High Sheriff of Cornwall
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The right to choose high sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall. The Privy Council, chaired by the sovereign, chooses the sheriffs of all other English counties, other than those in the
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Richard of Cornwall
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Richard was an English prince who was King of the Romans from 1257 until his death in 1272. He was the second son of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. Richard was nominal Cou
High Sheriff of Cornwall
…sheriffs of all other English counties, other than those in the Duchy of Lancaster. This right came from the Earldom of Cornwall. In the time of earls Richard and Edmund, the steward or seneschal of Cornwall was often also the sheriff. T.R.E.: Nigel…
Seal of King Richard
Richard of Cornwall married Isabella of Gloucester, forging a notable dynastic alliance.
Seal of Sanchia, Queen of the Romans, Richard's wife
Beatrice of Falkenburg, Richard's third wife, shown as Queen of the Romans in a 13th-century depiction