In fact, several of its ancient internal divisions, known as keverangow (later redefined as “Hundreds”) have in the past had their own names appended with -shire. ( Tintagel Castle was then left to rot).It should also be mentioned that, on Magna Carta of 1215, the separate arms of England and Cornwall appear at top left and right of the document, and that (until 1549), court documents commonly contained the phrase “in Anglia et in Cornubia” (‘in England and in Cornwall’).THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL : The Earldom of Cornwall was terminated and superseded by the Duchy of Cornwall by three Royal Charters of Edward III in 1337 and 1338, for his son Edward, the “Black Prince” and all future male heirs to the throne. No longer was Cornwall described as one of the four nations of the island, as many commentators, including Henry VIII’s own chronicler, had done, or shown as such on maps as had previously been the case. An archaeologist, historian and writer of long standing, he also has deep knowledge of Cornwall’s constitutional status.Angarrack, John: Our Future is History, Identity, Law and the Cornish Question, 2002.Angarrack, John: Scat t’Larrups? However, the status quo continues regardless.The Cornish people are not afforded the opportunity to state their case to be recognized as a nation. This was settled, in favour of the Duchy, out of court and on the strength of a painstakingly researched submission by the Duchy’s Attorney-General, Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, and material gathered by his predecessor, Sir George Harrison.This asserted, and was accepted, that the Duchy was extra-territorial to the throne of England ; and that all rights, powers and prerogatives enjoyed elsewhere by the Crown were, in Cornwall , wholly vested in the Duke who, to all intents and purposes, was quasi-sovereign: Head of State and ruler of Cornwall . Cornwall Cornwall is a duchy in the south west of the United Kingdom and includes the Isles of Scilly, it is the mystical home of the legendary King Arthur.Lying westwards beyond the River Tamar border with its neighbour Devon, Cornwall is one of the more isolated and distinctive parts of the United Kingdom but is also one of the most popular with travellers and holidaymakers. Undaunted, the Cornish rose and marched again in the same year, supporting the pretender Perkin Warbeck’s claim to Henry’s throne, but this was aborted en route when Warbeck deserted them.Henry VII later agreed to forgive the Cornish people and, for the princely sum of £1,000, he not only restored the Stannary Parliament in 1508 but, under his Charter of Pardon, granted it the astonishing power of veto over Acts and Statutes enacted by the parliament in Westminster .It is a little known fact that the powers of the Cornish Stannary Parliament, including this right of veto, remain intact at law to this day. That it forms a State is confirmed by the existence and constitutional status of the territorial Duchy, and the territory inhabited by that community has been defined by sea and the River Tamar for more than a thousand years. Ha Duw a leverys: ‘Bedhens golow,’ hag y feu golow. 4b. an area of interest or knowledge. That Cornish died out in the late 18th century is an oft-repeated myth, with native speakers being reliably attested as alive as late as 1914, well after a concerted and successful effort to revive the language was under way.Presently, around 560 people in Cornwall count Cornish as their first language, with between 3,000 and 4,000 people using the language on a regular basis, but as a second language. The names of several successive historical kings are listed in genealogies between c.400 AD to c.700 AD. A nation? Cadoc may have died before he could be appointed but William I’s initial appointments were deliberately chosen Celtic speakers, being Breton in the case of Earls Brient and Alan, or half-Breton in the case of William’s brother-in-law Robert of Mortain. Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate consisting of lands, honours, franchises, rights, profits, etc., held by the eldest living son of the British sovereign.