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Charles Cornwallis (diplomat)

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by his denunciation of Scots and Scottish institutions, declared when arrested that he was Cornwallis's agent. Cornwallis disclaimed all knowledge of Hoskins, but admitted that he had procured the election of another member of parliament, and had supplied him with notes for a speech against
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Cornwallis, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629), of Brome Hall and Beeston St. Andrews, Suffolk, and Harborne, Staffordshire, History of Parliament
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on 11 September 1613 to investigate Irish grievances, and reported that Ireland had no very substantial ground for complaint.
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Nothing is known of Cornwallis till 11 July 1603, when he was knighted. In 1604 he was Member of Parliament for
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Cornwallis, Sir William (c.1549-1611), of Brome Hall, Suffolk, and London, History of Parliament
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A Discourse of the most illustrious Prince Henry, late Prince of Wales, written an. 1626
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Anne, (d. 1617), daughter of Thomas Barrow, widow of Ralph Skelton (d. 30 March 1617).
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In 1614 Cornwallis was suspected of fanning the parliamentary opposition to the king.
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placed Cornwallis under arrest in June 1614, and he was imprisoned in the
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are two papers by Cornwallis detailing the negotiations for
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The Environs of London: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent
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in 1570. He was probably born at his father's house of
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Sir Charles Cornwallis
courtier
diplomat

Sir Thomas Cornwallis
Queen Mary's
Elizabeth
Brome Hall
Suffolk
Norfolk
Spain
Spanish Inquisition
Francis Cottington
Madrid
Henry, Prince of Wales
Duke of Savoy
Ireland
John Hoskins
House of Commons of England
recusants
privy council
Tower of London
Leonel Sharp
Beeston St Andrew
Norfolk
Suffolk
Harborne
Staffordshire
London
St. Giles in the Fields

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