Richard Cornwallis (abt. 1525 - bef. 1581)

Born about 1525 in Brome, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Louthe) Cornwallis — married about 1550 in England

Descendants

Died before 1581 before about age 56 in Suffolk, England

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Biography

Richard was the son of John Cornwallis and Mary Sulliard.^[1][2][3] His birth date is uncertain: the guesstimate of about 1525 is based on his wife being age 4 in 1533.^[1][2][4] He may have been born at Brome, Suffolk where his father had his main residence.^[1][2]

Richard married Margaret Louthe, daughter and heir of Lionel Louthe^[4][5][3] (who had lands in the counties of Huntingdon and Suffolk) and Elizabeth Bennerhasset.^[1][2] She was a ward of his father.^[6] They had seven children:

• Thomas^[1][2][3][6]
• John^[1][2][3]
• Anne, who married Thomas Dade^[1][2][3][7]
• Elizabeth, who married Edmund Bacon^[3]
• three other daughters^[1][2]

Richard held lands at Shotley in Suffolk and also owned Okenhill Hall, Badingham in the same county.^[1][2] In the period 1545-1549 he and his wife (as sole heiress of her father) were involved in a lawsuit relating to the manor of Sawtry Beams, Huntingdonshire.^[8]

Richard is believed to have died before 1581. His death place was probably in Suffolk where he had lands. His wife survived him: her will was proved in 1603.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 21, DADE 14
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 377, DADE 19
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} George William Marshall (ed.). The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, with many other Descents of the same County, Harleian Society, 1871, pp. 161-162, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Henry Ellis (ed.). The Visitation of the County of Huntingdon, 1613, Camden Society, 1849, p. 11, Internet Archive
5. ↑ Inscription on memorial erected by Margaret (Louthe) Cornwallis for her father, transcript in John Gough Nichols, Narratives of the Days of the Reformation, Camden Society, 1859, p. 5, Hathi Trust
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Collins's Peerage of England, augmented by Egerton Bridges, Vol. II, 1812, pp. 543-544, Internet Archive
7. ↑ W Harry Rylands (ed.). A Visitation of the County of Suffolk begun Anno Dni. 1664 and finished Anno Dni. 1668, Harleian Society, 1910, p. 96, Hathi Trust
8. ↑ The National Archives, ref. REQ 2/12/94, Discovery Centre catalogue entry, accessed 4 September 2021

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 4 September 2021 and was reviewed/approved 6 September 2021 by Thiessen-117.

Richard Cornwallis is in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Maj. Francis Dade to Magna Carta Surety Barons Robert de Vere (vol. II, pages 19-22 DADE) and is in another trail to surety Saher de Quincy that were badged by the Magna Carta Project on 16 September 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails on Francis Dade's profile to view the profiles in these trails.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".