The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne.
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“Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don’t choose to have it known.”
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