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 CORNWALL. 369 and heir of line to King Edward V. He was 6. 28 June 1491, at Greenwich, and bap. there. On 31 Oct. 1 494, under the name of " Henry, second s. of the King, Constable of Dover Castle [5 April 1492], Warden of the Cinque Ports [ftl Earl Marshal of England [ ] and Lieutenant of Ireland " [12 Sep. 1494], he was cr. DUKE OF YORK,( b ) being at the same time (with several others, bo aa to celebrate that creation) made K.B.( C ) He was inst. KG., 4 May 1495. After his succession as Duke of Cornwall (as abovementioned), he was (though w>t under that style, but merely) as " Henry, only s. and h. of the King," cr., 18 Feb. 1503/4, Prince of Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of England.^) On 9 Feb. 1506, he was made Knight of the Golden Fleece by the Emperor Maximilian of Germany. Ou 22 April 1509 he ascended the throne as Henry VIII, when all his honours meiyed in the Crown. XI. 1510. Henry (Tudor), DUKE OF COENWALL, was, at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignity, being 1st s. and h. ap. of King Henry VIII, by his 1st wife, Katharine "of Arragon," da. of Ferdinand V, Kino of Spain. He was b. 1 Jan. 1509/10, at Richmond, Surrey, and d. there 22 Feb. following, and was bur. in Westm. Abbey, when the Dukedom lapsed to the Crown. XII. 1514. [Henry?] (Tudor), DUKE OF COENWALL, was, at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignity, being 2nd but (at his birth) lsl sun: s. and h. ap. of King Henry VIII,(°) by his 1st wife, Katharine abovenamed. He was b. Nov. 1514, and d. the same day, when the Dukedom lapsed to the Crown. Xm. 1537, Edward (Tudor), DUKE OF COENWALL, was, at to his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignity, being 3rd but (at his 1547. birth) 1st stirv. s. and h. ap. of King Henry VIII,(°) and hisonly child by his 3rd wife Jane, da. of Sir John Seymour. He was 6. 12 Oct. it appears to have been the opinion of Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and the judges who assisted him (Coke, Fleming, and Williams) with their advice, ' that he who should inherit ought to be first begotten son of the heirs of the Black Prince, be he heir general or collateral, but such heir ought to be King of England ;' and, in the course of the proceedings, it is expressly stated that Henry VIII, on the death of his brother Arthur, did not inherit, ' forasmuch as he was not the first begotten son, he was not within the said limitation,' which is at variance with the fact already recited. In 1613 the question again became the occasion of solemn inquiry before the King, and Lords and others of the Privy Council, the Master of the Rolls, and the King's Counsel, when it was resolved that the words of limitation possessed the more ex- tended meaning of tllius primogeuitus existetis, and that upon the decease of Henry, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, Charles, Duke of York, had, both by reason and precedence, become entitled to the honour, style, and dignity of Duke of Cornwall, which he had and enjoyed accordingly. Collins's Proceedings, p. 148." See "Court- hope," p. 11, note " k." (■>) " Upon his creation to the Principality of Wales, the letters patent of 31 Oct. 1494, creating him Duke of York, were declared to be ' utterly voyde and of none effect,' he having become heir apparent to the Crown ; there appears to be no charter investiug him with the Principality and Counties, as in his brother's case. See "Courthope," p. 11, note "1." (°) Since the time of Henry IV to that of Charles II inclusive, these Knights appear to have been generally made only at coronations, royal marriages, or on the creation or marriage of a Prince of Wales. Exceptions, however, occur in 1478, 1494 and in 1605, on all of which occasions they were in honour of the marriage or creation of a Dukk of York, the second son of the King. The Dukedom of York was held by every such second son from the accession of the House of York to that of George I, who, having no second son, cr. his brother Duke of York, iu 1716, a precedent followed, in 1760 by George III, who, subsequently, in 1784, according to the time- honoured usage, conferred that title on his second son. («) A reference to this creation on Pari. Roll [No. 130], 19 Hen. VII, No. 10, states that the ceremony was to take place on 23 Feb. 1503/4. (•) See, ante, p. 368, note " c." 2 A