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 CHESTER. 229 XXI. 1489, Autiiuk (Tudor), Duke of Cornwall, h. and h. ap. of to King Uexuy VII, was b. 20 Sep. 1-180, ami was, by charter 29 Nov. 1502. 1488 (delivered into Chancery 1 Deo. following) under the name of " Arthur, eldest son of the King," a: Prince of Wales and KARL OF CllESTER,( a ) " sibi et hseredibuB suia Regibua Anglho " and was invested with the Principality uf Wales and the counties of Chester ami Flint by charter 27 Feb. following. He d. s.p. and v.|>., 2 April 1502, when his Peerage dignities lupscd to the Grown. See fuller particulars under " CoBNWALL " Dukedom ofj 1-1S0. XXII. 1804, Henry (Tudor), Duke of Cornwall and Duke of York to 2nd s. but h. ap. of King Henry VII, was b. 28 Juue 1401 and was 1509. on IS Feb. 1503/4, under the name of " Henry, only son and heir of the King," cr. Prince of Wales and HAUL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of England. (•') On 22 April 1509 he ascended tlie throne as Henry VIII, when all his honours merged in the Crown. See fuller particulars under " Corn-wall " Dukedom of, 1502. Edward (Tudor), Duke of Cornwall, s. and h. ap. of King Henry VIII., was about to be cr. Prince of Wales and KARL OF CHESTER^) at the time of bis Father's death, at which date, 2S Jan. 1 5 4tj/7, he, at the age of 10 years, ascended the throne as Edward VI. (post conqucstum) when all his honours merged intkc Crown. See fuller particulars under Cornwall," Dukedom of, 1537. XXIII. 1010, Henry Frederick (Stuart), "Duke of Cornwall and to [also] Di'KE of Rothsay in Scotland, eldest son of the King," 1G12. i c. of King James I., was b. 19 Feb. 1593/4, and was. on 4 .lime 1610, cr. in Pari. Prince of Wales and KARL OF CHESTER, which dignities by patent of even date were confirmed " sibi et hcredibus mis Ilegibus Anglhe." He d. num. and v.p. 6 Nov. 1612, when lu's Peerage dignities lapsed to the Crown. See fuller particulars under " Cornwall," Dukedom of, 1603. XXIV. 1C1G, Ciiarles (Stuart), " Prince of Great Britain [sic], Duke to of Cornwall and York and [also] Duke of Albany in Scotland, sou 1C25. of the King," i.e. 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h. ap. of King James L, was b. 19 Nov. 1600, and was, on 4 Nov. 1616, cr. Prince of Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of England. On 27 March 1625 he ascended the throne as Charles I., when all his lumoura merged in the Crown. See fuller particulars under " Cornwall," Dukedom of, 1612. ( a ) "The signet hill, of 27 Feb. following, for his investiture with the Castles, Manors, & c. recites his creation to have taken place 29 Nov. preceding with consent and advice of the Peers of Pari."— See " Courthope," sui. " Wales," p. 10, note " j." ( b ) A reference to this creation on Pari. Roll [No. 130] 19 Hen. A r II, No. 10, states that the ceremony was to take place on 23 Feb. 1503/4. See " Creations, 1483-1646," h np. 47th rep. D.K.Pub. Records. ( c ) Not one of the three sous of Henry VIII. was cr. Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. " A note to Ulachtmic's Commentaries (vol i, p. 224, edit. 1844) states, on the authority of Hume, who cites Burnet, that Queen Maiy and Queen Elizabeth were cr., by their father Henry VHL, Princesses of Wales, each of them at the time (the latter after the LI legitimation of Wary) being hen- presumptive to the Crown. Mary is said by another writer to have been declared heir of the realm and PlUNt'ESS oi-' Wales, and to have governed the Principality, but there appears to be no founda- tion for any of these statements." See "Cuurthope," p. 11, note " ni," and " Nicolas," p. 5, note * ctVca jincm.