BARONY OF BURFORD - History (1600 AD - 1800 AD)
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1615
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Thomas’ son Thomas Cromwell becomes 12th Baron |
James I. 1603 – 1625
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1634
1638 |
Thomas Cromwell becomes Sheriff of Shropshire
Sir Gilbert Cornwall becomes 13th Baron
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Charles I. 1625 – 1649 |
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1671
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Thomas Cornwall was a royalist in the Civil War and became the 14th Baron |
Charles II. 1660 – 1685
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1686 |
Thomas’ son Thomas Cornwall becomes 15th Baron |
James II. 1685 – 1688
Mary II. 1689 – 1694
William III. 1689 – 1702
Anne 1702 - 1714
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1724
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Francis Cornwall (*1685- +1727) becomes the 17th Baron of Burford Francis sells the Barony to pay off his debts* 31. August 1720 L 3000 · *Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 668. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. William Bowles (*??- + 1748) he bought Burford on 31. August 1720 Humphrey Bowles (* ?? - 13 February 1784) brother of William Bowles (of Burford Manor, co. Shropshire and Wanstead Grove, co. Essex; in Burford Rectory records as Patron from 1754 to 1783; junior partner in brother William's glass business; lived at Wanstead) Arms : Azure, three standing bowls or, in each a boar's head couped. Crest : A demy boar pierced with an arrow George Bowles (*??- 30 April 1817) son of Humphrey Bowles, who died unmarried His estates passed to his nephew the Rev. the Hon. George Rushout |
George I. 1714 - 1727
George II. 1727 - 1760
George III. 1760 – 1820
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