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The tribal name is therefore likely to be the origin of Kernow or later Curnow used for Cornwall in the Cornish language. John Morris suggested that a contingent of the Shropshire Cornovii was sent to South West Britain at the end of the Roman era, to rule the land there and keep out the invading Irish, but this theory was dismissed by ...
John Arundell was knighted in 1399 at the coronation of Henry IV of England.In February 1405, as ‘King’s knight’, Arundell was appointed as Captain of Marck, one of the Calais outposts, this included the castle and town with all lands, fisheries, franchises and perquisites outside the liberty of Calais were granted to him for life. [2]
1814: Royal Geological Society of Cornwall founded; 1815: The Davy lamp containing a candle is devised by Sir Humphry Davy. 1818: Royal Institution of Cornwall; 1832: Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society founded in Falmouth. 1834: Augustus Smith obtains the Isles of Scilly, and evicts the inhabitants of some of the smaller islands.
Cornwall (/ ˈ k ɔːr n w ɔː l,-w əl /; [5] Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [6]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. [7] It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people.
John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope and Milbroke, KG, PC (c. 1364 – 11 December 1443; also spelled Cornewall, Cornwaille, Cornouayl), was an English nobleman and soldier and one of the most respected chivalric figures of his era.
Sir John Cornwall (c.1366–1414) was an English soldier, politician and landowner, who fought in the Hundred Years' War and against the Glyndŵr Rising. He had considerable prestige, claiming royal descent. [1] As he was part of the Lancastrian affinity, the retainers of John of Gaunt, he received considerable royal favour under Henry IV.
He was born in Bideford in Devon in about 1421, the son and heir of Sir John Arundell (1392–1423) of Lanherne by his wife Margaret Burghersh, widow of Sir John Grenville, lord of the manor of Bideford, and a daughter of Sir John Burghersh. [1] The Arundell family was long established at Lanherne. [2]
John Rashleigh II (1554 – 12 May 1624 [2]) of Menabilly, near Fowey in Cornwall, was an English merchant and was MP for Fowey in 1588 and 1597, and was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He was the builder of the first mansion house on the family estate at Menabilly , near Fowey , Cornwall, thenceforth the seat of the family until the present day.