310] The king sends……….{sic} sent to him by
Master Pandulf de Sabello [concerning a prebend of Newbald in the church of]
St. Peter, York, which prebend the king has given to his clerk Richard de
[Cornubia] because it was vacant at the time when the temporality of the
archbishopric was in the hands of the king’s father….”
p. 379:
“[
p. 386:
“[
Calendar of the Fine Rolls, vol. 2 (Edward II,
1307-1319) (
p. 163:
“[
p. 166:
“[2 Apr 1313] Order to…deliver to William de Cornubia, son and heir of Walter
de Cornubia, tenant in chief, the lands late of his said father, he having
done fealty.”
Calendar of the Fine Rolls, vol. 4 (Edward III,
1327-1337) (
p.
268:
“[23 Jul 1331] Commitment to Richard de Cornubia,
parson of the church of Walsokne, of the keeping of the manors of Estwich,
Estwalton, Wigenhale and Tiryngton, and all other lands late of John Haward,
knight, in Southwotton, Northwotton and Great Walsyngham, co. Norfolk, in
the king’s hand for certain causes, to hold until the next Parliament, so that
he answer at the Exchequer for the issues thereof.”
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery),
vol. 2 (
p.
292:
“[8 Jul 5 Edward III
(1331)] John Howard, knight, the elder,
gave to Richard de Cornubia, parson of
the church of Walsoken, for life, the manors of Est Wynch, Est Walton, Wygenhale
and Thyryngton, a messuage and a carucate of land in South Wotton and North
Wotton and 4l. of yearly rent from divers tenants in
Great Walsingham.”
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 3 (Edward I) (
p. 479:
“
p. 482:
“
p. 483:
“Pleas…on the octave of St.
Michael, 29 Edw.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 5 (Edward II) (
pp. 22-25:
IPM of Maud, late the wife of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of
Richard’s Castle (writ 15 Feb 1308, various dates taken) – coheirs daughters of
Hugh, Joan (age 15 years and 5 months [22 Apr 1308], wife of Thomas de
Bykenouere/Bikenor) and Margaret (age 12 years and 7 months [22 Apr
1308], wife of Geoffrey de Cornwayle); lands in Salop (including
Bureford manor), Hereford, Worcester, Essex, Northampton, Devon, Oxford,
Gloucester, Somerset, and Warwick.
p. 208:
IPM of Walter
de Cornubia (writ 20 Feb 6 Edward II [1313], taken 12 Mar 6 Edward II
[1313]) – heir son William (age 26);
land in
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 7 (Edward III) (
p.
505:
IPM of Geoffrey de
Cornubia (writ
p.
752:
IPM of Geoffrey de
Cornubia or de Cornewayle (writ
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 9 (Edward III) (
pp.
34-35:
IPM of Beatrice, late wife
of Peter Corbet of Caus, Salop (writ 30 Aug 21 Edward III [1347], taken 24 Sep)
– coheirs Ralph de Stafford (age 36), Margaret de Harley (age 46), and Elizabeth de Cornubia (age 42)
(pedigree below); land in Salop
Pedigree of heirs:
Thomas Corbet
Peter
Corbet
Peter Corbet
m. Beatrice ___ (her IPM)
Alice Corbet
m. Robert de Stafford
Nicholas de Stafford
Edmund de
Stafford
Ralph
de Stafford
Emma Corbet
m. ___
Walter ___
Brian ___
Margaret
___
m. Robert de Harley
m. Edmund de
Cornubia
pp.
161-162:
IPM of Sibyl de Cornubia or de Cornewaille
(writ 1 Jun 23 Edward III [1349]) – widow
of Richard de Cornewaill, sister of John de Botryngham; died “Friday after
St. Dunstan last” or “Saturday after the Ascension last”; heir son Geoffrey de Cornwaille (age 13 or 14);
land in
Calendar of Inquisitions
Post Mortem, vol. 10 (Edward III) (
pp. 138-139:
IPM of Edmund
de Cornewaill (writ 1 Apr 28 Edward III [1354]) – wife Elizabeth (surviving); d. 22 Mar or 28 Feb 1354; heir son Edmund de Cornewaile (age 40 and more
(once) or 30 and more (3 times)); land in Oxford (Asthalle manor), Hereford
(moiety of Ashton manor), and Salop (all of barony of Caus; Kynlet manor,
moiety of Wurthyn town, Overgorthore and Baughaltre)
pp. 284-285:
proof of age of Geoffrey
de Cornubia, kinsham and heir of Margaret
de Cornubia (writ 26 Aug, taken 11 Sep 30 Edward III [1356]) – Geoffrey
“was born at Stepelton and baptised in St. Andrew’s church, Presteinde, on the
Nativity of St. Mary, 9 Edward III” [8 Sep 1335]
p. 294:
follow-up IPM of Richard de Cornewayll, knight (writ 20 Aug, taken 24 Sep 31 Edward
III [1357]) – heir son Geoffrey (age
22)
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 12 (Edward III) (
pp. 10-13:
IPM of Geoffrey
de Cornubia or de Cornewaill, knight (writ
p. 316:
IPM of Cecily
late the wife of Geoffrey de Cornewaill
or de Cornubia, knight (writ
pp. 316-317:
follow-up IPM of Geoffrey de Cornewaill, knight (writ
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 14 (Edward III) (
pp. 292-293:
proof of age of Brian
son and heir of Geoffrey de Cornewaille (writ 3 May, taken 15 May 50 Edward
III [1376]) – “Brian son of Edmund de
Cornwaille, knight, aged 50 years and more, says that Brian son of Geoffrey
was born at Stokesay and baptized in the church there on 3 May, 29 Edward III
[1355], and that he himself, Peter de Cornwaille and Joan late the wife of
Walter de Hopton, knight, lifted him from the sacred font. So he was 21 years of age on 3 May last…”
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 16 (7-15 Richard II)
(
p. 130:
IPM of Peter
de Cornwaill (writ 12 Sep 10 Richard II [1386]); d. 13 July last; heir is son Edmund, age 2 1/2 years, “Brian de Cornewaill, knight, lord of
Boreford, seized the said Edmund and has him in wardship”; lands in Hereford
(in Asshton and Buryton)
pp. 453-454:
IPM of Brian
de Cornewaille, knight (writ 5 Sep 15 Richard II [1391]); d. “Friday after
the Assumption, 15 Richard II”; heir son
John de Cornewaile, age 24 and more; lands in
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 20 (1-5 Henry V) (
p. 82:
IPM of John
Cornewaill of Kinlet, knight (writ
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 21 (6-10 Henry V) (
pp. 155-156:
IPM of Lewis
Cornewaill, Esquire (writ 5 Feb 1421); d. 30 Nov last in France; wife Agnes; “Agnes, widow of Lewis’s father Peter de Cornewayle”; lands in
Hereford (Aston and Stanage manors [the latter held of Richard Cornewayle, lord of Stapleton), Lincoln (manors of Thonock
and Laughton, other lands); “…charter shown to the jurors dated at Gainsborough
6 May 1405, by the name of Lewis Cornewayle son and heir of Peter de
Cornewayle….The manors of Thonock and Laughton and all the lands, tenements,
rents, reversions and services are charged with a yearly rent of £20 to the
chantry at Gainsborough founded…by Edmund
de Cornewayll, knight, to support three chaplains to celebrate mass there
in perpetuity”
Calendar of
Letter-Books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of
“Grant by the Abbot and Convent of Sautre [note 3:
Saltrey or Sawtre, co. Huntingdon] to Richard
de Cornwall of rents charged on certain tenements held by John de
Cauntebrigge and Alice his wife and John their son in Bredstrete, and on other
tenements held by Richard de Shepstone, Alice his wife, Eustace their son and
Alice their daughter, and also by Ralph de Berkweye; to hold the said rents for
a term of twenty years. Dated Monday before Easter [8 April], 12 Edward II. [A.D.
1319]…”
L. Margaret Midgley, Ministers’ Accounts of the
Earldom of
vol. 1, p. xx:
“The manor of Iver, which appears in these accounts
for 1296-7, was soon afterwards given to Richard de Cornwall, Edmund’s
half-brother, whose son, Geoffrey, was holding it in 1300….”
vol. 2, p. 201:
“In allocatis pro capienda et custodienda seisina ex
parte Comitis in manerio de Thonnaik’ post mortem domini Ricardi de Cornubia
{…I.e. the earl’s half-brother….An imperfect account for Knaresborough
survives, dated Michaelmas 13 Edward I [1284-5], when Richard was steward
(Mins. Accts. 1084/18).}”
Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating
to
p. 109:
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p. 174:
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p. 175:
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p. 201:
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p. 322:
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p. 324:
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Calendar of
Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to
p. 65:
“[1343] Henry, Earl of
Lancaster, steward of
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1281-1292 (
p.
491:
“[20 May 1292] Appointment of Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk, to the custody, during pleasure, of the office of the
chirographry in the eyres of Hugh de Cressingham and his fellows, justices in
their next eyre.”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1292-1301 (
p.
499:
“[1 Apr 1300] Confirmation…whereby it appears that
this will be to the prejudice only of the heirs of Edmund, earl of Cornwall,
the king’s kinsman, of an assignment in fee simple made by the earl to Walter de Cornubia, his brother, of
land to the value of 18l. a year in his manor of Branel.”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1301-1307
(London, 1898) (emphasis added):
p. 308:
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Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1307-1313 (
p. 177:
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p. 204:
“[
p. 384:
“[4 Aug 1311] The action of Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk of the market…in exercising his office within the liberty of the
bishop of Durham between the rivers Tyne and Tees, is not to be to the
prejudice of the bishop, or his successors, or of the church of Durham.”
pp. 387-388:
“[27 Aug 1311] Prohibition to archbishops, bishops
and others against permitting proceedings to be commenced under pretext of any
commission addressed to them, or any one of them, in derogation of the king’s
authority, to disturb Richard de Cornubia, king’s kinsman and clerk, in
the possession of the prebend of North Neubald, in the church of St. Peter,
York, to which the king has collated him.”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1313-1317 (
p. 17:
“[22 Sep 1313] Prohibition directed to archbishops,
bishops, and other ecclesiastical persons agains permitting proceedings to be commenced
under pretext of any commission addressed to them, or any one of them, in
derogation of the king’s authority, to disturb Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk, in the possession of the prebend of Northneubald, in the church
of St. Peter, York, to which the king has collated him.”
p. 187:
“[8 Oct 1314] Mandate directed to the sheriff,
bailiffs, ministers and all other the king’s lieges to arrest all persons who,
in derogation of the king’s authority and to his prejusdice, may attempt by
citations, appeals, or in any other manner to disturb Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk, in the peaceable possession of the prebend of Northneubald in the
church of St. Peter, York, to which the king collated him in his right and by
judgment of his court, and which he has held for many years.”
p. 475:
“[16 Jun 1316] Licence for Geoffrey de Cornubia
and Margaret his wife to enfeoff Joan, late the wife of Richard de
Cornubia, of their manors of Aumberdene, Stepelton and Boreford, held in
chief; and for her to re-grant the same to them and the heirs of their bodies
with remainder, failing such issue, to the right heirs of the said Geoffrey.”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II vol. 3,
1317-1321 (
pp.
343-344:
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p. 442:
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p. 495:
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Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II vol. 4,
1321-1324 (
p. 353:
“[15 Nov 1323] Pardon to Paulinus de Hauville of his
outlawry in the county of Oxford for not appearing before John de Foxleye and
his fellows, justices of assize in the said county, on a plea of disseisin
brought against him by Richard de Cornubia, clerk, touching a tenement
in Shaldeswall.”
p. 397:
“[18 Mar 1324] Licence for the alienation in
mortmain by Richard de Cornubia, king’s clerk, of 2 messuages, 3 tofts,
7 bovates of land, and 11 acres of meadow in Laghton in Lindeseye and Bliton to
a chaplain to celebrate service daily in the parish church of Laghton in
Lindeseye for the souls of the said Richard, his father and mother, and all the
faithful departed.” [from
PROCAT, C 143/165/4: 17 Edward II (1323-4), “Richard de Cornubia, clerk, to
grant messuages and land in Laughton in Lindsey and Blyton to a chaplain in the
p. 453:
“[6 May 1324] Association of Richard de
Cornewayll, parson of the church of Kydbrok in a commission de walliis
et fossatis touching a breach upon the bank of the Thames between the towns
of Grenwich and Woldwich, co. Kent….”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1327-1330 (
p.
536:
“[11 Jun 1330] Licence for the alienation in
mortmain by Richard de Cornub’, of two messuages, three tofts, six
bovates of land, and 11 acres of meadow in Laghton and Lyndeseye, to a chaplain
to celebrate divine service daily in the parish church of Laghton in Lyndeseye
for the souls of the said Richard and of his father and mother. By fine made at another time in Chancery, in
17 Edward II, and the fine is enrolled.”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1330-1334 (
p. 326:
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Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1343-1345 (
p. 134:
“[
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III vol. 10,
1354-1358 (
p. 96:
“[9 Aug 1354] Licence…to be paid to the king by Brian son of Elizabeth late the wife of
Edmund de Cornubia, for the said Elizabeth to enfeoff Henry de Mortuo Mari
the elder, and Reynold de la Hay of the manors of Overegorther and Bachaltre
and a moiety of the manor of Worthyn, and 1000 acres of wood in Aberlye, held
in chief, and for them to regrant the same to her for life, with remainder to
the said Brian and his heirs.”
p. 214:
“[
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III vol. 11,
1358-1361 (
p. 160:
“[10 Nov 1358] …complaint by Reynold de la Mare,
‘chivaler,’ that Geoffrey son of Richard
de Cornewayll, William son of Peter Corbet, Geoffrey son of Geoffrey de Cornewayll, knight (militis)…and many others of their
confederacy, arrayed as for war…came to Greote, co. Salop, assaulted him in the
church of that town where he then was and would have drawn him from the church
to kill him, afterwards besieged him long in the said church…”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III vol. 14,
1367-1370 (
p. 99:
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Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III vol. 15,
1370-1374 (
pp. 295-296:
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Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, 1385-1388 (
pp. 211-212:
“[13 Sep 1386] Grant to Richard Breton, yeoman of
the chamber, of the custody, during the minority of the heir or heirs, of the
lands…late of Peter de Cornwaille…together
with the marriage of Edmund son of the
said Peter…”
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II vol. 4,
1388-1392 (
p. 25:
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Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry IV vol. 3, 1405-1408
(
p. 293:
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The Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church
of Lincoln, vol. 2 (Lincoln Record Society 28; 1933) (emphasis added):
pp.
261-262:
“Proceedings in a suit
between Richard of
The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton
1280-1299, vol. 2 (Lincoln Record Society 43; 1950) (emphasis added):
p. 27:
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pp.
43-44:
“
The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton
1280-1299, vol. 5 (Lincoln Record Society 60; 1965) (emphasis added):
p. 215:
“Commission
to the Archdeacon of Oxford or his official to grant probate of the will of Sir Richard of
The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton,
vol. 7 (Lincoln Record Society 69; 1975) (emphasis
added):
p.
74:
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p.
101:
“[
p.
107:
“[31 May 1298] Beneficed priests….Richard
of
The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton,
vol. 8 (Lincoln Record Society 76; 1986) (emphasis
added):
p.
29:
“Frodingham
(Frothingham). R. Richard of
p.
163:
“Radclive
(Radeclive). R. Richard of
p.
167:
“Radclive. R. Robert of Luffenham ch. p. by Andrew of
St. Lys to the
The Registers of Bishop Henry Burghersh 1320-1342,
vol. 1 (Lincoln Record Society 87; 1999) (emphasis
added):
p.
98:
“Institution
of Henry de Carlton priest to
The Registers of Bishop Henry Burghersh 1320-1342,
vol. 2 (Lincoln Record Society 90; 2003) (emphasis
added):
p.
78:
“Notification
of John, master, and brethren of
p.
93:
“Institution
of Robert Underwode de Erith, acolyte, to church of Shelswell…patron, Richard de Cornubia kt….Lincoln,
p.
99:
“Institution
of Richard Wygod de Cumbrok, priest, to church of Shelswell…patron, Richard de Cornwaill, kt….Lincoln,
Register of Edward the Black Prince, part 4 (1351-1365) (
p. 125:
“[
p. 130:
“[18 May 1355] Order to the same not to distrain
Elizabeth late the wife of Sir Edmund de Cornewaille henceforth to do fealty
for the manor of Asthall, co. Oxford….”
William Page, ed., The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham, vol. 3 (London,
1925; repr. 1969):
pp. 288-289 (Cornwalls
or Ever Cornwalls Manor, Stoke Hundred):
“The manor was held in demesne in 1254 by Richard
Earl of
(
pp. 286-287 (Shelswell
Manor, Ploughley Hundred):
“Shelswell presumably fell into the king’s hands,
but by 1327 [note 46:
1:Fersfield 22 (Note—odd pagination—regular
pagination goes through 32, when a section on Fersfield begins with page 1 and
continues through page 24; then the regular pagination resumes with page 73)
“The {Fersfield church} Windows were glazed by Sir John
Howard, Knt. whose Effigies remained in the East Window, when Mr. Weaver
published his Book, [see fol. 851.] and it is very
plain from the Arms about it, (which were preserved in the Pedigree of the Howards)
that it was that Sir John, who married Margaret, Daughter of Sir John
Plais. The 1st
Coat being Howard impaling
“{John Howard married} Joan {note 1}Sister of Richard de
Cornwall, who {note 2} survived him, as appears from the inquisition taken
at his Death in 5 E. III. A. 1330, when he was Lord of several Manors in
Wigenhale, Est-Walton, Turrington, South-Wotton
&c….”
Note 1: “Ricardus
de Cornubia &c. Willo. de Rudham,
Attornato suo in Com. Norf. S lutem. Sciatis quod Ego Concessi Domino Johanni Howard, et Johanne Uxori
ejus, sorori mee, quod posint inhabitare et
manere in Manerijs que habeo, ex dono dicti Johannis in Com. Norf.
quandocunque eis pacuerit. Inquis’ Capt’ 5 E.
III. This was because,
Sir John Howard Senior Knt. so
called to distinguish him from his Son, had infeoffed his Brother-in-Law Ric.
de Cornwall, in all his Manors and Estates in
Note 2: “Relaxacio Margareta, que fuit Uxor Petri
Spaldyng, facta Johanne, que fuit Uxor Johannis Howard Militis, de omnibus terris
et Tenementis, que predicta Johanna tenet in Terrington et
“The said William Howard,
bought of John Gybon, and Lucia his wife, the 3d part of 3 parts of the manor
of Tyrington, by fine, in the 1st of Edward II. In the following year John Howard and Joan his
wife had 3 parts of a manor in Tirington, one messuage, and 2 carucates of land
in Pentney, Assewell, Thorp, (Geyton Thorp) Walton East, and Nareford, conveyed
to them by Richard de Cornwall. This was
Sir John Howard’s, (eldest son and heir of William the judge) on his marriage
with the said Joan, daughter of Richard, and sister of Richard de Cornwall, yet
the said Richard had some right still in this town, for in the 3d of the said
king, Richard de Cornwall, the father, as appears from the eschaet rolls, was
found to hold with Battayle the fourth part of a fee. In the 20th of Edward III John
Avenell and Joan his wife, held the fourth part of a fee, which Peter, son of
John Spalding, formerly held….”
4:740
“In the 2d of Edward II. John Howard and Joan his
wife, had 2 carucates of land in this town {East Walton}, Pentney, and
Ayles-Thorp, conveyed to them by Richard de Cornwall; this was Sir John Howard,
son and heir of Sir William Howard, the judge; which Sir John married Joan de Cornwall,
daughter of Richard, and sister of Richard de Cornwall….”
4:773-774
“John [Howard] was of age before his father’s death,
and married in the 2d of Edward II Joan, daughter of Richard de Cornwall and
Joan his wife, and afterwards heir to Richard, her brother, who bore argent, a
lion rampant, gules, in a bordure ingrailed sable, bezante, as descended from
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, son of King John, and Emperor of Germany. In the 15th of Edward II a fine
was levied between him and the lady Joan his wife, by which the manor of
Wigenhale was settled on them for life, remainder to John, their son; was also
then lord of East Winch, East Walton, and Terrington; and Joan, widow of
Richard de Cornwall, on her daughter’s marriage with Sir John, settled her lands
in Pentney, Nereford, Alesthorp, East Walton, and the 3d part of her manor of
Tirington, on him, and her daughter Joan, and their heirs.”