About Richard Cornwall
Lived 1493 – 1569 (aged 75–76). Richard Cornwall was an English politician.
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 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.
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Who was Richard Cornwall?
English politician; (1493-1569/1595)
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Richard Cornwall was born in 1493.
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Richard Cornwall died on 14 June 1569.
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Richard Cornwall was a politician.
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Richard Cornwall was English.
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· DBpedia: Richard Cornwall (died 1569)
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