Thomas Cornwall

Sir Thomas Cornwall (1468–1537) was the 8th feudal baron of Burford. He was knighted in 1497.[lower-roman 1]

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,[1] 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 was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1529.[2]

He married Anne, the daughter of Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet; they had two sons and three daughters. Their son Richard also became an MP and sheriff.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ dates of birth vary to 1472 to 1474 according to other sources

References

  1. ↑ Foljambe, Cecil George; Reade, Compton (1908). The House of Cornewall. Hereford: Jakeman and Carver. pp. 203–208.
  2. ↑ Harding, Alan (1982). "Cornwall, Sir Thomas (1472/74-1537)". In Bindoff, S. T. The House of Commons 1509-1558. The History of Parliament Trust.
  3. ↑ Mosley, Charles (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Genealogical Publishing Ltd. p. 1229.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Not Known		 Member of Parliament for Shropshire
1529-36
With: John Blount		 Succeeded by
Richard Trentham
Second member unknown


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