BARONY OF BURFORD - History (1400 AD - 1600 AD)


 

1443

 

1459

 

1461

 

1473

 

1483

 

 

Sir Thomas Cornwall becomes 6th Baron; Sir Thomas became Sheriff of Shropshire

 

Sir Thomas was attained as a Lancastrian and his estates were confiscated

 

Sir Edmund becomes 7th Baron after his estates were restored to him; was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath

 

Henry VI.

1422-61 & 1470-7

 

Edward IV.

1461-70 & 1471-83

 

Edward V.

1483

 

Richard III.

1483 - 1485

 

 

1489

 

 

Sir Thomas becomes 8th Baron and held the offices of Sheriffs of Herefordshire and Shropshire

 

Henry VII.

1485 - 1509

 

 

1538

 

Richard Cornwall becomes 9th Baron

 

Henry VIII.

1509 - 1547

 

Edward VI.

1547 - 1553

 

Mary I.

1553 - 1558

 

 

1569

 

1579

 

1585

 

 

Edmund Cornwall becomes 10th Baron

 

Edmund holds the office of Sheriff of Shropshire

 

Thomas Cromwell becomes 11th Baron

 

Elizabeth I.

1558 - 1603