However, Ealdred did not receive the other two dioceses that Lyfing had held, Crediton and Cornwall ; King Edward the Confessor ( reigned 1043 – 1066 ) granted these to Leofric, who combined the two sees at Crediton in 1050.

The site was given by the Prince of Wales, who held the lands of the Duchy of Cornwall to which all the Moor belonged.

* The St Piran Trust has undertaken research which has led them to the conclusion that Saint Piran was indeed Saint Ciarán of Saighir or perhaps a disciple, as indicated by Dr James Brennan of Kilkenny and Dr T. F. G. Dexter, whose thesis is held in the Royal Cornwall Museum.

The Duchy of Cornwall is a similar estate held in trust to meet the expenses of the monarch's eldest son.

The Attorney General of the Duchy of Cornwall is the chief legal adviser to the Prince of Wales, and there is a separate Attorney General for the Duchy of Lancaster, an appointment that is held by the Crown.

The only remaining peerages with associated lands controlled by the holder are the Duchy of Cornwall, which is associated with the Dukedom of Cornwall, held by the eldest son and heir to the Sovereign, and the Duchy of Lancaster, which is associated with the Dukedom of Lancaster, held by the Sovereign.

John de la Pole was Duke of Suffolk and John Howard was Duke of Norfolk ( 2nd creation ), while the duchy of Cornwall was reserved as a title and source of income for the eldest son of the sovereign, and the duchy of Lancaster was now held by the monarch.

A market was certainly in existence by 1269, however, the jurors of the assize of 1284 said that they did not know by what warrant the earl of Cornwall held a market and fair in the town of Henley.

The Duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337 and held successively by the dukes of Cornwall, who were also heirs to the throne.

Bossiney ( which included Trevena ) was held from the monks of Bodmin by the Earl of Cornwall: there was land for 6 ploughs and of pasture ( before the Conquest it had been held from the monks by Alfwy ).

Duke of Cornwall is a title in the Peerage of England, traditionally held by the heir to the reigning British monarch.

Cornwall was the first dukedom conferred within the Kingdom of England, although the Dukes of Normandy ( King of England ), Brittany ( Earl of Richmond ) and Aquitaine ( Duke of Lancaster ) held substantial estates and fiefs within England, being based in France.

The dukedom of Cornwall can only be held by the oldest living son of the monarch who is also heir apparent.

All Dukes of Cornwall who have been the eldest living son of the sovereign are generally considered to have held the same creation of the duchy.

In Cornwall, UK several Mummer's Day celebrations are held, these were sometimes known as " Darkie Day " and involved local residents dancing through the streets in blackface to musical accompaniment.

The two sees, or bishoprics, held by Lyfing became the see of Exeter in 1050 when Bishop Leofric moved his episcopal seat from Crediton to Exeter and combined it with Cornwall.

Over eleven months members of the Cornish Stannary removed 18 signs and a letter was sent to English Heritage saying " The signs have been confiscated and held as evidence of English cultural aggression in Cornwall.

He held the posts of Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall ( 1804 – 1807 ) and Treasurer of the Navy ( 1806 – 1807 ).

In Greenwitch ( 1974 ), the Greenwitch is part of a fictional Spring ( season ) ceremony, held at night, in the fictional coastal town of Trewissick, in Cornwall.

The move to Cornwall grew out of Ethan's father's quest for freedom of religion during a time of turmoil: the Great Awakening, when Puritans were separating into churches with differing dogmas, in particular about the proper form of conversion: by works or by grace.

In his non-first-class appearances for Somerset, his bowling figures did not stand out, but there were some sizeable scores, namely 91 for the Under-25s v Glamorgan Under-25s, 82 & 42 v Cornwall, 51 v Gloucester Under-25s, 50 v Glamorgan 2nd XI and in his last game ( before his 1986 comeback match ) 100 against Glamorgan 2nd XI.

The design was commercially successful, and for the next five years Watt was very busy installing more engines, mostly in Cornwall for pumping water out of mines.

As an independent scientist, inventor, and author, Lovelock worked out of a barn-turned-laboratory he called his " experimental station " located in a wooded valley on the Devon / Cornwall border in the south-west of England.

* Saint Piran ' rediscovered ' tin-smelting ( tin had been smelted in Cornwall since before the Romans ' arrival, but the methods had since been lost ) when his black hearthstone, which was evidently a slab of tin-bearing ore, had the tin smelt out of it and rise to the top in the form of a white cross ( thus the image on the flag ).

Although there had been few new defections to the Empress, his enemies now controlled a compact block of territory stretching out from Gloucester and Bristol south-west into Devon and Cornwall, west into the Welsh Marches and east as far as Oxford and Wallingford, threatening London.

From 1400 to 1404, he carried out the duties of High Sheriff of Cornwall.

The second wife of the present Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is the Princess of Wales by right, but does not use the title, out of respect for her husband's first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Gloucester is arrested, and Cornwall gouges out Gloucester's eyes.

Although there had been few new defections to the Empress, Matilda now controlled a compact block of territory stretching out from Gloucester and Bristol south-west into Devon and Cornwall, west into the Welsh Marches and east as far as Oxford and Wallingford, threatening London.

The mining itself was carried out by immigrants from Europe, chiefly Cornwall, Ireland and Germany.

The Cornwall Iron Mines, also known as Cornwall Banks, turned out to be the largest United States ' iron deposit east of Lake Superior, and were once the largest open-pit iron mine in the world.

Although its first use was in coal-mining areas, Newcomen's engine was also used for pumping water out of the metal mines in his native West Country, such as the tin mines of Cornwall.

MoneySense magazine rated Cornwall as Canada's 167th best place to live ( out of 190 ), in 2012.

The Cornwall River Kings of the Ligue Nord Américaine de Hockey ( LNAH ) will play out of the Civic Complex starting in the fall of 2012.

Producers outside Cornwall have objected to the PGI award, with one saying " bureaucrats could go to hell ", and another that it was " protectionism for some big pasty companies to churn out a pastiche of the real iconic product ".

Cruisers Glasgow and Cornwall had chased down Leipzig ; Glasgow closed to finish Leipzig which had run out of ammunition but was still flying her battle ensign.

His first achievement was to rally Cornwall to the royal cause by indicting the enemy before the grand jury of the county as disturbers of the peace, and had the posse comitatus called out to expel them.

On 10 August 2008 the Cornwall Court fire broke out.

On 30 April 2012 he was staying at the Falmouth Beach Hotel in Falmouth, Cornwall when a major fire broke out.

Vital supplies of Cornish tin helped finance the Royalist war-effort and Grenville marched his contingent to Launceston where he positioned Cornish troops along the River Tamar and issued instructions to keep " all foreign troops out of Cornwall ".

Overall the Order had over 40 preceptories spread out from Cornwall to Northumberland, the majority of which retained their concentual status.

It carries the Cornish Main Line railway in and out of Cornwall.