Sir Richard of Cornwall
Sir Richard of Cornwall (died 1296) was an illegitimate son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1209–1272) (the second son of King John (1199–1216)) by his mistress Joan de Valletort, widow of Roger de Valletort and later wife of Alexander de Okeston. Sir Richard of Cornwall received a grant from his half-brother Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (died 1300) in which he was called "brother". He was slain by an arrow at the Siege of Berwick in 1296.
He married Joan, and by her had three sons and a daughter, including:
- Joan of Cornwall, wife of Sir John Howard, from whom the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, are descended.[2]
- Edmund de Cornwall of Thonock and Kinlet,[3] ancestor of the Shropshire Cornwalls, including John Cornwall (c. 1366 – 1414).
- Geoffrey Cornwall, first of the line from which sprang the Barons of Burford,[4] including Thomas Cornwall.
Armorials
He adopted the arms of his father with difference a bordure engrailed. These arms were later used by the following families which claimed descent from him:
- Cornewall Baronets, which family claimed descent from a younger branch of the de Cornewall family, Barons of Burford, lineally descended from Sir Richard of Cornwall (died 1296).[5]
- Tregarthin family of Cornwall, with addition of a label. The arms on the monument in Branscombe Church in Devon to Joan Tregarthin (died 1583), wife of John Wadham (died 1578), quarter de Cornwall. The ancestry of Joan Tregarthin was set out by Davies in his "Parochial History of Cornwall", concerning the parish of Goran, as follows:[6]
- "At Tregarden lived John de Tregarthyn, temp Edward I, how long before I know not, after which his posterity in this place married with the great inheritrixes of Pever, Chamberlayne and Hendower, of Court, in Branell, by which last, by the Cornwalls of that place, they were lineally descended from Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans, by his concubine Joan de Valletort, widow of Sir Alexander Oakeston".
References
- ↑ Courthope, William (ed.), Debrett's Baronetage of England, 7th Edition, London, 1835, p.185
- ↑ Richardson I 2011, pp. 574–5; Richardson II 2011, p. 265
- ↑ Foljambe, Cecil G. S.; Reade, Compton (1908). The House of Cornewall. Hereford: Jakeman and Carver. p. 54ff. Retrieved 6 July 2016. Search this book on
at Internet Archive.
- ↑ Marshall, George William (1879). The Barons of Burford. The Genealogist. 3. London: George Hill. pp. 225–230. Retrieved 6 July 2016. Search this book on at Internet Archive.
- ↑ Courthope, William (ed.), Debrett's Baronetage of England, 7th Edition, London, 1835, p.185
- ↑ Gilbert, Davies, (ed.) The Parochial History of Cornwall: Founded on the Manuscripts..., Volume 2, pp. 109–110], adding ref to his articles on "St Stephens in Branell"and "St Stephens in Saltash"
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