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 CORNWALL 429 ment, he became a Cluniac monk, in 1 140, at Bermondsey, where he d., probably s.p. Alan de Bretagne, Comes Britannie et Anglie" Lord of the honour (and sometimes called Earl) of Richmond, who, on 13 Apr. 1 137, had sue. his father, Stephen, in those dignities, is said to have been cr. by King Stephen,(") in 1 140, EARL OF CORNWALL, though deprived thereof (early next year) soon after 2 Feb. ii40/i.(*) He i/. 30 Mar. 1146. See fuller account under "Richmond." L 1 141 Reynold de Dunstanville, one of the 14 illegit. chil- to dren of Henry I, was the s. of Sybil, da. of Sir Robert 1 175. Corbet, of Alcester, co. Warwick, and having m. Beatrice, da. and h. of William fitz Richard, a man of large estates in Cornwall, was cr., about Apr. IHI,^) EARL OF CORNWALL, pro- bably by the Empress Maud, but the title was fully recognised subsequently by King Stephen. He was a witness to the compromise between Stephen and Henry, 11 53. Sheriff of Devon, 1173-75. He was in command, ^;f parte Regis, Oct. 1173, against the rebellious Barons. He d. s.p.m., at Chertsey, Surrey, i July 11 75, and was bur. in the Abbey of Reading, when the Earldom reverted to the Crown. Baldwin, Earl of Cornwall, Consanguineiis Regis, is mentioned as having died in ii88.(') This must refer to Baldwin (de Reviers), Earl of Devon, whose mother was Denise (or Hawise) da. and coh. of Rey- nold, Earl of Cornwall abovenamed. JoHN,('') Count of Mortain, 5th s. of Henry II, having received from his br., Richard I, in 11 89, six counties, including Cornwall,(') has by some been held to have become EARL OF CORNWALL, but no evidence is forthcoming that he ever bore that title. At the Coronation of Richard I he is styled Count of Mortain, and (Jure uxoris) Earl of Gloucester. On 27 May 1199 he became King, when all his honours merged'm the Crown. See fuller account under " Gloucester," Earldom of. (*) It should be noted, however, that J. H. Round, in his Geoffrey de Mandeville, does not include Alan in his list of Earldoms conferred by King Stephen, as either Earl of Richmond or of Cornwall. See vol. iv, Appendix D, of this work. V.G. C") There is reason, on charter evidence, to assign the creation to about Apr. 1 141. (ex inform. J. H. Round). (') Annales de JVaverleia. (■*) As to his supposed name of Plantagenet, see vol. i, p. 1S3, note "c." V.G. (*') Chronicon Walteri de Hemingburgh.